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lewis "m. grist, r?i??j?i iet<?r. | . %\\ Jtulependcnt rJfamilu gtm-spapcr: ,J'or the promotion of the political, Social, l^icultural and (fommmial Jntercsts of the jsouth. | TERMS?$2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE. VOL. 40. YOBKYILLE, S. C., VPJDXESDAY, JULY 35, 1894. ' Y0. 3Q. ft FIGHT F 01 BY JOHN J. Copyright, 1SSM, by the American Press Asso CHAPTKR XII?('ONTIN'UKD. ^ " I told Isabel that 1 discovered her name a short time ago by a memorandum of the old lawyer. It said: 'Isabel Le Clair in Convent of Mercy and' Laurence Mangan, supposed son of James Mangan of Worcester, Mass., son and daughter of George Leland. See caseS, shelf 21.' Evidently on that shelf and in that case was something that would throw light on all this. The executor, however, who was a brother of the deceased, took those papers. He has himself died since, and In the few weeks 1 have been looking into the matter 1 have been no further enlightened. On the other hand, the case was being pressed against Laurence, and my interest in Isabel caused me to display more notivitv than usual in Laurence's be half. Have 1 not satisfactorily ex' plained?" "How do yoa account for the antipathy Lanrence entertains toward you?" "It is hard." "I think he is too candid, too honest, to persist in bis enmity if a frank state- j ment were made to him." "But where is he now?" "I cannot say." "1 know be has been poshed during the past few days and is likely to be arrested. He is so high minded and sensitive that he might resort to means we would deplore. He strikes me as one who would prefer death to dishon- ' or." "He would never shun danger by courting discredit." "1 hope you are right, mother, but his absence and his silence are significant. " Just then Isabel peered iu from the corridor. She wanted to see Mother St. Gertrude and had been directed to the reception room. Raymond had seen her, ' and she could not withdraw before the i mother superior said: "Come in, Isabel." She obeyed. Her face told of the nights of worry she had passed through, j The change did not escape Raymond- 1 He attributed it to the secret that she was hiding from Mangan and that she had imparted to Mother St Gertrude. "You are looking ill," he said to her. "1 am not feeling well," was her only reply. "I hope," he continued, "that you are not fretting over things that will ultimately lead to happiness, though a little perplexing now." "1 wish it would end quickly. Why cannot you tell Laurence now?" "I would like to please you," he answered, "but 1 cannot find him. He was persecuted by the people of whom | I spoke and has probably gone away to 6ome other city. 1 will take steps to find him. In fact, that's what brought me here today." "Oh, how good of yon!" exclaimed Isabel, and the sparkle of her eyes spoke i her appreciation. "There ate a few matters that' must be attended to inside," said Mother St. j Gertrude. "1 will be away but a few ! moments. Meanwhile try to devise Borne scheme to reach Laurence." "What would you suggest?" queried Raymond. "We must trust to you. But I'll go over the matter when 1 return." "What is your opinion?" Raymond j asked of Isabel when thonun had gone. "It is as Mother St. Gertrude says. We must trust to you." "1 have an idea," he said. "It must not be mentioned to the sister unless it is acceptable to you." "What is it?" "Laurence will never settle down. He will fly from place to place until the prosecution ceases. You know that I i love you. I know that in time my devotion will awaken reciprocal feelings in you. Let your love for Laurence guide yon. I have discovered property both of you may claim. 1 have taken f steps to hold it for you, as Mother St. Gertrude will explain. Surely there is in all this something that must give you an assurance that nothing I can do will be left undone to make you and him happy 1 have told you how and why bis character can be vindicated, reconciliation effected, and your lives, with mine, enter a vista more propitious, prosperous and peaceful." "M* Puvmnn/1 I mnotuuv fhut I huvfi thought this matter over: that i cauuot give you the love a wife should have for her husband, and that, while 1 might set aside my personal wishes to further my brother's welfare, 1 have no right to be a burden upon you." "It is no buiden. If you never change toward me, there will be solace in your friendship that will atone for all." "You have that already." "But the companionship 1 have not. 1 cannot proceed until you are ray wife. . The very mention of this in the press, bringing you and the convent into publicity, would create a sensation painful to Mother St. Gertrude. How can 1 ' explain my interest in this case of his, risk my personal and political standing, if 1 fail and scandal ensue, without something to fortify me? Let me be candid. 1 am not doing this for Laurence so much as for you. You can hardly appreciate what it means to me, and it is not likely that Laurence would resent my interference. But if you , say so, if you ask me to make the sacrifice, I will do so. 1 will give up all for the hope of winning your love." "Love is dead with me," she answered. "Affection survives, the affection that springs from gratitude. 1 will consult with Mother St. Gertrude." Raymond was gaining his point at every turn. He saw that the deep love Isabel had for Mangan as a lover and the affection due to a brother had blend. .1 .1 11 A ea. Siangan was nearer tnan ever 10 her now. There was nothing she would not dare for hiin who was torn from her?aye, torn from her, for she wept at night and worried by day that he had been blotted out of the pictures she used to draw of the future?blotted out from the most striking scenes, showing up only in the background of the newer canvas placed upon the easel of her dreams. She longed to keep him at the front, her hero still, but fact put a weight on fancy and would not let it eoar. Laurence Aiangan was dead. She could never love another as she had loved him. But Laurence Lelaud lived. The cavalier garment of romance had dropped from his heroic figure, but yet he appealed stronger to her sympathies. Since it would be the only way to demonstrate how strong her love had been and how attached she still wrs to him, and that the new relation would have in it some of the sweetness of the old, she would crown her sorrow at parting with a sacrifice for a reunion. "I will go to Mother St. Gertrude," Isabel continued. "I want to meet her alone, to confide in her. to appeal to her, to pray for guidance.'' "Shall 1 wait?" "Yes." Isabel went in the direction the nun L.J i.t ? L> n. f,.W UaU IUKC11. Jitiy mjuui.i nuvn ut icu ni.iv he had dissipated tho opinions the nun bad entertained of him through Mangan's report. Yet he was nervous. IIo had a presentiment that all would not be satisfactory. He arose and walked back and forth across tho reception room, just as ho had paced tho office of the registrar of arrears some days before when he took the first step in tho daring plot he was now carrying out. "I'll marry her," he said. "She will McGINNIS. elation. 1 turn over the management to me, sign her rights away, and she'll not he the burden on me she thinks. She can take the veil then if she wants to. Mangan? Oh, I'll have a judge appoint a comI mission that will incarcerate him in the ctounty asylum, and it isn't likely he'll ; escape from there until 1 am politically dead. And how are they going to kill me? It will set Mangan crazy anyhow, and the commission will not have to be." These and kindred ideas were snrg\ ing through his brain as he walked up and down, his head bowed, his brow corrugated, his fists clinched as a man's , ji'iii i {* He would atop now and then to listen. fists will when he wants to drive back the rush of excitement pulsating through his uerves or meet the pain stealing through his system with the anaesthesia of determination. He would 6top now and then to listen for the leturning footsteps of the sister and the girl, and while lie was in one of these hearkening attitudes Mother St. Gertrude, in her soft sandals, noiselessly approached the door. 'Ah!" he exclaimed, straightening up and endeavoring to be pleasant. "1 feared you had forgotten me." "Under the circumstances that would bo difficult." "What am 1 to understand, Mother St. Gertrude?" "Why, that the conversation between Isabel and myself precluded thoughts of anything but you." "Is she coming back?" he asked, her absence appearing to him as an omen of defeat. "1 fear ehe is not strong enough. She has had too much to bear of late." "Then I must go?" " For the present you must be satisfied with this: Laurence will return in good time. He is Isabel's brother. 1 cannot consent to any such arrangement as yon propose, und I have confidence in Laurenco himself that only his own actions can weaken. I will wait for awhile. You know why Isabel consents. It is through love for him, not through love for you." "Myaction is through love for her." "That 1 will not deny, Mr. Raymond." "Mangan may not return. Would you allow this shadow to rest over him? He has been a friend of yours. Can he do more for you than I? Sister, do yon know my power?" "I do. I would like it to be the power of a friend." "It is." "1 am pleased to learn that." "But of Laurence?" "No stain shall rest on his name if 1 can avert it. But 1 owe him something ?I owe him the faith in his character that must not listen, no matter how 6trong the accusation against him, to any proposition tliat would linpiy inai his own manhood had failed to reach the means of redemption. Isabel has agreed with ine to wait awhile." "Then I had better go. I will bid you goodby." "Goodby," she said as she extended her hand. "There iscno thing will settle this," he soliloquized as ho walked across to the cars, "ilangan must die before they consent to this vindication theory." He reached the main thoroughfare and stood for awhile awaiting the car. His introspection, deep as a trance, was not disturbed by the bells of the cars or the noise of the passing vehicles. It was some minutes before he came back to the world around him. "It is an easy thing," he muttered. "Mangan must die!" And the heartless, cruel sternness that twitched his lips and made ferocity dance in the pupils of his eyes showed how earnest he was in his resolve. CHAPTER XIII. RAYMOND AT THE MORGUE. There is a morgue not far from the convent. In fact, there are several of them, but this particular morgue had a peculiar keeper, a man 011 the shady 6ide ot 50. His greed for place, power and profit was an ineradicable feature of his character, and there was 110 risk he would not take to advance himself. This was the man who two days after Raymond's rebuff by Mother St. Gertrude welcomed the political chieftain into the private office of the morgue with: ''Arrah, Mr. Raymond, how are you, man? Sure, I'm glad tosee you. And what has brought you up this way, at all, at all?" "I thought I'd drop in to see you. How are you getting along?" "Fine. The divil a' many are botherin mo these times. People are gettin to think more of life every day in tho year." "Then you haven't any bodies hero now?" "Only one." "Has this body you now have been identified?" Raymond asked. "The divil a bit of it. It will go to potter's field. Two women came here today tosee it?a mother and a daughter. Tho young woman looked at it and said it was her brother. She was about to faint. The mother went closer and said: 'It is not our Will. Tho teeth are all here.' You see, tho man they- were lookin for had a broken tooth. The head had a good deal of knoekin against tho piles in the water, but if tho blaggard had kept his lips closed and not showed his teeth these women would have given him a dacent burial. "His clothes were all tattered," tho morgue keeper went on, "and the face battered. The wagon will lie here tomorrow for him, and it's inesel' won't be sorry to get rid of his company." "Did you know Laurence Siangan?" questioned Raymond. "Did I?" repeated the keeper. "Indade I did. Was ho a frind of yours?" "You ought to know better." "I'm glad he wasn't. lie was a cheeky fellow. Now, if ever he came out hereon a special ease, he'd insist on me draggin up the body. The other reporters take my word and copy the description out of the book. You see, if I a body is picked up, it gets little no tice, but if it's a case of murder or sui cide they rush here. If a man is founi alongshore and no letters in his pockets to say who he is or where he kem from, he is brought here, and a few lines in tin paper end him. That's all this fellow got. But you wero talkin of Mangan?' "Yes. You couldn't say this was Mangan, could yon?" "Is there any reason I might?" "Will you eay it?" "Seem as you ask me, I will. Bui what use? He'll turn up." "Never mind that." "All right. I'll tell tho boys at police headquarters that I think it's Man' gan. If I didn't know it mesel', I'd ' tuke it to be Mangan." "Someday later on," said Raymond, "I'll call upon you. It will be a rich joke on Mangan, the better because hf is out of town." "Bad cess to him, it's mesel' that has long been wishin for this slap at him. Why, do you know it, sir, now that 1 took to thinkin it is Mangan, I'd like to kick the body. It's had weltin I aao wAiil/ln'f if/ili cr I tJIJUU^U, UUb 111 } 1UCO nvuiuu v uvu ov j much if I had one good crack nt it." "I'll go out now," said Raymond, j with a forced attempt to smile. "I feel j a little ill. and the outside air is better I for me." j "I'm sure I'm much obliged to you for callin, Mr. Raymond." said the morgue keeper when they reached the sidewalk. "It is I who am obliged to you. Good day," was Raymond's parting salutation. "I'm thankful to you, Mr. Raymond." The keeper went back to the office and rang up tho reporters at police headquarters. "Hello! Hello! Is that the reporters? You haven't been up here to see that body. It didn't amount to anything, you say? Do you know if Mangan's about? No? Well, do you know j this body looks like his? Yes, that's what 1 said. 1 hope it ain't, but would some of you come up? Oh, you can see it any time. You will? All right i Good by." i Such were tho telephonic sentences he j delivered to the reporters, and they suggested what the queries of Mangan's comrades in the journalistic profession were. Usually one man goes out on an assignment like this, but nearly all the 1 reporters went up to the morgue to see ! the body, trusting that they would not ; find it to be Mangan's. Meanwhile Raymond had communicated with the office of his newspaper organ and ordered a man to be sent to him. There wus one there, by Raymond himself appointed, whose stories were passed unedited. They were understood to co'me from the chief. This man Staid in the office, killing time as best pleased him, generally at easy desk work, ready to respond to the summons of his superior. In a few minutes he was in the private office of the registrar of arrears, which Raymond had lately been making his headquarters. Raymond's factotum was not a newspaper man by training. He was an intelligent fellow who could write fairly well and drew two salaries?one from tho paper and one from the city government?for doing nothing, with a facility unequaled. He had sense enough to realize that it was none of his business to bo inquisitive. It did not come within tho province of his duty to ques1 tion motives, to ask tho why or wherefore of this or any other matter ho wrote from dictation. That his instructions were sufficiently clear to enable him to execute his task satisfactorily was all he sought. Ho realized that no more would be given if ho did ask, and that ho might incur displeasure if I Whose voice was that? { he pressed for more information than j was volunteered. "I've got a little piece of work for you today," said Raymond. "You j must be cautious about it. There is a i body in tho morgue. I understand the . reporters are going up to view it. I think it is Siangan's?you know Mangan, don't you??and I want you to be j around and help to identify it. You understand? Put in a word here and film... fn /vmvinrp if is. I'll ex plain when you come back. You have no time to wait." About two hours later the man returned. Raymond read in his features the success of the ruse. He drew a chair nearer to his own, motioned his emissary to sit down and asked: "What news?" "Why, it is Mangan," was thestate' meut evoked. "The morgue keeper identified him, as did all the boys. The ! face was badly battered. The Bugle reporter also recognized the body and said that Mangan had been missing for several days, and that there was a letter from Denver in the office for him. " "From Denver?" "Yes." "Well, go on." : "That's all, except that tho boys are j going to hold a meeting and arrange for tho funeral. They say there must have been foul play; that Mangan nev! er committed suicide." "Do you know where the Convent ot Mercy is?' ! "Yes." "Go there, represent yourself from j The Trumpet, ask for Mother St. Gertrude, tell her tho facts, say that tho motive ascribed for the suicide your paper alone has in a special dispatch from Worcester. Remember, ono of The Trumpet's men had learned that became from that town, telegraphed on and as; certained that he was a defaulter. Say 1 that tho story will bo published tomorrow, and that it is too bad ho should die ; 7 with tho stain upon him. and that you ! believe it to be undeserved." "What then?" "Lead tho conversation around to mo. Mother fit. Gertrude will get excited and ask how the publication can | bo prevented. Hint that I own most of the stock in tho paper; that if she knew any ono who had influence with me I could begot to suppress the story. Sho will want to meet inn. Volunteer to bring the message." "I will do as you say." "Mind,"' was Raymond's warning, "this is not for tho office. There is no story in it. This is between you and mi!." No sooner had tho man departed than Raymond communicated by telephone with one of the coroners and summoned him. The coroner canto. He felt honored at the attention of his leader. "Anything up?" he asked as lie entered and reached forward his hand to Raymond. "There is. 1 want you to go over to Tho Huglo office, and under tho magisterial authority with which you are clothed demand a letter that is there for Mangan." "I was surprised. The morgue keeper just telephoned that tho body up there had been identified as Mangan\s." 1 "Yes. You know I had no love for . I him. Bring the letter here. I want to j read it and arrange for a jury that will i bring in a verdict of suicide. I'm not much on religion, you know. 1 suppose , I'm n freethinker, but 1 understand : that the people interested in Mangan would consider it an eternal disgrace ) if he were buried in unconsecrated ground. A suicide cannot rest there, can lie?" "I believe that is the church's law. t You're getting square, Mr. Raymond, aren't you?" "Never mind that now. When over there, ask about Mangan, with a view of eliciting facts to guide you in selectI ing witnesses for the inquest." "Leave it to menow, leave it to me, " said the coroner as ho hurried across i , the street to The Bugle office. i When ho returned, ho had the letter. I TT 1-I.J Xlts UU1LMCU 1UIU IIIU uimo IIIOIIUUU),.;, i i evidently puzzled. "I don't know what to make of this," he said. "The letter is from Mortimer, i He invites Mangan to Denver." i He read aloud the letter from Mortii mer. Raymond whistled and said: "That'll do, coroner. I have got an appointment about this time. If there is any change in the programme, I will notify you." "I have made a bad break," said Raymond to himself when the coroner , had gone. "I ought to have humored Mortimer by writing. But his physician says he can live but a few months, and Mangan shall never get that letter. But what can Mortimer tell of Leland? He never mastered the case. Pshaw, why should 1 worry? And yet it is best to force this marriage now. If Mangan is alive and hears of it, ho will never return to this city. The news will make him a wanderer over the face of creation." "Will he not come back to persecute 1 t:nd prosecute you?" Whose voice was that? It staggered lim. His eyes surveyed the room There was nobody there but himself. The shadows of evening were darkening the place. He walked around, sharply peering into every corner. It was the voice of conscience that startled him. In his excited mood it broke in upon him, and its very suddenness shook his frame as if he had run up against a 6pecter and had been cnilled by its icy ! touch. "You are wanted." Raymond fell back. He saw a tall form enteriig. Ho was completely unnerved. His moral strength had been ! sapped by the intense passions wrong; doing had engendered, and when ttao moral fortress collapses physical courage lies entombed in tho wreck. He bent down to see clearer the man who 1 addressed him. "Who is that?" ho asked in a hoarse whisper. "It is I. You are wanted at the conI vent." "1 was dreaming," he said as he rallied his shattered nerves and steadied himself. "I awoko from a nightmare. I had dozed off. How do things run?" "Just as you had anticipated." * You can go." "Good uiglit, sir, good night." Raymond followed him out. The registrar of arrears had patiently awaited him outside. Ho had feared that his chief might have been offended had ho j gone out with tho clerks. He'saw that : Raymond was not looking as strong or j as cheerful as when ho came in some ; hours before. "Is thero anything I can do for you, ; Mr. Raymond?" he queried, with an assumption of concern. "Youarolook| ing ill." "Yes, you can call a cab. It is only i a momentary illness. The air will ! bring me around all right." I The cab arrived. Raymond entered, and the order he gave some days before was repeated: "Drive to the Convent of Mercy." CHAPTER XIV. RAYMOND'S HOUR OF TRIUMPH. 'I'm so glad you've come," said Mother St. Gertrudo to Raymond. "Isabel is frantic, and this, coming so soon, places all the responsibility upon 1110 for opposing your plan. Are you sure it is Laurence?" "I just heard the news from tho re1 porter who brought me your message. I I have no doubt of its truth. His own comrades have identified him." "Tho Trumpet is going to publish the i story of his trouble tomorrow. 1 understand you have the iufluenco to 6upj press it. 1 must ask you to do so." i "I assure you I will." "Then, about the funeral? To attend to that is tho least our order can J do for one who was such a friend. But will you aid our agent in securing tho necessary permits?" "Let mo look after the wholo matter and pay the expenses." "No; wo cannot do that." "Have you thought of tho burial place? The case is considered ono of suicide." "Suicide!" "Yes." "And that means tho denial of Christian burial! What shall wo do?" "My idea is to place tho body in a receiving vault for a time. Events may demonstrate that he was killed or that it was the result of an accident. Meanwhile continue investigations." "1 will consult Isabel." 'How is she?" 'She is bearing up bravely. She seems to get strength from tho desiro to vindicate his memory. Shu had not thought of this new feature?denial of Christian burial." "It may not bo the proper time to suggest it, Mother St. Gertrude, but from my worldly, muro experienced point of view she ought, for tho sake of his memory, place herself under my protection and with me proceed to make investigations. She cannot do it here, and she will not trust any ono but herself, 1 feel, under the circumstances. You cannot, with peace of mind, allow her to proceed alone." "I interfered once. I will not do so again. It shall be as sho says. But the denial of Christian burial! It is terrible! Terrible!" "I am certain that we can prove that it was not suicide. Perhaps his exoneration will incriminate another?we may be ablo to prove that ho was foully dealt with." '1 win go to isaDei. ! Raymond had determined to marry Isabel. Ho was afraid that Mangau might learn just enough to justify tho issue of an injunction that could bo continued for some time. Tho publication of tlieso proceedings might elicit tacts to undermino his hold on tho property if an order to restrain him from getting tho deeds was decreed. Mother St. Gertrude eyed him critically. Slio was suspicious still of this man. She believed his profession of lovo for Isabel. His reputation as a man of wealth dispelled tho idea that ho was after her property. Again, tho nun had not learned of tho value of tho lands that wero destined to bo converted into parks. Therefore his lovo appeared to bo disinterested. It was tho intensity of his ardor?its velocity, ono might say?that sho could not account for, but his eagerness to remove any ' and all aspersions from Laurence's character sprang from a broad spirit of generosity, she concluded. Whero generosity was great, other affections were ' -li A 1-. .1 1 1 ..K.. proportionate*jy UU\ eiupuu, anu Ituouucvi, ' I aud their outpour as impetuous. "Ueforo you go," ho added, "thero 1 aro a few things I should say. Some one must get an order from tho public i administrator for Laurence's effects, i His sister can get it. Naturally, if sho consents to a speedy marriage, I will talco chargo of that, seo what is neces1 sary to bo done to straighten out his affairs, satisfy all claims, if any, and ' I carry out tho designs of Miss Le?Le [ land, I will say, with your permission, i and 1 hope to be allowed the privilege { of calling her Isabel." "It is a sad affair, this death. " said i Mother St. Gertrude, her grief at last i mastering her and driving out of mind | all else. Tho tears, long suppressed in j tho presence of Raymond, forced their | way, and as a stream, just breaking j | through confining barriers, roars in I triumph nt its freedom, these lachrymal rivulets signalized their victory over i I her power of mind by wrenching from j her heart 6ob after sob that gave sincer: ity to her flow of sorrow, j Even Raymond was touched. Here I j was a woman who had stood nt many n j bed of suffering, alleviating human ills. I who had been so accustomed to death I i , i ,T?? ? j I mat UUL'UIIJti U111IUOW ?* cycijuuj ill- i ! ciilent in her life, yet weeping like a | child, crying piteously as the lamb that | : vainly runs and bleats amid the heather of the Scottish mountains, for the i mother that has slipped from sight and lies mangled in tho treacherous ravine! ! What agony ho was causing her and Isabel Raymond appreciated, nnd if ho could retrace his steps with safety T7ic tears forced their way. j evon his strong determination to proceed i onward to the goal ho had.in view ; would have wavered and deserted him. But the danger behind, the ruin of his j ; reputation, lessened in his eyes the con- j 1 | sequences with which defeat might confront him. i He did not interfero with the expres- j i sion of her grief. Ho saw his inabil- < ity to offer effective consolation, and ho , I delicately refrained from speaking. The i ! sympathy shown on his countenance | J I was not feigned. Ho was heartless in j politics, but his activity in that field, where, as in the roar and rush of tho ex- 1 | change, no man cares who else is driven j i into a corner if ho himself comes out j , I on top of tho pit, had not steeled him j I for such a scene as that in which he fig| ured in this quiet convent home. It was ! tho nun who spoke first: "Pardon me, Mr. . Raymond," she ! said. "I did not care to let the sisters , | see this outburst. And Isabel, whom j 1 I am trying to hearten, would give way j , if she noticed it. My feelings will not ! i pass beyond control again. And now, since I am so weak, I do not trust Isabel. She is less used to sorrow. I think I know j j her sentiments. She does not love you. ! She did love Laurence dearly, and for j the sake of his honor she will marry you, j but she would say to you that she can I never love again. To vindicate him : she eives you her hand, but her heart , will rest in his grave, brother though I ( ! ho was," "1 accept. If she does not return | ! my love, I will know no other -living { i man has it and will, rest content, always hopeful that my devotion will | some day causo her heart to beat with ; throbs responsive to my own. After \ tho funeral I will secure the dispensa- ! tions for the quietest of matrimonial | ceremonies, in keeping witli the cir- i cumstauces." ; "Can wo view Laurence's body?" asked the nun, whoso miud reverted j more to tho death than to tho marriage. |J " Tho newspaper men will bo around ' ; until it is laid in tho vault," said Hay- J J j mond. "I am going to suppress a story j i i in ono paper. Would you suggest the , : secret to others by appearing there with ' her? Tho less said or done now tho betj ter. Then, again, if she saw him, sho ; ! would receivo a shock in tho knowledge 1 ! that he must rest in unconsecrated j i | ground if his honor is not redeemed by J investigation that will show ho was not h ! a suicide, no more than ho was a de- j j faulter." "She will insist." "The body will be carefully prepared 1 and will be temporarily placed in tho j j vault. In a few months we will bo i able to place it in tho grave, with all aspersions from his memory removed. | 1 ' Then she will be stronger in tho victory 1 she has won for him and can seo tho ! 1 body, which will be preserved as the , best embalmers can." Raymond took leave, and Mother St. Gertrude went to Isabel to offer her i I hope of reunion above?the only hope she could extend?and to reconcile her : to that other union which was to he ac: cepted as tho only means to do justice ! to tho character of him whom Isabel i ! had idolized and Mother St. Gertrude | had respected?aye, revered. I i Isabel had a purpose to buoy her up. ; She learned of the preparations and I agreed to tho suggestions of the sister, l 1 : while the action of Raymond in personi ally looking after the arrangements softened tho disagreeable features of the I : union she was about to enter with him. Raymond's conduct was leading her to 1 tho belief that her sacrifice for tho re- , demption of Laurence's name was not a little duo to Raymond for his own , j sacrifice, prompted, as she imagined, 1 i by his love for her and his regard for | tho dead. Raymond had already taken steps to j 6ecuro dispensations and to hasten the j ceremony. Tho ecclesiastical impcdi- j J ments alone stood in tho way, and on j ' tho face of his petition and on the an| 6wers coming to inquiries instituted it j i could not bo more than a week until i ! Isabel became Mrs. Raymond. I "Mangan can whistle," thought Ray- ji | mond. " Wherever he is, he can hardly interfere." TO UK CONTINUKIt XKXT WKKK. lioyal Hones. j ' Strange as it may appear, it is a fact ] that in one of tho storerooms of tho mui seum of the Louvre there is an old dusty I box filled with bones that belonged to i the kings of France. The bones are I pitched there in confusion, and every time that the box is moved they are nec- | essarily tossed about and mixed together, j The Vie Contemporaine was the first pa- i per to notice the existence of this deposit. ! Thanks to the information which bus ! been given to us by the director of the ' fine arts, we can aflirm that these bones which are now treated with such odious ; disrespect are the remains of our kings. In 17SKI the tombs of St. Denis were j violated, and tho bones were given to i M. Ledru, the mayor of Fontenay-auxj Roses, the father of Ledru-Rollin, by ; Alexandre Lenoir, his intimate friend, j j who was present, at the exhumation in i the capacity of inspector, and who pre| served a quantity of the precious objects, j Tho relics were finally transmitted to , j the nephew of Ledru lo Mairo, who in t I 1SC4 gave them to M. de Niewerkerke, | ! who was charged by Napoleon III with | the duty of organizing at the Louvre tho "Museum of the Sovereigns," and tho relics liuvo remained neglected from that i ... A. .. uiiy iu 1111.1. We ask for the bones of our kings, the remains of the founder of the Capetinn j dynasty, of the conqueror of Marignan, of Charles V, the king that saved tlio country from the yoke of ICngland, and j of Louis XII. "the father of the people," i a little of that respect which nobody in I France denies to the mortal remains of I the humblest citizen.?Figaro ' TIIK PI'BIjIC ADVKKTISINd CONTRACT. ' Clinrgeil With Frmiil, the County Comiul*Kioiu-rs Krnder nil Explanation. York vi i.i.k, S. C., July 18,1S5I4. Editor ok Tiik Yorkvii.i.k Knqimrkr : Iti n public print, we have been charged with malfeasance in office. We have asked the paper that made the charge to offer proof; hut, so far, it has made no effort to do so. Further, the charge was distributed gratuitously throughout many portions of the county. We have tendered a reply to the charges; hut from the treatment we have so far received, j have reason to believe that our assail- j ant will not give our explanation such wide circulation as he gave his gratui- j tons slanders. Will you kindly pub- j lish what we have to say in your paper? ' Respectfully, John I). Cornwki.i., Jos. A. Smith, ! ;. K. SAI'OCH, County Commissioners of ork county. Kditor of the York villc Yeoman : Since j last January, your paper has contained numerous expressions of dissatisfaction at our disposition of the county advertising. As you well know, the average newspaper editor lias quite a penchant for j kicking at any and everything that does i not suit him. You also know that public I ollicers are public property, and may be I kicked around with impunity by any in- j dividual who may have a real or imagiua- j rv grievance. It* is our recollection that j through charges of dishonesty, etc., i almost every board of county commission- j ers that has been in ollico during the past j II) or 12 years, has been forced to render a | full explanation of all the circumstances ! connected with the placing of the county ! advertising. You have made charges of dishonesty, just like others, and seek to , make us go over the same old ground j again. We sincerely regret the necessity i which forces us to take up so much of ! your valuable space; but as you are pre- i Kumably a taxpayer, and the explanation comes altogether at your instance, we j hope you will see no cause for complaint, j Now please publish the following act of ! the legislature, approved Deccmoer 24, I 1KSX: Section 1. He it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the State of South Carolina, now met in general assembly, and by t lie authority of the same: That from and utter the passage of this act, the county commissioners of York county, be, and they are hereby, authorized and required, during the month of January of each year, to let out to the lowest res|>onslble bidder, the contract for l lie public printing and publishing all the pul> 10 Jiuvmisiiu-ius 01 nil'sum iiiuih v. iiimv aim , hereafter to he required by law to lie made- I 1 rovided, that noeoiitract shall Itoawnrded to ! uny ne\vspu|>cr having a lama fide circulation I nf less than Tour hundred, which fact shall he evidenced by the oath of the proprietor or pubhsher of such newspajK-r; and thov are hereby required to take such bond as, iu their 1 '"ytfnient, may seem necessary to secure the faithful performance of said contract; and said county commissioners may, in their discretion, reject any and all bids: Provided that nothing in this act contained shall lie in' any way construed to jieriuit higher rates than 'hose now provided bylaw tube charged for such public advertisements. On January 1(1, 18JM, in pursuance of a notice ser\ cil on all the papers in t lie conn- i ty by -Mr. J. S. 15rice, clerk of the board, we received a proposal from Tim Yoiikvii.i.k K.NQtnitKn, and also a joint proposii 1 from the Drakcford Company and the Hock 11 ill Herald. The proposal of the I) rake ford Company and the Koek Hill wliich you lai 1?mI to reproduce in lull last week, was as follows: To the Hoard of County Commissioners of lork county, S. e.: In behalf ot tlie Iirakeford Companv, I am iiuthorlzed to submit the following liid'for the county printing Tor the year ISiil: i will publish In the Yorkvllle Yeoman, at such times during the year 1WH as 1 mav be Instructed to do so, any advertisement's to be paid for out of the county funds, at the rate P?r square provided by law for such advertisements?that is ?1.00 per square for the tlrst insertion, and HO cents for each subsequent Insertion, except the annual rejMirt of the county treasurer, which i will insert at .TO cents per square for the one insertion required by law? ii square to consist of r.ine brevier lines. mVJ.i'v eVl'l!!1of..,hc ' "' tract being awarded lotlic \ orkvillc ^ eon la n, the Drakcford Company. who are proprietors of Unit paper, hinds lim ti" ^T""' "j'1 Publication in the Itock Hill Ilcrald free of further cost to thecountvboth papers to publish, without curtail 'or abridgment, all advertisements tlie length of time required by law. Tills arrangement would give your notices, etc., a much wider publication tban might lie procured otherwise lis each paper lias a circulation exceeding the legal requirements. h As a matter of information which mav lie Pyrlincnt here and which suggests Itself to mv mind, I recall the fact that a very specious plea, on at least one occasion, has been ottered wltli a view to defeating competition; it is inlv that those subscriptions for which individual subscribers have paid the cash, are of Milne to the advertiser, which,acted on, would be to assert that a dose of cathartic pills would not move a mnns's bowels unless the man had previously settled his bill with the druggist. 1 be plea originated with (ieorge P. Howell of New aork, who has done more to depress the value or newspajH-r advertising space for his j'wn I""""'; than any other person in thiseounIry; he being a broker in tills line of business, from which lie has succeeded In getting a fortune. because a man lias not settled for his subscrii.tlon Is no reason that he should not ,et the benefit of the public advertising, if lais a citizen and a taxpayer. There are many ' men who are lioth citizens and taxpayers, and who do not pay for the impers tliev read, and who, moreover, never Intend to do so. The subscription list of no paper in York county is entirely free from such names. one may have less than another, and one may have reduced the number to a minimum: but rub wm make it no exception to the gcnertil .Soliciting vour favorable consideration of he proposition herein submitted, I feel that If I it should be accepted, it will be for the best Interest of tin- greatest number of m-onle vou represent. j. s. Dkakekoiid, t Bus. Manager Yeoman. Accompanying the above was the following aliidavit: , , Yokkvii.lk.H. January Iti, 1k!H. State of South Carolina?Countv of York 1 crsmuilly appeared la-fore me' \V. Brown W ylie, clerk of the court for tin- state and county aforesaid, J. S. Drakcford, who being duly sworn, states that the Drakcford coinpanj prints anil circulates more tlian one thou- ' -and (1,000) copies of the Yorkvllle Yeoman i weekly ; that, being editor and business mantigei ot the \ orkvillc Yeoman, he is competent I to sneak trom an absolute knowledge of the I -object under consideration. [Signed.] J. s. Dkakekoki), j ... ? ... Ibis. Manager Yeoman. U . Ilitowx \\ vi.ik, Clerk of the Court. I A lso appended to the above was the I'ol- 1 lowing: w. . 'J"( K Hn.i., January l:t, 18'it. I state ol.South Carolina?County of York l 1 ersonally an|M-ared before me, j. m. <'iierrv I .o'm.'.'v-'' l'll,,1'<-lnandfor the said State ami . iount\, j. j. Hull, who being dulv sworn I siiys his paper, the Hock Hill Herald, has a circulation largely exceeding.**)?that lie isthe publisher of said |mi|mt, and knows of his own Knowledge the tact herein sworn to. Sworn and subscribed to before me, this l.'ith day of January, Win. i \t ... I Signed | j.j. ii,-,.,.. J. M. ? berry, -Notary Public. Also attached was the following : 1" Hic.County Commissioners, York county, j The Drakcford Printing companv is hercbv I authorized to hind the Kock llil'l llemld to I publish any and all advertisements for the county ot York, in tin- Hoek Hill Herald, in the year I.SiH, each advertisnient to receive the number ol insertions required bv law. This authority to In-conditioned on lla-advertising ' coiitnicts for the said countv, during the said year, being awarded to the Drakefonl Printing company, publishers of tlie Yorkvllle ' "" an. j. j. Hri.i,, Proprietor. 1 lie bid ol the York villi- Knqiiircr was as follows : To tin- Honorable Board of County Commissioners .Pursuant to your notice. I desire toslate that i will print oi Tiik Kniji iukk, such adver """ "?** tl-Ull I.I ,.||-|.|||,|tl> nt till rail's prescribed l?,v law. I beg tosayihat TllK Knucikkk has a lama tide circulation twice | us law as any other paper in the county, and ? its advertisements are read hy as many tax- j payers as are the advertisements of all the j other pa|iers in the enmity eomhined. ItesiM'ctfully, I,. At. (inist. Mr. Thomas K. MeDow, who was pros- ' cut as the representative of the Yorkvillo j Yeoman, ohjeetod to the hid of Thk Yokkvii.i.k KxqtMKKit on the ground 1 that it was not accompanied hy an atlida- ! vit as to circulation. Mr. \V. I>. ttrist, t who was present representing Thk York- J vtt.i.k Kxiji'ikkk, oll'ercd to make the required affidavit,and writing it out, then 1 and there, submitted the following: Personally appeared before me, J. S. Price,. i \v. 1). (irist, and makes allidavit that Thk Yokkvii.i.k K.nimikkk has a circulation of 1,7.V) copies. This circulation is bona tide, and is general in all parts of the county. [Signed], \V. It. tilt ist. Sworn to before me, January Hi, ls!M, .1.8. j Price, Notary Public. Mr. MeDow objected to any consideration of this allidavit, on the ground that it was not submitted with the original bid. We asked Mr. MeDow and Mr. ( rist to retire from the room, and upon 1 taking a vote on the question of awarding the contract for the county advertising, unanimously decided to reject all bids. Now you have asked Ibr our reasons for our action in the matter, and we will try to give theiu to you as clearly as possible. If you will read the law published above, you will note that a newspaper, in order io lie eligible to an award of the contract for the public advertising, must have a bona tide circulation of not less than four hundred copies. You will also note that the county commissioners have a right to reject any and all bids. If yon will think a little, von will agree with us in the opinion tiiat the publication of nllicial advertisements is not Ibr the purpose of providing pap for any newspaper; but for the purpose of disseminating nllicial information among the people. There should he no lottery, no guess work, no chance. It is a matter of pure business, 1 eintul till I I'rlill ir.'ll i- I tics. You object because Mr. < rist did not liavc an allidavit with his bid. Don't you think that a mere technicality which will not stand the test of common sense? The law does not require sealed bids. Mr. 15rice's notice to you did not require a sealed bid. Mr. <irist was there at the ! time appointed, with Ids bid. lie did not j ask to be allowed to change that bid. ' Your attorney objected to bis bid only on the ground that it was not accompanied by an affidavit; and Mr. (irist supplied that affidavit. That was all. The bid, which was exactly the same as yours, was not changed in the least. Surely, you would not seek to take advantage of a man 011 such a small teehicality as that? Surely, you would not expect us to bury the advertising of the county in a paper of barely four hundred subscribers and pay for that advertising with the money of the taxpayers, and only otl'er in justification of our action, the fact that a paper, with eight hundred subscribers, had failed to furnish us with an affidavit with its bid, especially when we could offer 110 valid excuse for refusing the making of that affidavit. Hut enough of this: The bids in both cases, stated above, were exactly the same?the rate fixed by law. There was not a cent of difference, and under the circumstances, how could we have saved the taxpayers a single farthing,.by accepting etincr 01 mum : i oner uiu nrctinistaiiees, would it not have been better to reject all bids, and continue in a position to place the public advertising where, in our opinion, we can accomplish the best results at the least cost? Is that not what you would have done if you had been responsible for the matter? Well, that is iust what we did. We neither awarded the contract to you nor Tim Yorkvim-k Knquikku. We still control the printing in the interest of the taxpayers, and we are still in a position to place it where it will reach the most people. Now, Mr. Kditor, there is a fair, honest, serious explanation of the whole business. It has been very tiresome to go through all that again, especially as we are modest kind of fellowsand don't like to appear in print. Hut you have been having your time of it; and as turn about is fair play, we think it only right that you turn over your columns to us a little while, in order that we may enjoy ourselves for a spell at the sport ol shooting grasshoppers. In your issue of July 6th, you publish the following: Judas Iscnrlot'sold Ids Saviour for a few pieces of silver. Ksau sold his birthright for a mess of imttage. The board of county commissioners havk sou) its scant honor for a sono. Voters of York, the county commissioners have bought you from tiik Yorkvim.k Knuvirkr, and the price paid for you Is the public printing. See, now, that you deliver yourself at the next election. Ksau, you know, Mr. Kditor, was a fool, and Judas Iseariot was a most arrant knave. To be classed with such, is very tough indeed. That is what made Mr. Sapoch so mad. In fact, it made us all mad, and Mr. Sapoch only voiced our sentiments when no told you what you were, if you failed to prove your assertions. We will tell you, in confidence, that we did not want you to prove what you said ; because that would have made its feel a great deal worse. Hut did you ever analyze tnai urcuuiui paragrapn we have quoted above? In elieet, you say that the voters of York arc like sheep, at the disposal of a newspaper. In the same paragraph, 5*011 charge that we sold our scant honor to the newspaper for those votes; and in another paragraph you say that this newspaper has comparatively no circulation among these voters. Sure, friend, we do not understand the whichnessoi'all this. Mu5*hcyour whole grievance lies in the fact that you did not get the public advertising contract. Ilave you any voters to sell ? What will 5*011 take for them? Do 5*011 really and honestly think Thk Yokkvii.i.k Enquikkk owns or controls any voters? Let us investigate the matter and hunt up all those controlled voters and send them to the asylum. Won't 5*011 take them down ? Now, 5*011 have said that 5*011 rs was the 011I5* legal hid submitted. Do 5*011 really believe that? Surety 5*011 don't. Wherefore? Carefully examine the law again, and again peruse the bids. Don't 5*011 see that the law requires that the bidder make affidavit to a bona tide circulation of 41(0? Do you know what "bona tide" means? The lawmaker evidently did, or he would not have placed such an uncalled for qualification in his law, and 5*011 evidently know, because 5*011 devoted the main portion of the argument submitted with your bid, to prove that bona tide was not bona tide; but gratuitous circulation, was even better. Did 5*011 sa5* in 5*0111* affidavit that you had a bona tide circulation of 400? Did 5*011 K115' that you had a single bona tide subscription? Did Mr. Hull? Head the affidavits again. Do 5*011 tind anything about bona tide in your affidavit? Then, how was your bid the only legal one? The fact is that your bid realty* was legal, as was also the bid of Tiik lOxqrutKK. When the clerk sells a piece of property*, or we let out a bridge contract, 11115* '""l everybody are considered legal bidders. There is 110 other way for it. It is alter the bid is accepted that legal requirements should be looked into. Then conies the matter of affidavit of bona tide circulation and the question of 11 bond, as the case may be. Even after a bid is accepted, if these things are not satisfaetority* arranged, the contract is oil'. Asa matter of fact, according to your argument, none of the bids were legal. You failed to make affidavit as to bona tide circulation, and Tiik Enquirer failed to come up with its bond. Hut we attribute 110 importance to these points. We are just having fun shooting grasshoppers. Notwithstanding the fact that Thk Yokkvii.i.k ExquiHKit, as we have reason to believe, has a greater bona tide circulation than The Herald and Yeoman combined, and the price was just the same, we considered that the best interest of the county* required that we reject the bids and reserve the right to place the advertising where it is likely to serve the best purpose at the Iciest cost. We would not have made a cent by letting out the advertising by contract. We do not lose a cent l>5* failing to let it out. Our action in rejecting all bids, when hi our discretion such action is desirable, is entirety in accord with the letter and spirit of the law. If the law had contemplated the letting of advertising, regardless of the results to bo accomplished, the proviso leaving tho matter to our discretion would have never been incorporated. Last week, you said " We suppose'Bish' op Smith,' and his immediate neighbors between them, take a majority of the weekty* circulation of Tiik Enquirkr." One member of the board lives in one side of the county, another in the other, and the third near the center. Our duties require us to travel around not a little, and we often go into the houses of people. Our observation has taught us that there are more copies of Tiik Enquirer taken in York county, than any other paper. This is a fact; not hearsay. When you at1?1 IVir vnvimr thill the lill'ivmi I >inia\/j' t^iiiakti ?/, .nV ...n reason he had placed certain advertisements in Tiik Enqi'iukk, was because that paper had the most extended circulation, maybe you were not shooting grasshoppers; but you were just funnin', wasn't you? In your bid, published above, you say that "George P. Howell has done more to depress the value of newspaper advertising space for his own profit, than any other person in the country, he being a broker in that line of business, from which lie has succeeded in amassing a fortune." In your last week's issue, you say: "You need not take our word for it, or the word of our friends, whose name is legion ; but are referred to the statements of the Bradstreets of newspaper circulation, George P. Howell A- Co., who say that in York county, S. ('., the Yorkville Yeoman has a larger regular issue than any other newspaper." This seems to be a case of "before and after taking." In one you quote your authority as a scoundrel, unworthy of credence, and in the other he is an honorable man, who knows whereof he speaks. Who is this man George P. Howell anyway? From the way he comes in to pro]) u]> both sides of the same question, he must be a dandy. But what docs he know about your circulation? Did ho travel around the county and see the paper in the houses of the people, like we do? Or did you first make atlidavit to that circulation story for which he now stands as sponsor? Anyhow, you have evidently changed your opinion of Mr. Howell. Would you not have had a better opinion of us if we had allowed vou to * ).? .. ..I*?a,. yet your nanus imu me poi-ivcm <>i mu taxpayers? Vou have attacked the honesty of our Keforin principles, espeeially in this matter of public printing. We have nodouht nnule mistakes in otlier things. Weelaiin that they were honest mistakes?but we have made no mistake in this matter. Did you, by your bid, otter to save the enmity a single eent ? Was not your bid, espeeially in view of the fact that you have no actual circulation, absolutely cheeky? Are you not a wolf in sheep's clothing? Where does your reform come in ? Then again, in your bid, you said something about paid and unpaid subscriptions, and you wanted to know if a dose of cathartic pills will not produce as good effect before as after it has been naid for? You bet she will. You are right about that pill. All you have to do is to get the pill in your stomach, and it will certainly do the work. Hut puttingan advertisement in The Yeoman and The Yeoman in the post ollice, is not getting the nrll down to business. They say "dodger" advertising, except for a very few purposes, is the poorest that has ever been tried. People have but very little respect for "dodgers." Why even the rag pickers don't gather them up. They arc read by about one man out often. A newspaper distributed gratuitously, partakes very much of the same character, ( ratuitous distribution isau evidence that it has no selling value. People look upon it with suspicion. They not only think that somebody is trying to accomplish some unfair object; but they are very often afraid to take it out of the postolliee'forthe reason that a collector might come slinking around asking pay for what was apparently a gift, but speaking of pills moving bowels and things, did you ever !?...% ?.r 1?.\ u-niiifin utiil tlio innst:U'( 1 ! as well place you papers on a little box ' | as to send them t< people who do not want them. We have no idea how many pa- | pars you print; but it is a notorious tact j that large numbers of them have all along ; been distributed free from variousstores in York ville, and we have heard of one man i boasting of taking more copies of The YeoI man than any single indvidual. He said he used them for the purpose of wrapping | up beef. In your answer to Mr. Sapoeh, you I made some reference to personalities. , | You say that you will not be the aggressor i in that direction. When you said the conn- ! ' ty commissioners had "sold their scant ' honor," did you not consider that per- j sonal? Do you think we were justified j in asking you to prove your charge or stand convicted as a contemptible liar and libclcr? Diil you prove those charges? I | Does the public think so? Are you going to try to prove them? If you do not prove I them, are you not a liar and a libeler? i You say, "It will take something better than a county commissioner to make an impression on your character." <?od forbid that we should ever attempt to besmirch any man's character. No man has anything that is more sacred. You have j called our characters into question. Prob- 1 ably you deny it. This, however, we will i j leave to the record, and allow the public j i to act as judge. Hut don't be frightened. | . We are public ollieials, and have to take 1 a great deal more than other people. We | are not going to hurt you because you are not pleased with our course. In your last issue you say: "All that J bully and bluster on the part of the county commissioners, or any one of them, will j I do no good. We are after saving the tax- ! j payers money, and are not using a public J | trust to build up any law or printing , business. We have truth on our side, ! | and that, we will admit, sometimes hits , j hard." That piece of demagogy you ! ! have resorted to in spite of the fact that I j you knew, if we had awarded you the | j printing, we would not have saved the j | county one cent. The balance of your in- | j sinuations we shall not undertake to ex- 1 I plain at present; but just leave to the I | public to construe as emenating from the j i same venom. In order to make us feel bad, dreadfully j bad ; and in order to make the public reai lize the inherent corruption of county j commissioners generally, last week you i say that, on one occasion, a former board ; , cave the advertising to Thk Yokkvillk ExqriRRR notwithstanding the t'aet that 1 the York Enterprise ottered $25 for the j j privilege of doing it. Why did you not publish all the facts? Did the individual i who told you about the circumstance not j give them to you ? Well, we will tell you j the story as it is to be found in the files of , the York Enterprise, and, also among the 1 records of this oltice. The Enterprise hud j been trying hard to get the advertising, and worried the board to such an extent ' that at last, in a fit of desperation, it de- i eided to give the work to the lowest bidder, regardless of the results to be accomplished, or the interest of the taxpayers. They agreed to let it out at public auction. There was present Mr. .J. It. Lindsay, business manager of The Enterprise, and j Mr. W. 1). (irist, representing Thk En- j qi'iRRit. Mr. Lindsay was the first bidder, and offered to do the whole work in a lump for A'tOO. Mr. (irist bid $29i?, and little by little the price fell until Mr. Lind- ! say offered $25 "for the exclusive control of the public county advertising." It was Mr. (irist's time next, and he asked: "Do you consider that a bid ?" The board decided no; they did not feel authorized to sell the control of the advertising to anybody. They were not warranted in doing it under the law. The purchaser would have had the right to do with it what he pleased. In fact, it is doubtful if the commissioners could have even compelled him to give the information to the public; and under the law, with "exclusive con- { trol," he might have even seen lit to put i in a bill, at so much per square, and make the county pay for it. However, this is none of our funeral. The fact remains | that Mr. Lindsay withdrew his liberal ofI fer, and he and Mr. (irist retired from the room. When he returned, Mr. Lindsay I opened tho bidding again with a bid to I do the work for $525; just $225 more than } his first bid. Mr. (Irist said $500. After awhile, Mr. Lindsay came down to $425, and Mr. (irist came to ?400. The last named figure was just about twice the value of the work ; and as under the law, the board had no right to pay more than the prescribed rates, it decided to put the matter oil'until another day, when it could get more bidders. Now, friend, this story is to be found in the papers which are among the records of the county commissioners. Do you see any patriotism in the action of your predecessor? Before he offered to give the taxpayers $25, did he not want the taxpayers to give him $300 ? And after he offered to give the taxpayers $25, did he not want the taxpayers to give him $525? Was there any patriotism there? Was the action of the board any more strange than the action of Mr. Lindsay? Doesn't i the fact that The Enterprise afterwards i died, warrant the evident lack of conliI deuce of the former board in its pretensions? Have you got any more claim to ! our confidence than The Enterprise had j j to the confidence of the former board? I Did yrtu show any reason why you should ; ! have had the advertising contract except ! that Thk Enquirkr has had it for -40 j | years? Did you show any reason in the i world why we should have awarded the contract to you when you make no claim | I of a bona fide circulation, nor even a re| duction of the legal rate? Do you suppose j we are going to award you a contract i I unless we have reason to believe that you I | will give the taxpayers value received? I If the taxpayers of York county had not j J had confidence in our ability to see j j through such malcontents as you, do you I suppose they would have ever entrusted | us with such a responsible office? Say j I now ; have you not been convicted out of ; your own mouth in attempting to fly-blow ! I everything in sight, merely on account of ! your disgruntlement at failing to secure a i iittle plum to which you never believed i ' you had the shadow of a right? You an| ticipated this reply last week, and even tried to choke us off by an insinuation that we would have to wait until we got j J together so we could tell the same tale, j : In the first place, how would you expect | us to reply to mere insinuation? In the ; second place, how could you expect us to l get up any kind of a reply until we got j together? We are nothing but men. | You indicated last week that you had nothing to retract. You remind us of I another newspaper man who was also a i kind of an editor. He used to have a rule that whatever his paper said was true, and lie would retract nothing. One day a reporter published the death of a prominent citizen. Shortly afterward the citizen, very much alive, came upon the editor j with an indignant demand for "retrae- , tion." "I can't 'retract,'" said the smil' ing editor ; "but tomorrow I will publish j your resurrection among the births." Now, then, will you not be so kind as to admit that we have at least saved our scant ) honor, and the main incentive of your slanderous attack against our public action I and private diameter has been to draw the < attention of the public to your measly little newspaper? Confess that you have ' sought to besmirch our good name in the I cowardly belief that we could not make . j your motive plain to the public. Confess plaster? The doctor asked the woman if she placed the plaster on her husband's chest. "Didn't have no chest," said the woman : "hut I put the plaster on a little box out in the yard. I thought that would do as well." Why, dear sir, you may Hint you wouui nave utiii.Muuruii iin Kuiiiivitien, if wo had given you the public advertising. If you do not make the confession, we hog to submit the matter to an ! impartial public. By its verdict we are willing to stand acquitted or convicted of your charges. The above is our explanation of the county advertising matter up to date. After we had gotten it signed, ready to hand in to you, we received from you the following: Youkvii.i.k, s. ('., July ik, l*u. | To the Hoard of County Commissioners of i York County, s. ('. : 1 will contract to publish all advertisements to lie paid for out ot the county funds, during I the balance of the year Will, in the Yorkville Yeoman, at the rule of fifty cents (fiOc) per I si] mi re for the first insertion, and twenty-five : cents (iV) per square for each subsequentinj sort Ion ; a square to consist of the space of nine i I brevier lines. Horn! for the faithful perform| aticeof my part of thecontniet will befurnish! ed in any amount which may be deemed necessity. [Signed]. J. S. IntAKKKoiU). Publisher and Proprietor of the Yorkville Yeoman. | Personally appeared before me J. S. brakeford, who licing duly sworn, says that he is publisher and proprietor of the Yorkville S'eoman, and that, of his own knowledge, the bona tide circulation of the Yorkville Yeoman, j ' largely exceeds tdO its required by law. J.s. DIIAKKKOKO. I ' Sworn to and subscribed to before me this 17th dav of Julv, 1*11. W. Brown Wylie, C. C. C. Pleas. They say that those who arc so ready to ; believe ill of others, need to be watched; but we won't say that we do not believe vonr iirtidnvit. We have rejected your proposition, however. The reasons have already lwcn Riven in full above. For one thiiiR, this is not January?the month speeitied in the law. Hut we have not been trviiiR to hide behind technicalities, j and we will not do so now. We would just as lief make a Rood trade in July as in January. As we have already stated, official advertisements are for the purpose of disseminatiiiR otlieial information amoiiR the people. An advertisement has value aeeoruinR to the proportion of interested people that it reaches. In coin- j iuR down from $1 to ">0 cents per souare, you have made an open confession that in the lirst instance you charRod more than j I the service your otler is worth. We have no way of knowing that it has yet reached its proper measure of value. Hut let us j take the proposition on its merits. If-ioO circulation is worth .">0 cents per square, ( j then MOtl circulation must be worth SI per square, and 1'JlKt circulation, Sl.oO per I square. Now, if we can reach l:HNi interested people at ?>l per square?the rate j prescribed by law?have we not come i nearer doiiiR our duty by von, as a taxpayer, than if we had paid ">0 cents per j j square to reach only-ton people? If there | is anythiiiR else that you want to know, j ! don't be modest; just ro ahead and ask f your questions. Your humble servants* j i John l?. t'oHNWKi.i., j Ios. A. Smith, I K. It. Saj'ocii. I A CHAPTER UN PRICK. The Antiquity iiikI Durability of the Fauiiliar Material. The first authentic account of brickmaking i.s in the liible. It is sometime after the deluge. We arc told that "the descendants of Noah found a plain in the land of Shinar and they dwelt there. And they said one to another, let us make brick and burn them thoroughly. And they made brick for stone and slime for mortar.'" That was at the beginning of the building of the tower of Rnbel, about 4,000 years ago. Excavations have been made there in recent years. The ruins of the tower are 2,280 feet in circumference. a solid mass of earth and brick, rising to a height of 200 feet. The slime used for mortar was of such a durable character that today one brick can hardly be separated from another. The brick-making of the Israelites, in Egypt, of which we also read in the Bible, was different from that in the plain of Shinar. The Kgyptains used straw to mix with their clay, probably for the purpose of making the brick lighter. The Egypt tian bricks were adobes, or sunbaked. The Assyrians, the most powerful nation in old Bible times, used brick, mostly, as building material for their cities. Nincvah was built largely of brick, and upon each brick one or more letters were stamped. The city of Babylon was also built of brick. The Babylonian brick, too, have letters stamped upon them, but the letters are put on in a different style from those ut Nincvah. On the Assyrian brick the letters were put on one side at a time, while on the Babylonian brick they were put on together in a line, and these letters are history. They tell us that the city was built by Nebuchadnezzar, son of Nebubatuehun. The ancients made bricks in ail shapes, to fit different parts of their buildings. Souie were square, some were oblong, and some were wedgeshaped. In color, too, they were all shades, from the color of the earth in the sun-baked brick to the black, green, red, blue, white and yellow in the 1-21-. 1 1 .... ,.l 1.*.. ..... 1\ I I II - UU III 1*11 J nnu?> II U> ICtCllb VAVU~ vat ions. We are told by Homer, I think, that Poseidon and Apollo built a wall around the city of Troy. This wall was made partly of briek and partly of rock. The city itself was built mostly of briek of the sun-baked kind, except, the royal palace and a few other buildings, in which the material used was stone. Dr. Schlicman, the excavator of Troy, found in the ruins of that city every evidence of its having been destroyed by fire. The stones that had been exposed to the Haines when laid bare, so that the air could strike them, would crumble to pieces, while the briek had been burned so hard that the atmosphere had no effect upon them, and they were almost as good as new. SOME MAO IC CI RES. The superstitious people of mediaeval times had some very odd remedies based upon superstition. Among other absurdities of ignorance, it was held that a chip from the gallows on which several persons hail been hanged, worn in a bag round the neck, was a cure for ague. A hulter by which some criminal had been hanged was bound round the temples as an infallible cure for headache. Tumors of the glands were said to be "driven away" by nine blows of a dead man's band, while the hand of a man who had been cut down from the gallows was said to work similar wonders. A ring made from a coffin was applied for the relief of crumps, which were also said to be dispelled by a rusty sword hanging over the patient's head. If anyone had the toothache he was told to go and drive nails into an oak tree, which, it is true, would not kill the pain, but was a sure preventive against a future attack. * A stone with a hole in it hung at the head of a bed was sure to cure nightmare?the cause of that evil being thought to be witches, who sat on the patient's chest; hence the pendent stone was called a "hagstone." The "hagstone was used generally as a safeguard against all the ills which are ascribed to impish interference. Tf .mtAllicllillll 111 lillll 111!1 111' Slipll " old practices?the relics of superstition of ignorance?still kept lip by people who ought to know better. It is, for instance, a custom to this day for people of a certain class to steal meat from the butcher, rub it on warts, and then bury it;#the warts being expected to vanish as the process of decomposition sets in. Pricking a wart with a pin till the blood came, and then throwing the pin away, the warts being promptly transferred to the hands of whoever picked up the pin. A potato carried in the pocket is still recommended for rheumatism, and hundreds of like practices are in vogue at the present day. A husk ok thk Puvui.k.?Hencfieial as bicycle riding is, it may nevertheless be abused. The use of the cycle is a form of bodily recreation in itself doubtless wholesome; but none the less is it open to the mischievous effects of undue indulgence. Every one finds he can do something with it, and considerations of weather, constitution, age, and health arc apt to be dismissed with summary imprudence. One fruitful source of injury is competition. In this matter the strongest rider cannot afford to ignore his limit of endurance. The record-breaker who sinks exhausted at his journey's end has gone a point beyond this. The septuagenarian, who tries to rival his juniors by doing and repeating his 20 or 30 miles, perhaps against time, is even less wise. Lady cyclists, too, may bear in mind that their sex is somewhat the weaker. So, likewise, among men the power of endurance varies greatly, and it is better for some to admit this and be moderate than to labor after the achievements of far more muscular neighbors. In short, whenever prostration beyond mere fatigue follows the exercise, or when digestion suffers and weight is markedly lessened, and a pastime becomes an anxious labor, we may be sure that it is being overdone. - . Stair The veteran lawyer of Dover, Me., Ephriam Flint, who died recently, was once fined by a county justice of the peace for contempt of court in telling the magistrate too bluntly what he thought of one of his decissions. Mr. Flint was not taken aback by the justice's orders to his clerk. "All right," he said. "I have got a note in my pocket against you which I have been trying to collect for the past 10 years, and I'll endorse the fine on it. I never expected to get that much and suiting the action to the words, he pulled out the note and made the endorsement. ? ? fifeaT Taper telegraph poles are the latest development of making paper * useful. These poles arc made of paper pulp, in which l>orax, tallow, etc., are mixed in small quantities. The pulp is cast in a mourn, wuu ?i nuc mc venter, forming a hollow rod of the desired length, the cross-pieces, driven in 011 either side of the pole. The paper poles are said to he lighter and stronger than those of wood, and to he undirected by sun, rain, dampness, or any other causes which shorten the life of a wooden pole.