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A HOLIDAY. We met. an;l swift our friendship grew ,Mid pine woods fragrant, full of bees; With p'limpscs of clear water through And murmuring voices in the trees. The blue lake shoac; tLe flowers were fair: Wo marked not how the days passed o'er. What wonder castles in tho air Should rise upon Lake Leman's shore? Full of great purposes and wise, - Your castle rose in splendor rare; All who should help your enterprise, Leader of men, you marshaled there. And toiling millions, by your aid - Enlightened, purer, woke to see The sunlight break beyond the shade Of ignorance and misery. And my moro humblo castle stood A fair oasis full of peace, A home in which the weary should Find welcome and their trouble cease. Al: that holidays should end. %at cloudy castles tumble down; The time has come, too soon, my friend, To take our way to London town. Back from the pine woods and the sun, To weary days and fcggy skies, And work that somehow must be done Between the sunset and sunrise. We, too, from labor not exempt. Must part; yet friends we still shall be, Because of all the dreams we dreamt Beside Geneva's inland sep. -Clara Grant Duff in Spectator. TWO MARRIAGE EVES "I have often told you," said James Mayfield tome the evening be fore my marriage with his daughter Kate. "that I owed--my prosperity, or more accurately my escape from de struction, to an accident, a chance, a miracle.- Stand up and look at that piece of paper let into the over mantel. Have you ever observed it before?" "Yes," said I, rising and examin ing a faded document under a glass panel in the oak. I have now and then noticed it, but have never been able to make out what it is." "What do you take it for?" "Well. it looks like half a sheet of business note paper covered with in distinct figures that do not seem or dinary." "Yes," he said, gazing with half closed eyes at the paper through the smoke of his cigar. "They are not ordinary, nor is their history." "It is not possible to make them out, they are so blurred and faint. Are they very old?" "Twenty years. They are much faded since I first saw them." said he, crossing his legs. "Now you may as well know the history of that half sheet of business paper and what it has to do with me and your Kate's mother. Sit down, and I will tell it all to you." I dropped back into my chair. "Our Kate is nearly 19, as, no doubt, you are aware. It is the night before your marriage. You, thank heaven! run no such risk as I ran the night before my mairiage. There is no date on that blurred copy of figures. but if there were you would find that it originated on the night before I was to be married, 20 years ago. You are short of 30 now; I was short of 30 then. You are now in what I should then have con sidered affluent circumstances. --I am going to give you tom3orrow our only child and a fourth share in the business of Strangway, Mayfield & Co., of which I am sole surviving partnig and'that fouith share ought to bring you ?1,004) to ?1,200 a year. The night that document over the chimney came into existence I was accountant to Strangway & Co., at a salary of ?150 per annum." My father-in-law,. paused .and knocked the ash off his cigar. "At that time." he went on, re suming his story, "the business of Stranigway& Co. was in Bread street. "The offices closed at 6, but as I was anxious to put everything in the finest order before starting on my honeymoon I was not able to leave at that hour. In addition to the bookkeeping I did most of te rou tine correspondence, and I had some letters to write. "'As I was working-away, 'writing letters at the top of my speed and quito alone in the office-in the whole house-Stephen Grainly, one of our travelers, rang the bell, and much to my surprise and annoyanice, when I opened the front door, walked up stairs, following my lead through the unlighted passages. Grainly was an excellent man at his work, but to my taste too smooth and good-too sweet to be sound. "'What, Mayfield,' he cried, 'work ing away still? Why, when I saw the light, I made sure it must be Broadwood'-our assistant account ant, who was to take my place while I was away-'and as I had a goodish 'At of money I thought I'd better banke heretihnin my own home in Hoxton. I am not satisfied it is safe to stow ?300 in my humble home.' "'All right.' said I, 'but I wish you had come earlier. The safest place to bank money is in the bank.' He did not know that I was going to be married next day, and I was glad of it. for the man always made me feel ?ncomfortable, and I did not wish him to touch my little romance ever with a word. "'Be here at 4 o'clock,' he cried. 'My dear' fellow, I couldn't do it. He produced his pocketbook. 'You needit give me more'than two min utes. ~Checks, ?574 ~1sa. ~6d.; notes, ?245; gold ?4S.' "As you may fancy, Iwas in a hur ry to get rid of him. He seemued ir no hurry to go. -" 'You will initial my book,'. said~ he, and he handed me his ordei book, i~art of which was ruled ii money columns, where he had a lisi of the money ho had collected. The whole wa ?867 18s. 6d., and for this I signed. "'Have you taken thenumbers of the noptes?' I asked. "36N,' said he. "I rnade a list myself of the num bers on a sheet of paper and pushed che:-:s, notes and gold up to the flat, mid le part of my desk. The mnem orandum of the numbers I should leave, with the keys. . at Clapham, and the whole transaction would be dealt with by my assistant, Broad wood, in the morning. "Making out the list had taken a little time, as the notes were al] small and no two in a sequence. "I put my list of notes on the desk heside me 'and went on with my let ter-s, several of which were now ready for the copying press. "When my batch of letters were ready. seeing half an hlours work still before me, I held 'them out to him and said, 'When you are going, I shoul be obieda if you would post these, as -I am not nearly finishe yet.' "'Certainly,' said he, taking th( hint and rising. " 'Any one in the place who couk show me out? All the gas is turnet off below, and I have never gon( down in the darkness,' said- he, mov ing away. "'There's no one but ourselve, here. I'll show you.the:.way,' saidI with alacrity, delighted to get rid o: him. "I had led :him through the long dark corridor and half down th4 stairs, when he suddenly cried out 'My stick! I left my stick above. won't be a minute, Mayfield. Jus wait here for me.' -He ran up stairs to fetch his stiel r.nd was back with me in the dark ness in a few seconds.. "'I found it all right,' said he 'It was just at the door. - I got i without going in at all.' "I struck a match to light him and presently he was out on the as phalt of Bread street, walking rapid ly toward Cheapside. "When j got-back to the countin house,-the -checks'were on the fla top of the desk. The gold and'note wei-e 'gone. "I had- taken thepumbers of th notes on a sheet of paper iadleft thi list on the sloping part of my desk t, dry before putting it into my pocket "The paper.on which I had take3 the numbers of the notes was gonl also." As my father-in-law spoke .I ros 'to my feet'nd tapped the glass ove: the document let- into the oak say ing, "And this is. the paper with thi numbers of the stoldn notes on it." "And that is not the paper wit] the numbers of the stolen notes oi it," said James Mayfield. . "From the moment I left' th counting house to show Grainly ou that night, 20 years ago, no one ha ever seen the~ list I made of th notes. Grainly must have destroye< it the moment he was out of Brea4 street. "Here -~was I, on the eve of m: marriage, simply ruined. "Grainly had my receipt for ?29 cash, and he had the ?293 cash alsw and Grainly was a thief who e3 joyed the favor of his employeT while I was in no particular favo with the firm. "The L45 in gold was of cours gone as much as'if it had beei pped into the crater of a burninj mountain, and as the numbers of th notes could no longer be produced and they had not come direct fron a bank, but had been picked up her and there in the country, the' l4 were gone as though they had bea blown ;overboard in the Atlantil ocean. "It was plain there would hav been no use in following Grainly even if I knew the way he had gon, wheft he gained Cheapside. It wa plain no marriage could take plac tomorrow morning. - "'I lockpl the offide, 'teleg'raphed ti Mary that I .had been unexpected]: dlayed, jumped into a hansom an< drove to Strangway's house in Clai ham. "I told the servant to tale'nwei" that I wished to see Mr. Strangwa most particularly. "She showed me into the libraxy hurried off, and in a few seconds Mr Strangway entered, sinilinig. He'h< doubt thought my anxiety to see hin was coannected 'wit'h my marriag6. "When he.-heed my story, he-wa grave enough. 'Two hundred an' ninety-three gone,' he said, frowning "'God~e,' said I. "'And the numbers of the note gone with the money,' said he, lool ig me full in the face, with a heav: frown. "'Not a trace left of the paper oi which I took the numbers.' "'Are yousure no ono but Grainl; could have entered tho countina house?' "'Perfectly sure. All the door communicating with the other part of the--house were- shut-had bee: locked for the night. I had not bee: outside- the counting house sine luncheon.' "For a few mnoments he reflected 'Thestwkward part of it, Mayfield he said, 'is that you are to beima2 ried tomorrow. Of course your mna2 riage must go on. But I'll tell yo' what I think would be best for you Suppose you attend the office a usual tomorrow morning. You coul' leave for a couple of hours later. ge the ceremony over and come back.' "'Oh,' said I, 'with this hangin, over me? I half expected to b locked up tonight. But I could nc get married until the money found, Mr. Strangway.' "'Found: Found! The moneyca never be found. Why, we hiav nothing to go on! Anyway, I sha. not take steps tonight. Perhapsi would be. best to postpone your mnaa riage. Yes, it would not do to maa ry under the circumstances. I at very sorry for you. But all that ca be done in 'the izit'erests of ~idustic must be done. Keep the keys an be in' Bread street at the oidinar time in the morning.' "I will beerciful to youand te: you nothing of the scene at m; wife's place when . I called late' Her father and mother were 'the living. I told my story to all thre as I told it to you,. and all agreed th best thing was to postpone the mnaa riage for a month. "Whexi'!I reakdhed the office th next morning, I had'another goo look around, but -.nothing whateve was to-be discovered. I turned th whole place inside out. Nothing, al soluely~ nothing, connected with th case turned up until, to my astonisl ment, Stephen Grainly walked int the office. Until his- dppearance had, in' a- diin' ,way,7tnade up mi mind- that all nol~e Lee ii and my innocence establjshed byhli absconding. His arrival showed ,tha he meant to brazen- the thini'gj witm'e, and I felt' from thaft <~ meit lielyl'ess anid paralyzed. - .'rainly,'. said J. as' soon as could talk, 'when you.camie back fo your stick last night, did you notic the monpy,,yougayerme 'on the des: where I puit it?' ''No, nmy dear Mayfield, I did nc cros t'h'ish'oId of Uis roonm. "lTon 'did' riat see or touch th mo~ney 'or the piacs' of paper o: whih I ,had take lown..the nunr bers of the-notes?' -. "'No, certainly not. I could. nc se your-desk from the dbor, and was not ftirther-than the d6'i-~ Yo do not seem well. I sincerely hop ,"'The cash you brought in last night-the 9293-has been stolen, that's all,.':said I. . "'Stolen!' he cried, falling back. 'You don't mean to say that!' "Aye, and stolen within an hour '-within half an hour-of our being here together last night. I cannot-I will not-believe such a horrible thing. Stolen! and in this very office too.' I never 'saw better acting in all my life than his indignation and hor ror and astonishment. "Mr. Strangway on reaching the office half an hour earlier than usual gave orders- for another search. It was quite unavailing. No tale or tidings of the cash came that day. "No secretwas mad- of the affair in the office, and as the hours w6nt on I became confident that in Mr. Strangway's eyes I was the criminal. I don't know how it happened, but I did-'not feel this much. I was in a dream-a stupor. "Late in the afternoon Mr. Strang way called me int6 his office and told me that, considering everything, he did not intend placing the affair in the hands'of the police that day, but if 5 tomorrow's sun went down upon matters as they now stood he should be. obliged to take action. 'The loss of the money I could bear,' said he, 'but the ingratitude I will not stand. "This was as good as accusing me of the robbery. Again I wonder that I was not more put out, but I felt little or nothing beyond helpless and numbed. "Next day Mr. Strangway said not'a syllable about employing the police, or indeed about the affair at all, npr did he, as far as I know, take steps in the miatter. . "A fortnight 'after the loss of the money a telegram came for Mr. Strangway.- It was sent into his private office. Presently he opened )his, door and beckoned me to go in, and when i had entered he motioned me to a chair. I "'Mr. Mayfield,' said he, 'I wish at the earliest moment to relieve you of what must have been a terrible anx iety. The thief has been found and is now in custody!', Mr.. Strangway waved the telegram. 'I have just got the message saying Stephen Grainly, with the bulk of the notes on his person, is in the hands of the police. He was about leaving this country-for Spain, it is supposed. He stole the money a fortnight ago and stole the list you had made of the numbers of the notes. Knowing the way in which the. notes had come into his own hands'in the country, he feit confident they could not be 5 traced from their source to him, and, of course. they could not be traced from him to the Bank of England, as the list of the ejswasdestroyed by him.' "'Then how in the world, sir, were they traced?' said . "Mr. Strangway raised the blot ting pad and took~from under it a piece of paper, the back of a letter. "''The news of.. tie;.robbery ggt about,' he said, 'and of .course our customers were interested in it, Mr. Young of-Hor'sham among the rest. Mr. Young of Horsham was pne of :the -people you ,wrote to that even ing, the evening of .the robbery, and you sent'-himi -more than you in tended.' "'Not the missing sheet-wit~to, ~ nmbets? I inow iI couldne'-e done that, for I saw the memoran dum on the slope of my desk after closing his letter and handing it with the others to Gainly.' "'No. but you put the memoran dum on the slope of your desk witb the ink side up, and you copied Mr. -Youngs letter in the copying press and while-it was damp iput it down o'n the:]Ust 'of notesinnunblotted copy ing ink, and the numbers of the notes were faintly but clearly copied, re versed, of course, on the flyleaf of Young's letter, and -Mr. Young sent the copy back torneprivately. Look. S"Mr. Strangwaf handed me. the f yleaf of 'Young's letter, and therc were the numbers .Qf the notes, din to be sure, but not q-uite as dim' then as they are now under the glass let into the" oak of . the overmnantel. Grainly had put a few of the notes into circulation, and they had beei traced back to him. "'He stole the m,oney, -Mayfield, said Mr. Strang'wdy to nie, -and hec tried to ruin you, or anyway he want ed to saddle you with the theft, and for awhile I more than suspected you. But all is clear at last, and I'll pay you handsomely one day for suspect ing you.' S"And so he did," said my father-in law. "He lent me the money to buy a partnership in the firm, and I aim the firm all to myself now-and shal] be until the new partner comes in to morrow." jHe rose and shook me by thejiard and tapped_ me on the should'er; dfy m1g: "Your partner for life will be-won dering what hasept you. Run away to Kate now. my'bo~y.--Strand Mag ame. ________ She Was Too Devoted. . Figg-I dorit see Grimsby with that Lutestring girl lately. SFogg-No, when he spoke of mar riage she frightened him off. She said in -an impassioned manner, "Harry, I will be wholly -yours where thougoest. I will go." And he says .she meant it too. . .When . he came tothin~k of..the times'he might want to have a guiet little game, or something of that sort, he felt -.that such devotion as hers mright pall' on him and so he let the matter drop -Boston GY3be. One of Britain's Big Warships. SThe British ship Infiexiblec the y 'pical armoredIbatteship.is.3.20 Sfeet long- and 7ibeaam.' . Thvipuib Sis 15 feet shigh, 9 above and. O.belowv sthe water. .. Its walls -are .4..inches t hick, 24 of iron, th~e rest teak. The SZturrets "are 9 feet'high,- with 28 ~etinterna.l diameter, each holding 80~S ton guns capable..of .firing a 1~ .i~~on ''hot with a charge of r450 . ..dsof powder. It carries 1,600 atons of coal, enough to make a voy Sage of 3,500 to 6,000.miles at a-speed of 10 knots. . ''. A sick man in Atchison.,ias becomze delirious, and all- he. saysiin. his~de -~lirium i,"I feel better,- thank you," "I am rnot '5o well tod'ay, th~nk tyou," "I -a' about' the samze.tak Syou," etc.' This should be a warnifrg Sto the visitors' who, persist ini saying Sto sick people, "How do you feel to day"-Atchison Globe._ _ j#panese Priert Aa-coftregatlen Disf*d ' Themseles Dui-ng.eeSermod. During the progress of the sermon that I7hid the~-6ppoitunity of -hear ing in the great. Buddhist temples of Shibba and Nikko in Japan,- both the preacher 'and thecongregation were repeitedly refreshed with cups of tea, while ev'erybody, men, w6m- e en and children and priest smoked S till the air was thick. with. tobacco fumes. This of course 'tenWd to keep the congregation in an-amiable v frame of mind and, ase such, more ti ready to take to heart the doctrines c and recommen(lations of the preach er. It is impossible to deny that to bacco is conducive to calm reflection and good temper, and aftliouihnow adays we find members of church, congresses in Europe and America arguing that it is wrong for ecclesi- e astics to smoke, yet our clergy in t the last century were so thoroughly o alive to the advantage of.the herba F nicotina, from a religious point of view, that they used to smoke.. not only out of church but even.when in the pulpit. . Thus Launcelot Blackburn, lord archbishop of York and primate of t, England, is on record as having in terrupted his sermon on the-occasion of his holding a confirmation at St. Mary's, Nottingha,. to order the wardens to bring up fresh pipes and s a supply of tobacco to the pulpit. r Dean Swift used to smoke through out his entire sermon, occasionally refreshing himself with a glass of port, while Bishop Duncan of Dun- t dee is described as- being so aari- a cious' that he was wont to make a practice of coming to church with- s out his tobacco pouch, and then after c ascending the pulpit of . inquiring c who among the congregation would be willing to accommodate him with e theirs. It is from those days, too, that date those delightful old fash- t ioned pews in the English country chnrches, fitted up with curtains, cushions, fireplaces, pokers and r tongs,' wheie the squires slept -and r smoked away the entire length of c the sermon. "Another glass. as the .Rev. Dr. Bai-row remarked each time that he 2 turned upside down' the hourglass . on his pulpit during his three hour sermob before the lord mayor. Why should the pulpit be retained as part ind parcel 6f the furnitui-e of t our churches?. A sermon . is far I S more impressive 'when 'delivere<I from a desk than from; 'a .pulpit . which, no matter how beautiful or elaborate the carvings by which'it is . adoi-edcan tever under- any -cir;. cumstances add to the impressive ness of the discourse. Pulpits in deed should have no place in Chris- e 'tian churches, as they are of Moham medan oiigin, the earliest examples - t recrded being the tubs- fastened upon tops of poles, f6rming the sort t of crow's nest from which the ulema s of Mecca ahd of Cairm-o were woist'to address the''followeid of the prophet that .thronged the mosques every Frid- 'Curiously enough they. have now been abandoned by the Moham medans, except in -:a. few isolated cases, and are' only to be f'ound in[ Christian churches. .The. Japanese and Clinese priests, whose sermnons'I have heard, likewise dispensed with ~pipits, preaching from behind a tyi ble holding.;the- rolls-of the -a -d books and seated in those high back breaking armchairs that adorn evegy Buddhist temple.-New York Trib une. ..Proatable Chicken Raising. There is now on exhibition 12n this city the gizzard of a chicken which, when cut'-openi, wvas found to contamn a specimen of gold worth 00 cents. The gizzard was brought down from Hurleton by several Masons .to whom it was presented by S. H. Hurles. I 4 For ~many years past the chicken 'dinners. at Hurleton have been:far amed. Not only were there chicken dinnis, but breakfasts and suppers. In fact, a traveler could not go near without being asked to have a chick en bone. The gold i~n the gizzard ex plains'the mnatter. ~Mr. H-urles has a goldmine,.which for some reason ort other he cannot work. So he raises numbers of forvis to graze, as it were, over the mine. In their scratching~ they pick up the small pieces of gold, for the g'litter of the metal has a fas cination for the chicken. The chickens are killed, and the flesh of the bird goes into the pot, while the contents of the gizzard are1 panned out.-Oroville (Cal.) Gazette. In the Same Boat. The new occupier of a farm went to his potato field early one morning[ and dug up a few of the tubers just to see how they were getting on when his attention was suddenly ar rested by the 4ipegrance of a couple of strangers'attre other side of the field who were pr'epring to follow his example. He was about to chal lenge them when the reassuring words were wafted 'to his ear:' "Don't let us disturb fou. .We are prigging a few ourselves."-Deutsch er Reichsbote. Could Be of Assistance. Jim-Say, Fred, old boy, I'm look ing for some friend who will lend me $10. Come, now, can't.you be of as sistance? Fred-Certainly. "Thank you' ever so much.". "Yes, it's going to rain, and if you'll step over to my office I'll lend you one~ of your umbrellas so you won't get wet while you're looking." -New York Weekly. -On the Safe Side.' "I know exactly the character of the lady I am abofit to inarry." "Hwddyou find it out?" "hI took one of her .letters.to 'n expert in handwriting.".' "Wasn't that rather indiscreet?" "O'-no.' I didn't 'give him the origial, but a copy."-Paris Figaro. More Than Her Share. The Magician-Is there any one in the audie'nc6'\vho Will loam'e a hat for a few minutes? A Voice-Ask' this latiy sitting in front of'- me. 'She seenis "to have ae good deal niore" than sho 'is entitled to !-g-onka s Statesmnan. -".. In the Worksh1o. "That Auiger is a syirp fellow," said the Hnmmer to the-:Saw, "but he 'runs' around a good deal." "Yes," replied the Sairlowly, be tween his teeth, "and whatan awfu AN ORDINANCE o Provide for the Assessment and - Collection of Tnxes in the ..Tqwn of Manning. Be it ordained by th Intetlant and Vardens.of.tle.towi, of Mannin.g in coun il assembled. andb anthority of the %me: Section 1. That a tax-of twenty cents on very on- hndred dollars. of. the assess-d alue of ail rtni and perso.tai property sit ate and being in the co:-porate limits of be town of Mannin;. sh-ill be levied and ollgcted for the fiscal %t-ar commencing OnT be seconl Monday in Auril, A. D. 195, Tid rndini ou the'secodml Mondayin Apri D. 1896. Sec. 2. - Thit any person owning or hav 3g in charge or unot-r control real or per onal iproperty of any description, situat. r. being in t.h- corporate limits of the town f.Manniing, shall, before the 12th day of )etober, 1895, mnaka a ieturn nuder oatb to be clIrk' and treasurer 6f the town council f said town and li-t for taxation alI su--h roperty;.and the said clerk and treasurer hall foithwith procceed to assess, from the est information att.inible, the property of r under contlo, of such person as slirill ot have made such return within the time S herein prescribed. Sec. 3. 'That the said cltrk and treasurer hall have readv :1 asss-metat< r, qiire.t1 : be made-an'ier this ordiiae:,ibefore the st day of November. A. D. 1895. -d ,hall. y before the tewn Counie of sail town all ncb assessments, and such of themn its ball be approved by said conneil shall tand ready for entry on the tax books of id town as thie basis of taxationi of the roperty therein listed, and if. it appears bat any property is listed at less than its etual value, the said council shall, upon a otice of three ddys, summons the 'person o listin such piperty to show cause why be valnafio4 thereof shoh1d not be raised, Ud if tb-party Sd' summoned fail to ap iar. oi n-o goid cause for not raising sfteh auitti6n ili'shown, the clerk and treasurer hll rais'e the v.duation of the property so ndervalued to the amount fixed by said ouncil. Sec. 4. That on the 7th day of Novem er, 1895;-the sauil clerk and treasurer shall nter ia-ftbook prepared for that ;>urpose statement of all property liste.l for taxa ion and the valnation thert-of. together ith all partienlars necessary for the col ection of the .tax..imposed by this ordi Iance, and the amount of tax to be paid on eal and'p'draoral property in separate cul ias,-and the aggregate thereof in another olumnin.and shall have such book ready or the collection of said tax on the 14th Lay of ovember,'1895, and the collecdon f saidlti'and book shall be closed on the 3rd ddy of1Novimber, 1895. See. 5. That the said clerk and treasurer ball diue a notice of the time and place if openiug-aid book for the collection of aid tax and of the closing thereof to be ad ertised.in a-newspaper published in the wn of Manning, and the collection of all xs assessed under this ordinance which hall remain .unpaid after the.23rd day of Zovem.ber,. 1895, shall, together with the xpetnes, be enforced by execution to be ssu'eina'c.rdatice with the provisions of Gtia-X of an -Act entitled "A Act to ,er and renew the charter of the town of Ianning.," ppi oved the 9th day of March, L. DA87.7 Soc.r6. -That the phrase "personal prop rty" as used in this ordinance shall be id toinclude all such things as are in 1.aded.and embraced by it under Ate stat ites of the State of South Carolina. now of orce-for.the collection of State and cohnty axes, ;and the rules.prescribed for the .< essment and valuation of property for axation for State and county purposes, hall,.'henever practicable, lie adopted for he assessment and valuation of 'property Aaiiedlm~b con-neil. September 20, 1895. .LOUIS LEVI. - Intendn~nt Pro Tent. Louts APPEiT, "-.s Acting Clerk of Council. xiig the Rate of Commutation in Lieu of Work on Streets, Roads, and Ways of the Town of Manning. Be it ordained by the Iptendant and rapens of the towni of Manning in coun 11 assembled, and by authority .of the ccton 1. Thr~t.all able-bodied tuale per on'ieaiding in the town of Manping and who 're b. tween the age-s of sixteen and ifty ar of age and who are not biy -law -x1t.re 4herebhy aequired to pay t.> tue. 'let' and 'rre-asurer of the town. of Mln u~g,:the snm of two dollars on or before e23rd day of November,..195.. The said nd to be paid and received a< a commnuta 0ot .foi: work on the streets, roads, and avso.'the said town which the person so avig wiould be liable t" p-rformi. jec 2.~ Thiat all persoh, iiablennaer thie tdites of Stouth Carolina ti -perform road ui~y, nd the work referred to in Section 1 if iis o:rdinance refusing or failirg to pay h said stim so fixed a-' a c intiation on >r -before the 23rd dtay of Novemuber. 1895, hall be deemed etiilty of a 'olation oif an >rdinnce and liabile to a fine nout ex ieel ng twentye dollois an~l niot e5s< than tharee lollars,'or to lie imprr~iso,- ina the town triard house for a terml not exceee.ling twen y days nor less than six days. Sec~. 3 That npon 1.aymnrt of the said 'im of two dollars, the person so piaying :all be exempted fromi the erfornmance of vork on the stre~ets, roads anid wavs of said own tuntil the 15th dray of April. A. D. Ratified by couta il September 20, 1895. ~LOUIS LEVI, Intendant Pro I'em. Seal] Locrs APPELT,. Acting Clerk of Council. Pure Drugs and( Medlicines ALWAYS ON HAND AT [he Welknown and Reliable ..DRUG STORE OF In addition to a full and complete stock of drugs, Medicines and Chemicals, we keep a complete assftment of Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Eye-Glasses, Spectacles, And the thonsand and one things usally found in every first-class and well-regulated drug store. NLY FIRST-CLASS SODA WATER FOUNTAIN IN MANNING, S. C. Ihe State of South Carolina, COUNTY OF CLARENDON. PY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO L) me directe I. I have lev"ied upon and ~ill sell on the first Mlonday in Octi.ber .ext at the sn-.t of 31. E. Hleller & Co. >aitiffs vs. .T. M. Barrow def.ndant, .11 that. ti-act or parcel of land ontainig <ighty-tive (85) acres, iore or less. being and lying on the south ide of Newman's lra'ch, waters of Elack liver, and bitnniad northa by lands of .M. Hieks, east by lnds if S. W. Evian<, onith by' lands of C. L. B3arrow, and ws: y lands known as the Loyns lands. S'adi md more particularly knoc n as the 'tephen Ev'ans" lanid. Purchaser to pay for papers. l)ANIEL J. BRADHAM, Sheriff of Clarendon Co. WE ARE READY! Our Fatt Stock Is Now Complete. We are prepared to show the l.rgest and best variety we have ever carried. - IN DRY GOODS Our purchasesin this line were made on the basis (f 5-ent cotton, an.1 will be sold accordingly. Among the bargains in this department will be found: 100 pieces standard prints at 4 cents per-yard. 100 pieces zephyr ginghams, equal to toil de uords, at 6 1-4c. One case bleach, 5C, well worth 6c. One case 4-4 bleach, 6c, good value at 8 1-3c. We have a complete line in all the newest styles and CAPES! CAPES! CAPES! colors. We particularly invite your attention to our line at $2.50 and $3.00. - These were bought at a sacrifice sale for- spot cash, and without doing any injustice to our competitors, feel justified in asserting that they cannot be duplicated for less than fifty per cent in excess of our. price. SEE FOR YOURSELF AND BE CONVINCED! Our $1.50 and SL75 lines will also bear close inspection. We are showing some nobby effects at $5, 87.50 and $10. XU WILL BE FOUND 'O urr ifaof Carpet's~ Rtas a-Rd" RIIiot% l VERY- COMPLETE CLOTHING We have made some improvements in our store, which has enabled us to-carry a more complete line line in this department than ever before. We will sell you a good Clay Worsted at $5; an All Wool Cheviot, in round, squaie-cat or double-breasted, at $6.50. HATS HATS We believe we have justly earned the reputation of being the Cheapest House in this City in this line, and we are fully prepared to sustain it this season. - ~You are do ubtless aware of the unpreceden~ted ur in tis lne. e ar plased to state ~ ~ ( ' SHO-ES advance SH most of our stock was bought.at old prices. Our 'E women's Dongola at $1.50 (every pair warranted) are good value. Our line of men's goods, made by L. M. P.eynolds & Co., of Brockton, Mass, will be sold at last year's figures. In Our Line of Groceries, Crockery, Glassware and Tinware Iou will find an exbellent assortment for household and. table use. O'DONNELL & CO., NEWYORK HARDWARE RACKET STORE MANNIN1G, S. C. Do not fail to call and looek over onr -6to( To look is to bny. IFYO~'.C1, IL WDJRANT &SUX I0tYOU WISH* A HA %T. IOU WILL F1%D --, - - O Becoming Stilesnd Sensible.Shape To Our ClarendenFriends: - PLICES IlEA$ONABLE . . We are now prepared to offer lower prices than ever. Call or write forswhat. y6u.want... Oar Stoek is-complete. We! have added.to our immense stock of You can now be in touch w.th 'Yew hardware a large line of York as onr goods. cowe ,to us direct from ta c. Paints, Oils, Etc., at Low Figures. Onr:endeavor -is to keP "n . Harness, Saddles,..Eubber and Belting, Leather, Etc. UP-TO-DATE HOUSE. Great bargains in guns, pistols, etc. We carry a complete line of Headquarters for Powder, Shot and Shells (loaded and emi4yy. Velvets, Engine.supplies, belting, etc. Silks, J Headquaters for Cooding ad :Heating Stoves (Warfantad), FeAthers, Flowers, Laces, and Other Trimmings. THE We al.,o carry Notions, oys, LIVE SHOEU ST Stationery, Men's and Boys' Underwear iats and Caps. SUMTERvs. GIVE US A CALL. _ SELLING AND MAKING. MISS ANNIE DAVIDSON. SIOES EXCLTSIVELY It Is Next Door to the Bank of Sumter. MA CHINER Y Immense stock made up like bread-that is, "before the rise" --AT--- You will save money on your shoe bill by making your shoe pur Factory Prices! c m Every ginnery should be equipped with . the Thomas Elevating aId Dibtributing . Machinery for handling, cleaning and ginning cotton. des o atery of two or more gins. de sor for t'r fo int TILE LIVE SHOE STORE. Revolving Doubl3- -- Box Steam Preiss, WOVEN-WIRE tis f-aci Aoha stT H E D A IS Y SIPRINGS. Ie olbe%; no belt-, no pill~vys; DO SRN S screws to give trouble; saves labor andl ini surance; improves grade of !int, nd UWe l e 1 anc. We Sel. wc 2 el ruakes non'y. We offer ahbo an exten sive line of Cotton Gins, Presses, Cane ALL OTHER KINDS OF FURNITURE JUST AS CHEAP. Mills Corg Mills, Saw Mills ALSO Talbot Liddlla ARTHUR BELITZER, Watertown Engines. $ -. - - - * - - 0 Our Rice Huller, Which prepares rice ready for ti.. table or uinrket, should' EPD SU PLC be At every mill. SH ERD SUPPLY CO., V. C. BA DH AM SUCCESSORS TO WM. SHEPHERD & CO., GENERAL AGENT, 232 MEETING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C. cr..MBIA-,. -0 __--fOLSL DEL OVER TWO HUJNDRED VARIETIES OF KNIGHTS OF PYHIS COOING, FORQ WOOI~ DA MON LOT( a - N.1 OIL, C. OALW .5 a mee-ts eve-ry first andi thiirI -:V'S ' IiERO S f - T1hursday nights.. Every ten rguary n ro Tiniwares and Housefurnishing Goods, l. isiti!'g brotherN al .., ys wdleine. Tin Plate. Sheet Iron. h a t TOBACCO BARN FLUES at LOWEST PRICES.