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Humorous jBcpartmcnt. j NOW AND THEN. The world is growing better, said Eli Perkins. Who ever heard of a man talking temperance a hundred years ago ? My greatgrandfather was a Baptist minister in Medford then, and it is one of the family records that he once received seven barrels of Medford rum for preaching the gospel a year. You ask me how he realized on it? Why, he used to peddle it out to the congregation. I can remember well liow my grandmother said her good old white-haired father used to call and pray with the brethren and then beg them to take a few gallons of rum to help the Lord's cause. Now Medford is a temperance town, and a Christian clergyman not a tetotaler would be ostracised. Speaking of these old times in Medford one uuy, my gruiiuuiuwici omu . "Yes, they were simple times. The church service was simple. There were no caudles and fiddles and organs in the churches then? no boys dressed up in night gowns, and no ritualistic service set to music by the middle fiddler of a German band. We didn't have long courtships in those days; and such a thing as a flirtation was never known." "Did I ever tell you how simply grandfather came to marry me?" asked grandmother. "No; how was it?" I asked. "Well, I was sitting one evening, after spinning all day, and a listening to the old clock tick?tack?tick?tack?when I heard some one at the gate. I opened the door, and there sat Marvin Brewster on his horse with a sheepskin for a saddle." "Betty, is that you ?" he asked modestly. "Yes, Marvin." "Well, Betty," he said, "the Lord has sent me all the way from Medford to marry you." "The Lord's will be done!" I said. "And it was." "They do things differently now," said grandmother, with a sigh. "How?" I asked. "Well, that worldly Deacon Jenkins, who runs the steam creamery, rode over to Widow Monson's farm in a yellow buggy yesterday, and hustled into the house right in the middle of dinner and gasped : " 'Widow Monson, I'm a man of business. I am worth ten thousand dollars, and want you for a wife. I give you just three minutes to answer.' " 'I don't want ten seconds, old man,' she replied, as she shook out the dish-cloth. 'I'm a woman of business, worth sixteen thousand dollars, and I wouldn't marry you if you were the last man on earth ! I give you four seconds to git!' "I call that, flirting," said grandmother, as she wiped her glasses with a red bandanna handkerchief. She Was Suspicious.?There is a Washington young woman who, while not a conspicuous beauty, is by no means as homely as she affects to believe. A young man has been devoting much of his time to her, says The Star, and she has given him reason to think that his society pleased her. The other evening he said: "Do you believe that you could learn to care for anybody well enough to marry him ?" She caught her breath, and then answered, in a low tone: "Yes; I am sure I could." "Have you?have you anybody in your mind now for whom you think you could care in this way ?" "Yes." "Tell me; am I that person ?" She opened her lips to speak, and then closed them without speaking. She looked at him narrowly for a moment, and then said: "First answer me one question." "What is it?" "Are you doing this ou a bet?" His Wants Were Few.?Tramp?"Please mum, would ye be so kind as to let me have a needle and thread ?" Mrs. Suburb?"Well, y-e-s, I can let you have that." "Thankee, mum. Now you'd oblige me very much if you'll let me have a bit of cloth for a patch." "Well, here is some." "Thankee, mum, but it's a different color from my travelin' suit. Perhaps, mum, you could spare me some of your husband's old clothes that this patch will match." "Well, I declare! "I'll give you an old suit, however. Here it is." "Thankee, mum. I see it's a little large, mum, but if you'll kindly furnish me with a square meal, mebby I can fill it out." t&T "Husband in ?" asked the rate collector, cheerfully, after ten minutes' knocking at the door. "No," answered the woman, "he isn't at home." "Expecting him soon?" asked the collector. "Well," the woman rec plied, thoughtfully, "I don't know exactly; I've been looking for him for seventeen years, and he hasn't turned up yet. You travel -1 a. J J 1 1 :c uuuut a guuu ueui, uuu u juu ocv ? iuuu ? nv> looks as though he'd-make me a pretty good husband, tell him I'm still a-waiting, and send him along." His Face a Good Razor Strap.?A young fop, who had just begun to shave for a beard, stepped in a hair-dresser's shop, and, after a great swagger, desired to be shaved. The hair-dresser went through the usual movements and the sprig jumped up with a flourish and exclaimed: "My fine fellow, what is the charge?" "Oh, no charge," replied the barber. "No charge? How is that ?" "Why, I am always thankful when I can get a soft calfskin to sharpen my razor on." Neighborly Managing.?Mr. SuburbWell, we won't be troubled anymore with' those youngsters of Mr. Nexdoor's racing o^er our garden. Mr. Nexdoor is going to put up a high board fence between the properties. Mrs. Suburb?That's lovely. But how did you persuade him to do it ? Mr. Suburb?I got a friend of mine to sug-! gest to him that a high board fence would ! keep us from stealing his vegetables. SOT "There will be a meeting of the board," j said the preacher, "at the conclusion of this service." So the official brethren of the j church gathered around the pastor after the j benediction was pronounced. Among them ; was a st ran per. whom it was nccessarv. as 1 " ??- I ?. . delicately as possible, to remind that his presence was not needed. "I beg your pardon" said the stranger; "I understood this to be a meeting of the bored, of which I i claim to be one." A fly had fallen into the ink-well of a i certain author who writes a very bad and ' very inky hand. The writer's little boy rescued the unhappy little insect and dropped him on a piece of paper. After watching j him intently for a while, he called to his j mother and requested her to come to him for I a minute. "Here's a ejerkated fly, mamma," he said. "He writes just like papa." -? Bai> Policy.?Rev. Mr. Wilgus?I believe | it would be a good idea to preach a sermon j on the wickedness of horse-racing. Some of: the members are bettting, I hear. Deacon j Podberry?Don't do it. Next Sunday is|ai special collection day. If you preach against | horse-racing, you will make the winners j mad. While the losers will fully agree with i you, they haven't anything to give. "Your mind is in a twilight state," ob-! served the good man. "You cannot differ- j entiate the grains of mistrust from the molecules of a reasonable confidence. You are i traveling the border land, the frontier be- j tween the paradise of faith anil the Arctic; regions of incredulity. You are an agnostic." Divd a bit," said Pat, with mingled amazement and indignation. "I'm a Pymmycrat, ; :?u o n ivury men o uit-. , t , fiST" "What is the difference," shouted the I orator, "between the pitiful bribe of five dol- j lars accepted by an obscure and unknown j police officer, and the $50,000 taken by a great and mighty senator high in the councils ! of his nation ?" "Forty-nine thousand nine j hundred and ninety-five dollars, to be sure!" roared the red-whiskered xnan on the front j bench. No Competition.?"You say you have no competition in this line," said the traveling agent to the merchant. "That's what I said." "But there are two other men selling these goods here." "I know it. But neither of them advertises."?Washington Star. 6nthfvitt|)S. fifeST" \Vho purposely hurts his friciul would cheat his God. 8a?" Mark this : When you worry you have | ceased to trust. 8ST" It is only the women who can lawfully hold up a train. SfctJT If all men saw alike, the world nfight as well go it blind. 56?" The best preparation for the future is the present well seen to. fifeST" Trust no secrets to a friend which, if repeated, would bring infamy. Do not complain of your wife's extrav-! agancc with a cigar in your mouth. 8*3?" There are about twenty men to one j i- -i i? i?r_ : woman noiuiug wie lusunuiuu jiuuu^. 9a?" Egypt's cotton crop this year will be fifty million pounds larger than in 181)2. AST* The man who has no use for the temperance pledge, very frequently has for the pawnbrokers. 86T" Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour in this world, insincerity is by far the most dangerous. 8ST" Many men think themselves very popular in the community, when it is only their good clothes people bow at. B8F Australia's summer is said to be so hot that matches accidentally dropped on the ground often become ignited. B&F The Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia is the oldest hospital in the United States. It was built in 1755. Over 500,000 lizard skins were imported into the United States last year from the State of Tabasco, Mexico. B6T" Some people are not very particular about eating dirt, but they all object to paying for it at the prices of butter. WOF There is nothing more beautiful to see than a properly brought up child, that shows deference and respect to its parents. , fiST He?It makes me a better man every time I kiss you, darling. She?Oh, my, ; Charlie! How good you must be now. 8?" The man who attends strictly to his own business gives the world very little trou- ' ble, and the world tr nibles him very little. 8S?? Virginia comes up with the largest pea- ' nut crop for years. Norfolk reports "five 1 hundred thousand bushels more than last ] year." 8?" Among the odd patents of recent iuveu- ] tion is one for a harness covered with phos phorescent paint, wnicn maKes it luminous at night. &SF French paupers are provided for by 1 the fund arising from a 10 per cent, tax on theatre tickets. This tax averages $10,500,- i 000 a year. i Doctor?Every sensible man will break I off the cigarette babit. Stringer?Oh, no, i ( he won't. "Why not?" "Because no sen- L sible man is addicted to it." i 8?" The wind blows in a circle around a , storm, and when it blows from the north the |' heaviest, rain is east of you ; from the south, j1 the heaviest rain is west; from the east, the i heaviest rain is south; from the west, the J ] heaviest rain is north of you. I, fiST Since the beginning of the century, France has fallen from the second to the!, fourth place in point of population among ' European countries. ?6T Little Girl?I am going to buy my mother some oranges. Visitor?"She likes ! oranges, does she ?" Little Girl?No, ma'am. |' She gives them to me. I SST" Broken down horses in Germany are j I restored to perfect health by being fed with , infusions of roasted coffee and ground coffee beans mixed with honey. 8ST"The Spaniard, however courteous lie may be, never invites a guest to dinner. In 1 Italy, too, the privacy of the family is sel- ' dom invaded at the dinner hour. < 8?" The Eskimo Bulletin is the only jour- ] nal published within the Arctic Circle. It i is printed at Cape Prince of Wales, and is printed only once a year. , Ifeff" Tiie Doy who toiu ins miner mat ne j had a horrid cold in his head was cruelly re- . buffed when the old man thanked heaven that he had at last something in it. 1 BSf According to an election return just made to the British parliament, there are 0,229,129 voters in the United Kingdom. There arc 4,592,482 voters in England. ffST The Iowa crop bulletin estimates the corn crop of that State at two hundred and forty million bushels, an increase of about forty million bushels over last year. According to Dr. Darwin and others, it takes a monkey thousands of years to make a man of himself, but a man can make a monkey of himself in a minute. 6ST Blindfold two boys and put them on the kitchen floor with a bowl of dry bran between them. Let them try to feed each other with a spoon and see how they make out. SfetT" New York city has sixteen million dollars invested in school sites and buildings. This is considerably more than the annual expenditure on education in Italy and Spain j combined. j 0ST The custom of speaking of the president as "his excellency" is unwarranted. No such formal title was ever given him by legislative action. His legal title is "The president of the United States." 8&F The auger that bores a square hole | consists of a screw auger in a square tube, I the corners of which are sharpened from ; within, and as the auger advances cuts the J round hole square. j 66T" When ouce filled in, a Moslem grave is' never reopened on any account. To remove j the faintest chance of it being thus defiled, a I cypress tree is planted after every interment, so that the cemeteries resemble forests more + ntiirfKinnr alcn ' i l&Jtiu mii?5 viov. I i BST" "I'm going to have a birthday party j ] next week, Mr. Nicefellow." "The members i ( of your family always celebrate their birthdays, I believe." "Yes, all hut sister. She's, got so careless she's beginnin' to skip hers." j i ; SoT" The United States has two hundred j and forty-two life-saving stations; one bun- j dred and eighty-one on the Atlantic, forty- j* eight on the lakes, eighteen on the Pacific, < and one at the Ohio Falls, Louisville, Ky. < ?a?" The Sultan of Turkey always eats and ; drinks alone, although he generally has a 1 large retinue in attendance, lie uses neith- ] er table, plates, knife nor fork, but only a spoon and his lingers, with which he fishes out his food from a series of little saucepans. 8ST" Farmer's IJoy?Father, kin I go to the minstrels tonight with Hiram Homespun ? 1 "Naw. 'Tain't "more'n a month since yer ! went to the top o' the hill to see the eclipse i of the moon. 'Fears to me yew wanter be I on the go the hull time." , fUSF Dueling in Kussia has become so com-' j mon that the government has been compelled 1 ( to decree a severe code of punishment. Kill-1, ing an antagonist will cost six years in pris- i on; severe wounding, three years; duel ' without injury, six months; provoking a ' duel, six weeks to three months. Slavery has been abolished in Siain in ' name, but it can never be abolished in fact, s for the slaves have no means of supporting t themselves outside of their masters' houses. , Kverv member of the Siamese upper elasses , can fetter his servants or throw them into prison without any kind of trial or perm is- 1 sion being necessary. I ?if" The United States as a nation is in- I creasing in wealth faster than any other country on earth. Its wealth is evident in | many ways, not the least of which is its comparatively small debt. The interest- : bearing debt of the I'nited States is $5(10,- ' 000,(?00: of England, $4,000,000,000; ofi-' France, $(>,000,000,000; the I'nited States is 1 the richest of them all. ( &3F A ladv once talked with an eminent j divine upon the subject of juvenile cduca- j, tion, said: "Well sir, 1 have made up my i mind never to put my child under religious ;' instruction until he has arrived at years of I discretion," To which the minister replied : ' "If you neglect your child all that time the \ < the devil will not." j: In Ashantee parricides are tied hand 11 and foot to stakes driven in the ground near | a large ant hill. The ants are then irritated by sticks thrust into the entrance of their i1 dwellings, a guard is set at a respectful'' distance to prevent rescue, and the prisoner : is left to be eaten alive. In forty-eight hours i nothing is left of the criminal but a neatly I, 8fe?T"I tell you, sir, no woman can be fully j trusted!" exclaimed a cynical man to a friend. "Why, just look at poor Snillson. 1 Didn't he love that wife of his? Didn't he j consider her an angel? Didn't lie fairly! worship her? Didn't he think nothing was ' too good for her ? And how has she requited j{ him?" "How?" asked the other, "(ione < and had twins?these hard times." 11 ?lte <#;um audi preside. <'OXI>t'CTKI> BY HOWIiAXI) HIJACK. [Original.) MODIFIED INTENSIVE FARMING. The time has come when it is absolutely necessary to the welfare of the Southern farmer, that the intensive plan of farming shall take the place of extensive fanning, as practiced throughout the South today. There is nothing to commend about our system of farming as practiced hy most Southern fanners. It is a wasteful and ruinous system, and it is time we were trying to improve upon it. The worse feature of it is that it does not improve our lands; but, on the other hand, it is gradually wearing them out. The same field is planted in cotton year after year without any manure, except probably" 75 or 100 pounds of phosphate per acre. It is planted in cotton until it he comes too poor to produce si paying crop, when it is "thrown out" and a field of about equal size is cleared from the timber to take its place, without even trying to bring the exhausted land back to its once fertile state. It is this system of extensive farming that has ruined the lands of the South, and turned them into a vast tract of wornout cow-pastures. Intensive farming, with the aid of stable and green and chemical manures, will bring these lands back to fertility. By intensive farming, is meant the concentrating of all your energy and capital upon a smaller area of land, and by thorough cultivation and high manuring, produce as much as you otherwise would upon a large farm. By this system you can grow two crops upon the same land in one year, as easy as you can grow one upon poor land. To follow out this plan of intensive farming, you must keep stock enough to consume the produce of the farm, instead of every spare hushel of corn and every load of hay being hauled to the nearest market aud sold as is now done. Kcmember that when you do this, you are selling the fertility of your land. If you find you have more feed than your stock can cousume, buy a few more bead of stock and let them have the feed, and you ean get your profit from the stock. [f you can't, then you arc not a shrewd farmer. Intensive farming does not necessarily mean that you must sell all your land except a very small area ; but it means, as I said before, high manuring and high cultivation on whatever scale you may practice it'. Of course this will require a curtailment of the number of acres in hoed crops, commensurate with your ability to give high cultivation and high manuring. This system will necessitate in the South, where we have no large markets near at hand, a mixed system of stock raising, cotton and grain crops. To illustrate more clearly our idea, let us suppose that a farmer who now plants 100 acres in corn and cotton, hires six hands and uses four horses in the cultivation of the same, should decide to adopt the other system. In the first place, he can dispense with three of these hands and two of his work horses, by using improved tools for the preparation of his land and the cultivation of his crops, thus saving one-half of hi^, capital thus employed for the purchase of additional manures. One-half of this one hundred lcres, instead of being planted in corn and cotton, should be sown in wheat, oats, rye, peas, clover and grasses, and planted in turnips, mangold beets, sorghum and potatoes. This fifty acres should be regarded and treated as the means of keeping up the fertility of the farm. Upon it should be kept as many head of stock as it will properly support. Oats, rye, pea, clover ind grass hay, should be put away to winter them, as also turnips, mangold beets, sweet potatoes and sorghum, to supplement the ;rain crops and add succulence to the usual Iry winter feed, keeping your stock in better condition, promoting a more rapid and healthful growth, and at less cost. As this half of :hc farm is to be run for the purpose of making manure, as well as incidentally for the profit hat will arise from stock raising, both obects will be subserved by providing warm shelter for all of your stock in the winter season. These may be made comfortable and convenient without being expensive. In fact, the material for building them may be found on almost every farm, and the work nay be done by the farmer himself. The stock should be well littered and the manure carefully saved and applied to the cultivated part of the farm. The remainder of the farm may be planted 11 corn and cotton; and I would suggest :hirty acres of it in corn and twenty acres n cotton. By fine preparation of the land ind thorough cultivation?say once every iveck?which can be done easily with the proper cultivating implements, and high nanuring, these fifty acres can be made to produce as much corn and cotton, with onclalf the expense for labor, as would be pro luecd by the present system from one hunlred acres. To successfully carry out this system will equire careful planning and'intelligent supervision of every detail, and, above all .lungs, perseverance and faith in your busiicss, with a fixed determination to make ( our farm a success. Of course your land should not be run too long in cultivated crops, nit a system of rotation in the above crops should be carried out. Let peas follow ev. ry crop of grain, and be sown among your . orn at last plowing for the improvement of /our land. The silo may be made a profita>le help in this system, by enabling you to ceep a larger number of stock, and in better condition, than would be possible without it. With all the possible care you may give to saving manure, you will find that you will lot be able to save enough to highly manure your fifty aercs in cultivated crops. This must be done, and it must be supplemented tiy commercial fertilizers. A judicious use of phosphates and potash?but not ammonia? 11 addition to barnyard manure and green rops turned under, especially peas and clover, will bring your farm to a high state of production and thus greatly reduce the cost ;>f production. Some farmers often object to the use ol fertilizers because, they say, the farm should uipport itself, and not go outside for its fer:ility. Why not say that each field should lo the same? Would it not be just as fair? When a farmer uses stable manure he takes from one part of the farm to feed another part, [fhe should put 011 his corn or cotton land only [lie manure made from these crops, how long would they last? The richer land 011 the farm, liy the use of stable manure alone, by your system, is made to support the poorer land. It is robbing Peter to pay Paul, but when you aipplement the manure made from the farm with fertilizers, you arc adding to the store jf plant food in your soil. You are making it richer. When you buy phosphate and potash, you simply bring back what live dock and the forest growth have taken from your soil. The only pertinent question is, will it pay? I'mler the system we have just described, intelligently and persistently carried out, long enough to develop it fully, we lliink it will. I'mler our present system of farming, where commercial fertilizers are used as the main dependence, instead of being supplementary to barnyard manure md green crops, and the physical condition of our soil brought about by exhaustive cropping, favor its being leached out and carried >11' into our streams. Kxperienee has demonstrated that cominecrial fertilizers will not pay. fifcir Many articles made of brass, may be kept bright and free from tarnish if you will L'over them with a thin coat of varnish made .f 1.1 oi.,.it..,. ...wi ..m.viw.i ? Iw procured ul any <Ini?x store. <?hc f tovn ffUrv. I ... _ ~ 1 HIS NOVEL SUBTERFUGE. A HAS1IFUL LAWYERS PROPOSAL. Jolin Raobiim, counsellor-nt-law,satin his office, a volume of "Waite's Practice" on his knee, but his eyes wandered through the open door to the outer office, where lie could see the graceful figure of his stenographer, Bertha Wilson, as she bent over her work, her pretty hands tapping the keys of her typewriter with unerring swiftness and precision. "A lady, every inch of her," mused Raeburn, as his gaze dwelt lovingly upon a dcli icate profile "By birth and breeding as well as in manner; but, thanks to the whirligig of fortune, compelled to work for a living. If I only knew, now, how she would take it?but I would rather not meet a rcbufl'; and then the upshot of that would be that I would lose my stenographer as well?and if I cannot have her in one capacity, I surely do not want to he deprived of her in the other. Dear me, forty seems dreadfully old, and twenty-three childishly young, when I think of the contrast; and yet it is only seventeen years' difference, and a great many people would consider that no obstacle. And she need have no foolish scruples about disparity of position, for intrinsically her position is as good as my own?she only wants to regain it, that is all. How I wish I could discover some plan of judging her feelings without the danger of driving her away altogether, in case they were not favorable. Ha ! I have it! The very idea?and she will not suspect the ruse. I will put. it to the test this very minute." John Kaeburn was a good scholar, an excellent lawyer, and a gentleman in every sense of t he word ; but in regard to the fuir sex, most unaccountably shy. Not that lie was not capable of as sincere, deep, and ardent an attachment as any man, but the very intensity of feeling brought along with it a discouraging and aggravating sense of every real or fancied deficiency or impediment that might interpose a barrier between himself and the young lady whom he had at first esteemed, then admired, and finally loved. Nevertheless, the suggestion alluded to came just at a favorable moment, and without waiting for his habitual diffidence to rise up and render it unavailing, he determined to seize the golden opportunity at once. He touched a bell on his desk. Bertha waited to cheek otf one last word and adjust her typewriter for the next line, and then, note-book in hand, appeared at the door. "Come in, please, Miss Wilson," said her employer, drawing forward a chair, perhaps a shade closer than usual. "This is a personal letter, so I will supply the address in my own hand." Personal letters being no special novelty, Miss Wilson simply inclined her head affirmatively, and held her pen iu readiness. "My dear Miss ," began Mr. Kaeburn, with a side'glance at his pretty amanuensis, who looked all the prettier for the little bit of color that came into her plump cheeks. "You will excuse me, I know, for communicating with you by this means, being well aware, as you are, that my handwriting is very difficult to decipher, and you will appreciate the fact that I wish there to be no mistake in your interpretation of what I am about to write. Your name and address, of course, I shall add myself, so that to all intents and purposes this letter?while having the added merit of being legible?is as confidential as if it were in reality penned as well as dictated by me. "I have enjoyed your acquaintance now for a number of months." Miss Wilson's cheeks grew a little more vivid just here. "Short as that time has apparently been, it has been sufficient to reveal to me the faet that you have awakened a sentiment much deeper and more lasting than can he comprised within or implied by the word 'friendship.' The disparity in our years had made me diffident of expressing these sentiments to you, but I have finally resolved to make my plea, with the hope that it will not prove an insuperable obstacle to my deep, sincere and devoted affection for you ; and with further hope?which it remains with you to ratify or extinguish?that my affection is returned. Will you give me an answer, dearest friend, and kindly make my suspense a brief one? If fate is adverse, I must bear it like a man ; if you grant my suit, I will not wish to lose a moment in hearing your lips confirm the precious news. Please let me have a reply by the first post in the morning, and believe me, under any and all circumstances, devotedly your friend." "There," said Mr. Raehurn, after treating himself to a prolonged survey from behind his hand at the pretty face now flushed and unmistakenly agitated that bent over the note-book. "You are a young lady of taste, Miss Wilson, and I should like your opinion. How do you think that sounds? Not very flowery, eh ?" "No, sir; but what is better, straightforward and manly," replied Bertha, with just the faintest little tremble in her voice, which she skillfully concealed?or fancied she did? by a convenient cough. "Thank you ! If the lady for whom it is intended will only regard it as appreciatively, I shall have little to fear," replied Mr. ltaeburn with a very beaming expression. "Now, if you will kindly copy the letter for me, j that will close the work for today. And you need not come down tomorrow, for if the answer is favorable, I shall spend the day with my friend, and the office will be closed ; so you can have a holiday and enjoy yourself." I "Thank you, sir!" Another unmistakable quiver of the pretty chin this time. And Miss Wilson got out of the room as quickly as possible, and returned to her typewriter. Bertha prided herself upon being both a rapid and accurate operator. But she would ! not lor worms nave mm it Known now many sheets were torn up and consigned to the j waste-paper basket during the copying of j that letter, or how one beautifully finished ! was irredeemably ruined by a tear-blot that I fell on it as she was reading it over to look I for possible mistakes. It was done at last, however, and she carI ried it in to Mr. Kaeburn, who was, happily,! too deeply absorbed in his book to look up: j then, bidding him good-afternoon, she donned ! her hat and jacket, and left the oflice. "Holiday tomorrow," she murmured, as she walked dejectedly home, while the tears she could no longer restrain fell thick and fast behind her protecting veil. "That's only the preliminary to a permanent separation from that oflicc ; for I cannot, no, I cannot, | remain there and know that! What a foolish creature I am, to suppose that he would j give a thought to me. This is the end of those happy hours that have made work so delightful?of the kind friendship that has lightened every burden, brightened every task. But I must not think of it any more"? as the tears flowed faster. "It has been a foolish, idle fancy, and I have been justly j punished for allowing myself to mistake a | J natural kindly courtesy and friendly interest! | for that deeper sentiment to which I would j so gladly have responded. The disparity in I ' years would have been no impediment to! I me ; and if that lady knows his goodness of heart half as well as I do, she may count j herself a happy and favored being for having won it. Well, I will devote my holiday to- j j morrow in doing some of my back sewing ;! j as to 'enjoying' myself, I would as soon ex-1 j pcct to do that at a funeral?the funeral, in-1 | deed, of all the hopes I have been so foolish-; ! Iy harboring." If Miss Wilson could have seen the look | on her employer's face a few minutes after she left the oflice, her thoughts would have . taken a very different turn ; hut it is just as j well, perhaps, that we are not able to anticipate even our good fortune. "Eureka! Eureka!" he exclaimed. "I i ' am answered ! HI ess her dear little ingenu-1 | ous soul, she could not keep the tell-tale story out of her eyes and voice. They bcj trayed her with every sentence of the letter. I John Kacburn, you are the luckiest man I alive! She little imagines the holiday she j will enjoy tomorrow, if she answers me as I j believe she will. That certainly was a : heaven born inspiration ; there's nowhere I j 1 I won't take her, nothing that I won't buy j her ; and if I don't make tomorrow a day 1 in paiadise, it won't be because I don't try. Then picking up the finished letter, he first pressed it rapturously to his lips, added a hasty scrawl to the bottom, addressed and | enveloped it, and took it to the post-odice I himself, then went home, whistling like a j boy. Meanwhile Hertha Wilson had reached her home, put her things away with scrupulous care, spread her little table and sat down for the first time in her healthy young i life without a morsel of appetite. As she sat toying with her spoon, there ! came a sudden ring at the door, and in an- j other moment a letter with a special delivery ! ! stamp was placed in her hands. i She opened it, glanced at the first few ' lines, then fell hack with a low cry, while an expression of mingled incredulity and rapture overspread her face: and when she ; came to the last few lines, written in a hand which, between natural imperfections and agitation, was reduced to a series of hiero- i glyphics that nothing short of the inspiration j ! of love could have enabled her to decipher, i she ilist cried for nine iov. "Dear, darling Bertha," it said, "will you forgive tlio little ruse by which I sought to*learn if ' what I had ventured to hope for was really true?that you did care for me? I wanted to read in your dear face whether such sentiments from ine would be acceptable to you ; and what I saw there has emboldened mo to send this letter?tenfold dearer to me because your dear hands traced it?to assure 3*011 that 3*ou and 3*011 only were the one for whom it was intended?and the one object of 1113* heart's sincere affection. M113* I come tomorrow? Just S113' one little '3*es.' We can sa3* the rest when 111c meet. Your devoted, John Kakhuhn." "The dear, darling, wicked, deceitful fellow !" exclaimed Bertha, in one tremendous rapture of joy and surprise. "To take such ( a mean advantage of me, and make me write ^ my own love letter ! Never mind ! I had ? the double pleasure of reading it and hear- , ing it, and knowing that it came right warm J from his heart. And I wasn't so far out of the way in applying so many of those expressions to myself, and fancying how I would regard them. Sav "yes;" indeed I . shall!" * ^ And springing up, she went over to her 1 desk, selected her very prettiest sheet of 1 note-paper, wrote 011 it simply the words, ? "Dear John: Yes. Bertha," sealed it, kissed the envelope, and had it in the post-box at ( the corner, with the special delivery stamp which John had thoughtfully inclosed to fa- J cilitate its journey, ami went back to cat her supper to the last mouthful, and then to en- . joy a good, comfortable, grateful cry, before -1... 11 _.l :,i. .. bllU 1U1I Willi il aiiiuu uII IIV1 lips. What John said when lie came next morn- " ing, what a delightful day they passed, and i what a lovely ring adorned llcrtlm's finger when lie released her hand at parting, are not matters that need to be dilated upon. pay,/! \Bakinir ' V/bwfcrl Absolutely A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening ] strength.?Latest United States ^ Government Food Report. Royal Baking Powder Co., 1 106 Wall Street, N. Y. xr -?,r it iT4- r i I on lUii.y oil xvi-aii/A- xi, Hut there is not a shadow of doubt of the fact that it is the duty of every man to make the best provision in his power for the PROTECTION of those dependent on him in ease lie should be taken away by death, and no plan lias yet been devised that equals life insurance. In order to pet men to buy their insuraneh, some high-priced, level premium companies of late years have been selling insurance on the strength of a promise to pay the insured a sum of money during his lifetime, provided he paid the company a stipulated sum annually for a certain number of years, or a certain sum to his family in case of death. The proposition, as made by the smooth tongued solicitor, Sounds All Right, If not tested by the simplest rules of arithmetic. [Did you ever have an agent for a level premium company ask you to "ligger out" how much YOU would make by carrying a policy in his company for a specified number of years ? Did you? Now honest.] . The hope of getting something out of an in- 1 suranee company himself, often misleads the 1 ordinarily prudent man. Right here we de- t sire to say that nine times out of ten that if j the insured does not die in less than five years from the time one of these "pay-youbuck-during-your-life-timo-policics" is writ- f ten, every dollar is lost except the pittance ^ given him as "paid tip" insurance, its | Official Statistics Prove That nine men out of ten who buy this high t priced insurance drop it in from three to t eight years because they are brought to real- ^ ize that the burden is too great to carry. The companies know that their prices arc s double what they should be, but they argue t that as longasthey can catch "suckers" there is no necessity for a reduction. You know their expenses arc heavy, and, therefore, large premiums must be collected from the / policyholders to meet them. Ilere are a c few salaries paid by one of the leading old J line companies: President, $100,000 a a year; two vice presidents, ?d<>,000 each, 1 | per annum ; and its treasurer, secretary, ae- q tuary, comptroller and auditor each receive ^oO.IXKI per annum, or $470,(XX) for the ollicers named, without taking into account the 1 princely sums paid minor ollicers, agents, a etc. The reader may not feel any interest j in this matter, but we desire right here to impress one weighty truth, and that is that every farthing that is annually wasted by 1 this and other like companies, conies out ot , the policyholders, and we ask, is it good * business sense to be insured in a concern so extravagant with the peoples' money? t Now we insist ] That No Sensible Man, $ lie he young or old, will buy any other kind of insurance than that which agrees to pay a t stipulated amount in cash to beneficiaries named in policy at death of insured, whether the policy has been in force one day or fitly years. Insurance of this kind should be I cheap. It should not cost a man forty-live years old over ?is per t>l,(KH) insurance. Statistics carefully gathered for the past fifty years prove that ?1.S will give iron clad pro- ^ lection, and leave a liberal sum over each year. The level premium stock company c charges S'lT.bT per $1,0(H) for the age named S above, or more than twice as much as ex- j pcrience proves is necessary. Now, dear reader, we desire to say that it 1 appeal's to us that t Coin moil Business Sense 1 should cause every man who has dependents, to insure his life for their protection, and he should make it a point to get iron clad protection at the lowest cost consistent with ^ absolute safety, and to all who want this kind of insurance, we will say that we repre- . sent the STRONdKST natural premium * insurance company in the world ; that it has a ^ larger surplus as compared to liabilities than 1 any company or any kind, and wnu we can furnish you with insurance at ahoiit half the ^ price charged hy old line companies, and of , a (piality that is not surpassed in the world. ^ You are at liberty to decide this matter in 1 your own way, hut we are sure that if you will investigate ^ Tlie Mutual Reserve KI ND 1.1 FK ASSOCIATION'S policies, ^ terms, standing, etc., you will he sure to insure in it. ^ < i H 1ST BROS. A Bit It 'K, Ocncral Agents, 1 Yorkvillc, S. <'. W. L. DOUGLAS S S3 SHOE noWp. Do you wear them? When next In need try a pair. a Best in the world. e ?5.00jiPm?\J3.00 ti HMM \S2.50 *3.50fP,__t?00 i, Mm.rn.rn. F0R LAD'E# #2.50 (S|P*^^I$2 oo i1 #2.25% jiL #1.75 B0^3 If you want a fine DRESS SHOE, made In the latest styles, don't pay $6 to $8, try my $3, $3.50, $4.00 or j} $5 Shoe. They fit*equal to custom made and took and (' wearaswell. If you wish to cconomiao In your footwear, do so by purchasing W. L. bouglas Shoes. Name and price stamped on the bottom, look for It when you Duy. r TV. L. DOUGLAS. Brockton, Haas. Sold by J J. J. SMITH, Clover, S. C. * August 2.'! .'M 4tn ORTMAN PAYS THE EXPRESS. Send for Special Reductions To My Country Patrons, j PRACTICAL STEAM DYEING AND CLEANING OF EVERY DESCRIPTION, j QTKAM, Naptha, French Dry and Chemical O Cleansing. Siiinc and < iloss removed from Gentlemen's clothing without injury to the most lelieate fabric. DA I)IKS DKKSSKS DYKD WITHOUT KIPPINU. Price list and circulars cheerfully furnished m application. COLUMBIA STEAM DYE WORKS. 173 Main Street, u ivxxsjl^., n. A. L. (HITMAN, Proprietor. August 23 .14 :(iii Din NATIONAL BANK, Itock Hill, S. <7. Capital, ------ $75,00(1 inrplos aud Profits, 45.500 liitioiial Liability of SfocMfiers, 75,0(10 Total Protectioii to Depositors, $195,500 SV. L. ItODDEY President. IV. .J. ItODDEY Vice President. 1. H. MILLER Cashier. t. LEE KERIt Teller. rHIS BANK oilers its services to the public gene? 'P-3' and solicits accounts from Farm(rs, Merchants, Corporations and Private Inllvidnals. Wc shall lie glad to furnish our terms upon ipplicaticm. INTKKKST UFA KIND CKIlI IFICATRS OF DEPOSIT ISSUED. September 27 .'111 lim FOR THE SUMMER CAMPAIGN. WE want our friends, the club makers, to continue to work or Thk Enquirer during the spring, iuminer and early fall of this year, and n order to make it worth their while o do so, we have decided to make hem liberal offers, and we do it with lie assurance that they will be received vitli enthusiasm. We will offer one vEADING PREMIUM, besides severil smaller ones, which will be awarded o the club-makers who may return md pay for the clubs of yearly sub.cribers between APRIL 5, 1893, \ND TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, :893, at 3 o'clock p. 111., as stated beow. We have for a number of years been II the habit of using Buggies as premiums, and experience has taught 11s hat such a premium meets with genial approval. At first we offered Cinunnati Buggies, worth about $55, but bund that while they were all that vas claimed for them, they were not >f a grade that fully met the recpiirenents of this section, and our two last iffers in Buggies have been the product >f our own "Carolina Buggy Conipaly," which is acknowledged to be a eader in the manufacture of high grade ,-eludes. These buggies met with the indorsement of our friends. They cnew that the winner of the buggy vould get something of which any nan might well be proud. Fully reilf^innr flip cfrmrlino- nnrl rpnn Infirm nf lie "Carolina," we have arranged to >ffer one of the Company's best $90.00 Open Buggies is a premium to the club maker who eturns and pays for the largest 1111111>er of subscribers between the dates lamed above. Last year we offered one premium or the summer campaign, but this 'ear we propose to give everybody a diance. We will award a $25 watch ?either Elgin or Waltham movelien t?in an open face coin silver case, 0 every club maker who may return md pay for SIXTY or more yearly ubscribers between the dates fixed for lie opening and closing of the contest. For every club of FORTY or more, md less than sixty, we will give one r jewel Elgin watch in an open face lust proof silver case, worth $13. For every club of THIRTY, and less ban forty yearly subscribers, we will 1 ward one New York Standard watch 11 a dust proof open face coin silver :ase, worth #10. For every club of TWENTY and ess than thirty subscribers, we will iward one New York Standard watch 11 an open face nickle case, worth $7. For every club of TEN we will send PiiK Enquirkr for one year as comlensation. For every club of FIVE and less hau ten, we will give one twenty-iour lour nickle alarm clock, valued at 5i-75In case a club maker who may reurn 60, 40, 30, 20, 10, or 5 names liould win the buggy, "said clubuiakr will not be entitled to any other iremium. CONDITIONS. In this contest OLD and NEW subcribers count the same, but the name >f 110 subscriber now 011 onr list, whose ubscriptiou expires after October 24, S93, can be entered -on any club naker's list to be counted in compeition for any of the premiums offered mder this proposition. The following are the classes that rill count: 1. Those who have never been ubscribcrs. 2. Those who have at any time it the past been subscribers, but vltose names are not now 011 our ist. 15. Those whose names are now m our list, but whose subscripions expire before October 24, 81>?. The regular club price of $1.75 must ie paid for all yearly subscribers. I11 this contest, TWO six months' inscriptions at $1.00 each will be onsidered the equivalent of one year- 1 y subscriber at Si.75, and so counted. ( The propositions contained in the hove are open to everybody and any 1 lie who works will be well repaid for 11 the labor expended. The buggy is j bsolutely sure to go, whether the largstclub is 5 or 100. If you want it, go -? wnrlr tnrlnv Any further information that may | e desired will be furnished 011 application. L. M. GRIST, Yorkville, vS. C. ' | . K. FINI.KY. J. S. MUCK, j i<iNI,I:Y it IIKICM. ATTOHNKYH AT IiAW, Yorkville, S. C. \ LIj ltu.siness entrusted to us will he given jl prompt attention. FFK'KIN TilK BUILDINO ATTIIK It K A It F M. A If. ST It A USS'S STORK. January 7 1 tf SOIIUIUiM MILLS. rllK (ll'KKX OF TIIK SOUTH?the best SOltUIIUM MI Mi on t ho market. See 1 unplo at J. \V. RORSON'S, Yorkville, and at in* factory. ItOUK HILL MA('IIINF. WORKS. for Infants s " OnstoriaiHso well mlapttnl to children that I recommend It as superior to any prescription l.nown to mc\" II. A. Archer, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. "Tho list's of 'Castoria 1.5 so universal and i:s merits so well known that, it seems a work t f supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within ea>y reach." Caiiuw Mahtyn, I). ]>., New York City. Tiif. Centaur C OLIVER'S CHI 100,000 of These Plows V Give FIFTEEN Reason WI'] are agents for the celebrated OLIVER recognized as the best plow in every pai above engraving?is a medium two horse, and i thoso who want a lirst class plow with lull infor plow that will meet every ffcquiremont as to t CHILLED. It will go in the ground whenltoo li are conscious of the fact that there cheaper pit OLIVER, but we also know that when quality at account the other makes are "not in it," even a li THE (il GARRY IRON RO< Manufactures all kinds of ?1 iron roofing, CKIMl'ED AND COKKUOATKI) SIDING, Iron Tile or Shingle, 5 kike 1'kook dooks, hiil'ttkkh, ac- f=_____=^ THE LARGEST MANUFACTURERS 0 ^?"Orders received by L. M. GRIST. TAX NOTICE, 1H?2-'1>3. Ofkick ok County Trkasukkk, I Yorkvim.k, S. C., September If), 1893.{ IN conformity to law, mv books will beopencned on MONDAY, THE lliTH DAY OF OCTOBER, and kept open UNTIL DECEMBER .'I1ST, 1893, for the collection of STATE, COUNTY and SPECIAL TAXES, for the fiscal year commencing November 1st, 1892. Eor the accommodation of tax-payers, I will attend at the following places on the days named : At Yorkville, from Monday, October Kith, I until Saturday, October 21st. At Antioch, Monday, October 23rd. At Tirzah, Tuesday, October, 24th. At Newport, Wednesday, October, 25th. At Clay Hill, Thursday, October 2fith. At Thompson's Mill, Friday, October 27th. At Bethel, Saturday, October 28th. At Yorkville, from Monday, October 3<)th, until Saturday, the 4th day of November. At Clover, Monday and Tuesday, November Gth and 7th. At Bethany, Wednesday, November 8th. At Clark's Fork, Thursday, November 9th. At Hickory Grove, Friday and Saturday, November 10th and 11th. At McConncllsville, Monday, Noveinltcr 1.5th. At J. \V. Carroll's store, Tuesday, November 14th. At Sharon, Wednesday, November 15th. At Yorkvillc, from Thursday, November lfith, to Monday, November 20th. At Butfalo, Tuesday. November 21st. At Grover, Wednesday, November 22nd. At Blacksburp, Thursday and Friday, November 23rd and 24th. At Yorkvillc, Saturday, November 25th. At Coatcs' Tavern, from 1 o'clock p. m. on Monday, November 27th, to 1 o'clock p. m. on Tuesday, November 28th. At Fort Mill, Wednesday and Thursday, November 29th and .'50th. At Rock Hill from Friday, December 1st, until Friday, December 8th. At Yorkvillc, from Saturday, the 9th day of: December, until December .'51st, 189:5, alter1 which day the 15 per cent, penalty will attach. H.A.I). NKKIjY, County Treasurer. September 20 .'58 tf j .... Read H'liat Two MoneySaving Satisfied Customers Haye To Say. Here Is what Mr. II. II. 13dwards, Anderson, S. C., has to say of Our 920 COLUMBIAN Sewing Machine, under date of June 13. IS1I3 : "The No. I COLUMBIAN Sewing I bought of you has been received And thoroughly tested. It has given entire satisfaction. It is a beauty. Mien a diamine Would liavc cost me Fii'ty or Sixty Dollars Here. Indeed, I don't Think they Havc any here As good as it Is." Mr. J. H. Clinkskalcs, Due West, S. C., Says, under date of May 3, lst?3: "I received the COLUMRIAX Machine several days ago. All Right, With all the Attacinhents. We I Are well Pleased With the Machine. And all that Have seen it say That it is the IIEST ! Machine on the Market. I think I will be able To Send you in An order for others In a few days." Send for Full Particulars to I,. M. Rrlst, Yorkvillc, S. C. EXCELSIOR RlIltllEK STAMPS. DO you know that a Ul'liltKH STAMP is a very useful article with which to mark ' your collars, culls, shirts and nana Keren icis: j, Well, if you don't, it is time you were learning.!: And it is also useful to merchants to stamp | i their wrapping paper, etc.; also useful to hotel1 I clerks, hankers, druggists, postmasters, etc. I j1 have on hand some very line specimens of type, 11 suitable for marking clothes, and also for stamp- 11 ing envelopes, letter heads, hill heads, state-1 s nients, shipping tags, visitingand business cards, ; etc., which is at least equal to, or better than 7">:' per cent, of the ordinary "botch-work" of ama-1 ' teur country printers. I also sell steel stamps, i< wax seals, seal presses, door plates, Herman j I silver key cheeks with name and address, and j t also badges for policemen, railroad conductors! and porters. "SAFETY" PENCIL POCKETS. If you hare a fountain pen ora pencil that you j don't want to lose, you can keep from losing! lliein by buying a "SAFETY" PENCIL POCK- j ET. It only costs TWENTY-FIVE cents, and , will save you the expense of buying so many lead pencils. I will be pleased to fill all orders given me. Promptness and satisfaction guaranteed. Address all orders to KE(5. M. ORIST, ! Yorkville, S. ('. CHICKENS FOR SALE. Indian Games, Belfast Red (lames, Golden Wyandottes, Silver-Laced Wyandottes, > White Leghorns, j 1 Brown. Leghorns, i J Rlaek Minorcas, { Plymouth Rocks, J Grades, Culls, Etc. ? Address, J. E. POAtJ, Rook Hill, S. ('. September 27 .'tit -It [ I ind Children. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, ami promotes digestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your 'Custoria,' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results." Edwin F. Pardee, M. P., 135th Strcot and Tth Ave., New York City. ompany, 77 Mcrray Street, New York Citt. LLED PLOW. * /"ere Sold Last Year?Can s Why it is the BEST. 'S CHILLED PLOW. It lists for years been rticular on tlie uiarket. Tho No. 19?shown in is worth $H.f)0, Wo shall ho pleased to furniHh niation its to all sizes and styles. If you want a food work and durability, buy tho OLIVER'S iard for any other make of plow to ho used. We iws, so far as lirst cost is concerned, than the )<1 quantity of work and durabilty are taken into tile bit. UST-CART\VRH?IIT CO., Yorkvillo, S. C. OFIT\G COMPANY, f) IRON ORE PAINT 152 T() 158 M E R WIX ST., Cleveland, O. and Price List No. 75. F IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD. A FAIR TRIAL ALL THAT IS NECESSARY. Ml .. WM. OHOATE, of the Newport section, is one York's most practical, successful and prog/cssive farmers and never pays $5 for doing a p'cce of work when he has reason to believe that it can bo done as well, or better, for $1.25 by using improved fanning machinery. This principle induced Mr. CJioate to buy a Corbin Disk Harrow, and the following testimonial from him will show whether not ho v.&s disappointed after testing it: Nkwport, S. C., September hi, 18ft). Sam M. Grist, Yorkville, S. 0.: Dear Sir: I am highly pleased with my Corbin Disk Harrow, and can and do endorse what other practical farmers have said in reference to it. I think it a great labor saving implement, and consequently a money saver. The first work I did with it was sowing wheat and oats last fall when the ground was extremely hard. By going over it two or three times, I had it in line condition, doing the work principally myself, and much quicker and easier than by the old method of plowing in the grain. The next work was preparing for planting corn last spring by running the Disk Harrow over land which had been broken with a two horse plow last fall. It put the land in line condition for planting. Later on I used it for sowing peas on stubble land, without the assistance of a plow, and it did ^ the work satisfactorily. In addition to the above, there are a great many things for which it might be used with great advantage to the farmer. Now I desire to say a word to any who may be thinking of purchasing a Corbin Disk Harrow and are afraid it will not prove satisfactory: I think all that is necessary to convince any one is to give it a fair trial. They will find it to l>o the very thing they need. If you wish to do so, you are at liberty to publish the above with my signature. Yours Truly, W.v. Ohoate. ?We have a few of the latest improved Corbin Disk Harrows in stock and you need one with which to put iu your wheat and oats. Come and get it today. You will lose live times more by not buying one than wo will by not selling it to you. TIIK G It IST-CARTW RIGHT CO., State Agents, Yorkville, S C. THE KING OF BIKES IS THE MONARCH. < K THK MONARCH BICYCLE is the missing link between the uselessly heavy and dangerously light machine. The lightest bicycle? the Monarch Racer?weighs 32 pounds. The ? heaviest?the Monarch Roadster?the one that won the important race in Yorkville on July 4? weighs, all on, 35> pounds. MONARCHS always "get there," and the following are a few of [Jie reasons: They are the Best Designed. They are the Highest Grade. They are Scientifically Constructed. They are the Lightest Running by 33 per rent. They arc the Most ICIcgatit. t They are the Most Durable. They are the Finest Finished. They are the today Cycle tor today People. They are a Reliable llioycle for any Weight of Rider. If you are going to ride a bicycle, can you advance any plausible reason why you should ride anything" but a MONARCH? You can propel yourself with ONK-TlIIlll) less exertion on a Monarch than any other machine, and this is because of the superiority of the Monarch hearings, which are controlled by the Monarch Cycle Company and used EXCLUSIVELY on heir machines. There is a ditlerence of opinion is to which is the best tire made and also as to addles, but you can get any saddle or tire you want on a Monarch. Of course there are hther good wheels on the market, but always hear in mind that the Monarch is King of Hi- * ycles. The Lady's Monarch is the finest wheel for ladies yet produced. Catalogue, prices and :erms furnished on application. SAM M. <?It 1ST, Yorkvillo, S. C., Agent for York and Chester counties. TI1K STATU OF SOUTH C A HOI A N A, County of York. rot'HT OK COMMON I'l.KAS. I. Mijton Stewart, Plaintiff, against Sanili H. Faris, Cynthia Faris, John J. Cliont, individually and as administrator of the estate of Sarah K. Neely, deceased ; William A. lies and others (the names, number, residences and ages of the others not being known to plaintiff) descendants of James T. lies, deceased, and as such heirs of Sarah K. Neely, deceased ; and J. A. M. L. Stewart, Defendants.?Summons for Relief.? Complaint not served. To the Defendants above named and described, and to each of them : \roi; are hereby summoned and ret]uired *' . to answer the i*oniplaiut in this action, ivhich is today filed in the office of the lerk of the court of common pleas for the said ounty, and to serve a copy of your answer o the said complaint on the subscribers at their dlice in Yorkville, S. ('., within twenty days liter the service hereof, exclusive of the day of ^ inch service; and if you fail to answer the com >1:11111 wiiinn the tunc aforesaid, the jilaintill in his action will apply to the court for tho relief Iciiiuiitlotl in tho complaint. Yorkvillo, S. Scptcmhcr nth, A. I>., 1KSW. 1IAKT ?V 11AHT, IMaintitrs Attorneys. September l-'t :<7 t>t