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Ioma. Letter. IONIA. S. C., Feb. 13, '05. Mr. Editor: We have hud 'he worst speil of weather I ever saw. Ii ;.f?-.i'A io scow last Monday, and th; e tssuow ou ?hegrou:.u yet. We bave been ?loosed up so long thai we bare almost pot the-the-weii, we have got the biues. There is no work h;-ing done at ail. We can't tell vet whether the ont crop is dead or not, we can't see them tor the snow. Mr. J. A. Smith, of Columbia, was ou a visit to bis mother one dav last week. Messrs. Johnnie and Lollie Weldon bav? rented tbeoid Corbitt place this year, vnd have moved there. They are keeping Bach Mr. .Murray Robertson, oar scbooi teacher, and the children have failed to appear at the , school house the past week on account ot the I snow. Also, on account of the snow, our mail carrier Mr. L. A. Lee failed to carry the mail the last two trips-consequently we have had nothing to read for a week. Mr. J. A. Boy kin, who bas been sick for ? some time, is no better. J There has been no goano bought here yet, J and from what I caa bear there will be very j iittle used here this year. We can't see bow we caa stop all our bad ? habits at once, we think we will be obliged j to kinder taper off on guano. We see "Dry Jim" don't know scripture j by heart a3 well as he thought he did. If he j will look at the 8th chapter of Romans, aud the 28th verse, he wiii see that it reads, ;'and ! we know that all thiags work together for good to them that love G&J." Miss Nina Weldon and Mr. Robert Mc Cathern were married oa last Wednesday j night at 7 o'clock, by Rev. T. J. Munnerlyn, at Smithville, S. C. * LITTLE FAIU?SR. mm? i iii i i mm PRIVATEER PERSONALS. PRIVATEER, S. C., February 18, 1894. In connection with the recent articles which have appeared in your columns about Gen. Marion and hts relatives the following is interesting: The Dwights of this county are relatives of the General, as is also the family of ex-Representative W. 0. Cain, of this township, who married Miss Dwight. As was mentioned in the W. $ S. a few years ago the Ramsey family, of this county, ? formerly owned Gen. Marion's watch, which was lest during the war. Some of our young people had a pleasant Valentine party at Mr. Sam Bradford's Thursday night. Miss Mabel Beckham acted as postmistress. Miss Hattie Whiiden is visiting in Wedge? field, and Miss Julia Nettles to Sumter. Capt. J. A. Burnes, who thought of re? moving to Marlborough, bas concluded to remain in;Privateer. Not long since Mr. Ben Hudson, of this township, was married to Miss Geddings, of Clarendon. McD. F. Guv. in the Blizzard. ICEBERG, ARCTIC CIRCLE, POLAR REGIONS. NEAR ST. CHARLES, Feb. 15, '95. The top of this letter is somewhat mixed, but the North pole become dislocated and blowed down on us some days ago, and it looks as if taint going to get set back any more. We wish to good-gracious-sakes-alive those bot collared chaps, who've been so long and anxiously trying to discover it, would .. cemealong and get it, and carry it and stick it back in the hold where it belongs. It don't snit eur climate, or our constitution, or crops, or calculations-nor religion. We never bad any sympathy for Arctic explorers. Who in Be-elzebub -and Tbos. P. Walker, but a cari?os crank would spend money and life hunting for a dad-rotted, dead frost-bitten pole stickin in the coldest end of the world ? We wouldn't travel accross a 2 acre patch throngh such a climate as to-day, to discover a grove of poles. No not a wilderness of poles less'n they were cut down and piled and burnin'. Hit's been 145 degrees from com? fortable, we dOn't care what the thermometer says. and you say there's more coming. Well we hope your prediction will prove as false as your promise of "Balmy weather again through the South." Vide issue of 9th inst., | latter clause, 1st verse, local column. Vet j you find fault with Judge Hurst. Barricade your own glass bouse before you chunk brother Horst. His weather is execrable, it is true, but then he gives us warning aod don't mislead os, and cause us to run out of light'od and m??a and lamp ile and every- j thing, by prophesying balmy weather, and | then send an etarnai snow blizzard to ketch I us. Balmy ? Ba-you are a prophet that ain't no profit. We are very sar* the oat crop is killed as dead as - as credid. So also rye and bar? ley and al! garden truck. A ig and milk crop also damaged and we are busted, world wim? ont end. Even while we write the beautiful, beautiful, balmy, dentition, doggoued snow is sneaking and floating and fooling down again, also sleet. Balmy nothin'. Now we don't mind trouble once in a while, but when it comes 3 or 4 times in a while, like this, it begins to burt, and trouble is one thing we never could get any fun out of. Why don't the Sumter business men adver? tise? When money is plentiful we can afford ! to patronize our favorites; but in a time like j this people most assiduously con the adver- | tisements, and seek out the best bargaius for ? all they buy. Are there no bargains now in Sumter? One advertisement in a newspaper: is worth more than all the painted plank nailed on every tree from Sumter to Jerusa- I lem, we don't read 'em brethren. Hain't got j time going and ain't interested coming back. : Tbe barn, stable, etc., of Mr. R. Bradley j Wilson were entirely destroyed bj fire on ? last Sunday morning, with bis corn and a j lot of forage. Cause unknown. Col. J. Harvey Wilson was thrown from I bis horse a week or so ago, and bis arm was I broken between the wrist and elbow. We should hive written before, bot had to I organize a syndicate to raise tbe postage. Gcv. Echoes of The Blizzard. [From the Daily Item, Feb. 15.] They say that it was so cold lastTbarsday, Friday and Saturday : That a carpenter who was building a fence ; bad to quit work, because the post holes froze up bard and fast. ! That setting bens quit their nests and hunt- 1 ed a warm place. That English sparraws froze to deatb. That One X dispensary was io great de- j maud. That wood went up to a dollar an ox load -about eight or nine dollars a cord That no freight was able to come through. That everybody shivered and wished for warm weather. That the mud boles on Main Street froze solid, aod were kicked around like loose paving stones. That a good many boards from bridges and palings from fences disappeared. That the loafing negroes congregated against Ryttenberg's wall like a lot of cooters on a log. Henry Ward Beecher once informed a man who came to him complaining of gloomy and desponded feelings, that what he most needed was a good Cf?bartie, meaning, of course, such a medicine as Ayer's Cathartic Pill's, every dose being effective. Shannon Letter Files and Filing Case3 at H. G. Osteen & Co's. Blank books of all kinds at H. G. Osteen k Big Priz?s For Big Pigs [From The Kines and Courier ?an. 2-. 1895 ] The Fetes and Courier wiii yay SIC'O i-= gold "v? f -ii r nersun.? wh??. shall rai.--r - iwo h-avlest *u.gs in South Caroline during the year ?895. Tbisatuoon? will be divided into tvvo prizes. The prize for the biggest hoc will be eighty dollars in uo'd, and for the second biggest hoi: twenty dollars in gold. A third prize for the hos showing the largest gain at the lowest cost, will he a complete set of the Americanized Cyclopaedia Britannica, hound in morocco and consisting of ten volumes. The only condition of the contest is that everv contestant must be a yearly subsreiber to The Weekly News and Courier. The con? test will close on December 25, 1895, and th" prizes wi'I ba a wai ried a? soon thereafter as it is possible to compare the returns and as? certain who have raisrd the winning hogs. Contestants will be required to send to The Xeivs ana' Courier not inter than January 1, 1S9?, a certificate signed by three witnesses, and sworn to before the nearest Trial Justice, giving the age, gross weight and net weight of their hoers, and staling as nearly as possi? ble the methods employed in raising and fattening the hogs, the cost of ra;sing them and the breed of each. The comest will be open to everv man, woman and child in the State who is a year? ly subscriber to The Weekly News and Courier, and who "an own and cultivate a pig. The ! purpose of The News and Courier in offering prizes is to encourage the r.eop'e of the State ', to raise their own meat and to show that ; South Carolina leads in the production of j bog and hominy, as it leads in the manu- j facture of cotton goods. Some days ago we received a letter from a Barnwell County far? mer suggesting that The Neics and Courier offer premiums for the biggest hogs, and we have adopted the suggestion. Our Barnwell County farmer said: "It is gratifying tro the fends of your paper to see the interest manifested in the welfare of our farmers. Only a few years ago The Netcs and Courier urged the people to plant tobacco, which, from all accounts, has been a blessiog to many in the Pee-Dee section of the State. Now you are showing what our people can do IQ raisiner their own bacon. I would suggest that The News and Courier offer a premium of SI 00 to the one killing the heaviest hog next December. I believe that this would have a good effect and cause many of our people to give more attention to the Hog, and that next Decem? ber there would be bigger hogs killed in this State than ever before. This plan would allow the smallest farmer to compete for the prize." The reports from all parts of the State which we have published show that while the people have little money that they have j more home-raised hog and hominy than in any year since the war. Some of the reports of big bogs that we have received are almost startling, so big were the hogs, aod grown at so little expense. It has been demonstrated that bacon can be produced in South Carolina at an average cost of three cents a pound. The News and Courier will pay one huodred dollars in gold to the two men, j women or children who shall grow the two biggest hogs this year. Every farmer in the State should enter for the contest; every town in the State should try conclusions with its country neighbors. Mr. E. I. Reardoo has been appointed soli? citing agent and correspondent of the Pythian Journal. The members of the fraternity should support the Journal, as it will do much towards building up the order through? out the State. 9 Pacahontas Tribe No. 16, I. O. B. M., will hereafter meet at 7.30 o'clock p. m., instead of 8 o'clock. The Tribe is working on the degrees now ; the teams ?are becoming very proficient in the work. There has been more than one suggestion this winter that a wood mission be organized to distrioute wood free or at a nominal cost to the deserving poor, who have suffered not a little during the bitter weather, from their inability to obtain fuel. Tbe suggestion i3 very good, but unless it is put into operation those ^ho are suffering will not receive much benefit. Pure Rich Blood is essential to good health, because the blood is the vital fluid which supplies ' all the organs with life. Hood's Sarsaparilla is the <ireai blood puri? fier. The Negro Bugaboo. To the Editor of The News and Courier: ''Getting together" in the way suggested by Gen. Farley and Mr. McMahon for the people means, in other words, agreeing that the "riogs ters" have such an nnqestionable ma? jority io the State that the Conserva? tives should not auger them by a discussion before the people of the vital issues involved in the holding of a Constitutional Convention, and that the people should not be trusted io vote on the proposed wordiog of it. Both of them reiterate the assertion that above all things we should have peace and "get together." Everyone with enough sense to know the great importance of peace for his j own welfare will agree with them that j we should have it, and that about the best way to have it is to "get to? gether/'and will even go farther than Gen. Farley at least has in thinking how nicely we might have have had it for thc last four years by staying "to? gether" if Gen Farley and some of his friends bad only been willing to have served the dear people without public office and the emoluments there? of I do not wish to dispute your good intentions, General, but when we re? member that for four years you follow? ed the man whose band "had some? thing to do" with the infamous "Shell manifesto," I merely wish to mildly suggest that you are liable to make mistakes. Questions touching their ! welfare for years should not incite a ; civilized people to violence, and if they are savages should bc educated to a ! higher civilization by a discussion of i their interests before them. It is generally admitted that the ! people of this State have not shown . themselves iu a very favorable light to ; civilized people in the last few years, \ but I believe that without the veno I mous tongue of the demagogue playing ! on their passions they will listen to ! and understand questions sufficiently well to vote intelligently on them, and that the minority will uncomplainingly submit to an indisputable white ma? jority. Whether it is best to have an election law where everyone can vote and be sure of having his vote counted, or one to exolude negroes by which white men can be cheated of their rights, is surely a question worthy of earnest discussion and d>.ep thought by everyone in thc ?taro, for trouble wi: brew i'; limes to t;on:e ?nnoidiu-s to rh: <ize of the tn i st ..kc we ; - toike. i is i- ol more importan 'o pr.^icc our.-e.v-. w against a possible oeg-ru ri o tn i li?t!.);, by placing it) ti Constitution tor rIii* State a clause permitting fraud rijan ro take the chances of our boasted Anglo- axon intelligence governing bim and ourselves through justice and honesty and a maintenance of our self respect thereby ? How long shall we be frightened by this artful gang with this black spectre and allow their re? proaches of a desire to bring it about to take from us the courage to stand up for what we think right? Because half a dozen grasshoppers ut;der a fern make the field ring with their importunate chink whilst housands of great cattle, reposing beneath the shadow of the oak, chew the cud and are silent, pray do not imagine that those wno make the noise are the only inhabitants of the field : that of course they are many in num? bers, or that after all they are other than the little shrivelled, meagre, hop? ing!, though loud and troublesome, insects of the hour." And to brush them away forever the true men of the State have only to organize in time and show them up and oppose them in every proposition that they make of peace and compro? mise ; all chaff and humbug, made to deceive and disorganize their : opponants, while they prepare to I fasten themselves upon the State, j to which they will never allow peace, wherein they would soon perish. If we ; listen to them and go into primaries with them, with everything in their hands we are whipped before we start. No factional lines need be drawn by men opposed to the desires of the "ring," putting up their candidates whether they have been heretofore kcown as Tillmanites or Antis. Better meet the issue squarely, like honest men, and try to solve the problem our fathers j left us, and while doing justice to all maintain our self-respect as Anglo-Sax ons, than to let the fear of negroes be- j coming our rulers make us unworthy of our past by familiarity with continual fraud. Better anything than that. It ! is idle talk to say that we arc not mor ally bound to respect constitutional j amendments forced on us by conquest ? while the same powers that put them there exist with strength enough to enforce them, and while this is so it is hard to see how negroes can be dis? franchised without disfranchising many white men or permit fraud. I don't see how it makes any difference whether "any man of prominence" has dared to oppose the idea of "getting* together" ? or not Every man in the State is as | deeply interested as "men of promi necee," and besides many of our "men | of promi nence" have become so by! showing how utterly unworthy they are i of confidence intellectually or morally. ! W. J. KEES, j Stateburg, February ll, 1895. Payable in Gold. -- WASHINGTON, Feb. 13.-During the j morning hour proceedings in the Sen ate, and when the Vice President called for "bills and joint resolu? tions," Mr.Vilae rose and introduced a bill entitled "To save the people of the United States $16,170,700" and1 lie asked that it be read in full and I lie on the table for the present. The bill recites that the President i of the United States has advised Con- j gress in his communication of Febru- ' ary 8th, that he had completed an ar? rangement with parties able to fulfil their .undertaking, for the purchase ! o? ?65,000,000 iu gold coin in return for 4 per cent, thirty year bonds "payable in coin," but that he had reserved the privilege of submitting j 3 per cent," gold bonds" for them, at i an annual saving n interests of j $539,159, and, for the whole thirty years, of $16,170,770. It therefore authorizes the issue of -3 per cent, j bonds not exceeding in the aggre- j gate $ 65,000,000, running for thirty j years principal and interest, payable; in gold coin. At a subsequent part of the pro- ? ceedings, Mr JJill expressed the i opinion that instead of being laid on the table it should be placed on the ; calendar from which it could bc tak- : ! en by motion and brought before the , ! Senate directly for action, without : reference to any committee. Acqui I sceuce in these views was expressed j by Mr. Vilas, but a positive objection j to that course was interposed by Mr. I Teller. The rules were appealed to, ! and it turned out that under one of ,' them an objection to the request that : ; a bill lie on the table caused its ref I erence to the calendar. Such ob? jection was promptly made by Mr. Lodge, and therefore the Vice Presi dent announced that the bill had gone ; to the calendar. - ? i Thibet is still governed exclusively j [ by its priesthood, the Buddhist Lamas j ! promulgating the forms which find their 1 | way into every concern of life. Lucifer matches were patented in j 1834, while friction matches preceded i them by thirteen years. The improved i machinery by which matches are now made by the million at a trifling cost, were the inventions of comparatively re cent years. A man died recently near Lobanon, Pa., at ninety-two years of age. Ile had been the father of twenty-two chii- j ; dren, fifteen of whom survived him. j ! There were besides, at the time of his j ! death, one hundred and ten graudchil- j ! dren and ninety-six great-grandchil-j I dren. Ail Cut aad Dried. CONSTANTINOPLE, Fe bra? ry 17.-Thc. commission ^ent tu investigate the Armenian outrages ie still at Mooan. Tho Europt .vus wished to visit the villages iu the neighborhood, but the authorities declined to let them, saving jiiat the foreign <lele<:atcs wore entitled jo watch thc proceedings, but not to collect evidem-e. There is a loaf of bread in tho Agri? cultural Department at Washington made from the roasted leaves ufa plant allied to the century plant. Another kind of bread is from dough of juniper herries. At the Argentina Theater in Rome, as the government has cut down ex? penses, opera is being given for the first- time without a subsidy. A wo? man, Mme. Stoizman, has undertaken the management. She began with Verdi's "(hello." Her first Dovelty will bo Giulo Cottrau's "Griselda" HEART DISEASE 30 YEARS! Short Breath, Palpitation. Mr. G. W. McKinsey, postmaster of Kokomo. Ind.. and a brave ex-soldier, says: ''I had been severely troubled with heart disease ever since leaving the army at the close of the late war. I was troubled with palpitation and shortness of breath. I could not sleep on my left side and had pain around my heart I became so ill that I was much alarmed, and for? tunately my attention was called to Dr. Miles' Heart Cure I decided to try it. The first bottle made a decided improvement in my condition, and five bettles have com? pletely cured me." G. W. McKINSEY, P. M., Kokomo, Ind. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure is sold on a positive guarantee that the first bottle will Denefit. AU druggists sell it at 81, 6 bottles for $5. or it will be sent, prepaid, on receipt o? price by the Dr. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind. For sale by Dr. A. J. China, Sumter, S. C. Obtained, and .-1.1 l'ATE2*? HLSiSESS at? tended to for MODERATE FEES Our office is opposite titt- r.s. Patent Office, and we cnn ob? tain Patents m less lime :!.::'> remote from W.?SHIXGTOS. Send Mf>!>EL. l>l'A H7.vr; <>r PHOTO ot invention. Wo advis.- ns tn patent id we make .VO . ll A LUE SECA /:/./'. leroy and references to nm State. Conntv. i itv or ahiiitv free of charge ;i l\\ LESS l'A TEST IS For circular, advice actuul clients in your Town, write to C^SNGWaC Oppotite Paient Oj?ce. Washington, D. G. H ARB Y Sf CO., (Successors to H. J. Harby.) Brokers, COURT HOUSE SQUARE. SUMTER, S. C. OATS-Car, Choice Texas, just arrived. FEED OATS-Car just received. WHEAT BRAN. COTTONSEED MEAL-Car just re? ceived. FLOUR-Car just received. LARD. MEAL-bolted-on hand. GRITS AND CORN-Constantly received. HAY-2 car loads No. i, home raised, (100 lb. bales) $12 per ton. ORDERS BY SAMPLE FOR COFFEE, SUGARS, SYRUPS, BUTTER, CHEESE, RICE, TOBACCO, &c, SOLICITED. STRICTLY WHOLESALE. Jan. 2. FCC A NAME OF A FLORAL WONDER For particulars see Vick's Floral Guide for ISO?, which contains colored plates of Vick's Branching Aster, Sweet Feas, Veg? etables, Hibiscus and Gold Flower. Hon? est illustrations; descriptions that de? scribe, not mislead ; hints en sowing and transplanting. Printed in 17 different colored inks. Mailed on receipt of 10 cents, which may ne deducted from first order. Tick's Seeds contain the ce rm of life* CHOICE: SWEET PEAS Small Q i ac til! ca at WaoleuJ? Prices. 40 Cents a Pound ^"gp We have grown tons of Sweet Peas the past summer of a very fine quality to be able to give our friends a real treat. 25 varieties and colors mixed. Think of it, n. pound only 40 cts.; half pound ?5 eta. ; quarter pound 15 cts. ; ounce LO ct*. COLD FLOWER, Grand Bedder, Charming Fot Fiant, and excellent for Borders. THE NEWEST Ayn fiftl ll il Bl Ail DESI EAOTIEE?V, LULU ITl DI Hil James Tick's Sons Seedsmen ROCHESTER, W. Y. 3 Is the Formative P?rtod. It ls then t*at the Blind is freest from care, the ?Eia?ir.a.iOn os??acipcrai. the oitffion' most reten?l-'e, th? eye brightest, and th? natur* most susceptiblr- What a bey rea *.s in this period becomes so Indelibly inpressed upon bis nature that ft b-icoines a part of his verv Character. This ?s r. time when a parent's responsibility Is greatest, it ls not enough to tell tbe boy what ho ot;v;!?t to become. Most toys ire not overly susceptible tc d'd.-r.ic teaching. You can usually lead him a mi!e easier than you car. drive h'm a rod. See that he har. the proper surroundings, and a tittle encoura^em??.:, and it is surprisipg hov readily he isve'ops a taste for the best In JIterafu-3. Let that taste be developed, and thire ls little cancer as to bis futur?. Ii vas Dr. Philips Brooks Wno said; " Show me what books a boy reads. a:id ' wil! read you his destiny. ' How Important it is. then, that your boa? Should ba provided with books of th? hlghesl character. Fairy ta'?s, ar.d even, perhaps. "Bollad? Eiii " stori- i. have their place as davefopftrs of a tasto i >r reading, a sort of jtfjir,, es it were, but unless tba boy soon show* A preference for the stronger meat cf pract??a! knowledge history, tri el. etc., yo? m?y "ba sure fha: he ls mentally unsound, or Qui lhere has been something radically wrwg (i bis eduction. The Encyclopedia Britannica bas rijfitlf bier, termed "the com ictrated es seo<e.?? the whole world's wisdom." Lti your bey read its Ir'cresrlng pages, and ha wtd?$pa look with disdain upon "flashy" Htira^art. We are continually underestlmathtj a fe?/* ?apjxiry for targe Ideas. Thara it ndtftlag ?o attractive as truth. Give him thc aa&riaS 9Qt of wttf ch to construct larga (See*. Pat SrHaootea ?a the hone, where he ceo cpjb*H ? cootrfcuaUy. aa4 *s ba ?ltalas ?**h?<sJ iu> wir. Sad-ao p[a?$ [uiTterary or pTc<?ss!<raal Dfe to which he fcay fiai isp* re. Salas th y pt?M?t (Jp??fiu?: ty to popp s fr oper Uhr ?y for yow Host t. It jsqsbfs?? leves tm en of bot Tea Cants a day. ff y?tt Order .from THE COLUMBIA STATE while it may be had at Introductory price?? THE NEW YORK HERALD, AMERICA'S FOREMOST NEWSPAPER DAILY. SUNDAY, WEEKLY. Independent and fearless; bigger and more attractive than ever, it will be an invaluable visitor to the home, tbe office, the club or the workroon. THE DA1L Y HERALD. Ail the news of the world, from pole to pole, gathered by a vast army of <:orresponents and reporters, and sen by unequalled cable and telegraphic facilities. $8 a year. THE SUNDA Y HERA LD. A masterly magazine of contem? poraneous literature, with articles by the leading writers of the world, em? bellished with beautiful colored and half tone illustrations. $2 a year. THE WEEKL Y HERALD. A perfect family journal. All the news of the week, sketches and con? tinued stories, raluable information for farmers, and departments devoted to women and children. Remember the Weekly Herald \$ ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR. Send for a sample copy. Address THE HERALD, Herald Square, New York. State of South Carolina, SUMTER COUNTY, IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. COPY SUMMONS. FOR RELIEF. ( Complaint Served. ) i Daniel T. McKeithan, Plaintiff, against W. F j B. Jlaynsvcorth, K. L. Cooper and E. C. i j Haynsworth, heretofore practising laic as '? Ilaynsicorths $ Cooper and Richard C. Wim- \ berley, Defendants. ; To the Defendants : You are hereby Summoned and required to ? answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to I ; serve a copy of your answer to the said com . plaint on the subscribers at their offices, Nos. 3 and 4 L*w Range, Columbia, S. C., within twenty days a?er the service hereof, exclu- j sive of the day of such service: and if you fail to answer the complaint within tiie tiree aforesaid, the Plaintiff in this action will applyfto the Court for the relief demanded in the complaint. Dated 21st Jan., A. D. 1895. BARRON & RAY. Plaintiffs Attorneys. To RICHARD C. WIMBEKLET, Defendant above named : Take notice that the complaint in this ac? tion was filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas and General Sessions ! for Sumter County, South Carolina, on the : 21st day of January, 1895. BARRON & RAY, Jan. 30-6t. Plaintiffs Att'ys. 1890. 1894.1 A. C. PHELPS ft GO., General Insurance Agents, j Sumter, S. C. Fire, Life, Accident, Steam Boiler, Plate Glass, Bonds of Surety for persons in poei- j tions of trust, and Liability Insurance in j everv branch, written in the very best Amer- I can and Forei<ri Companies. Ov^r sixty-five millions cf capiial repre- ? gented. Office at Meast9. J. Ryttenberg & Son?, 2d j Floor, Front. Mcbl4-o EBBB8M Harpers Magazine Simpleton, . . .. novel ty Thoma* H-an y, ir'UI i>" !.?:;.?... h. ... h> ?rember Number, ?.??i'f. and con tinaco to November IS95. Who? ever iitji-y be <?ne's favorite am? : g English ri>iv>;!;?!.?. it will be conceded by nil critics that Thomas ?lardy srands foremost as a :!::i-rer artist in fiction, and The Simpleton may h . . >: Ducted to arouse enthusiasm not inferior in de? gree to that which h.is marked Trilby;--the most successful story of the year. Another leading feature wi!) b<? rae 1 -rsonal kecollec ti <ns of Joan of Archy the tie ur Louis de Conte, lier Page an i Secretary, un ter which guise the most popular ol living American magazine writers will present story of tho Maid of Orleans. In ^ne January Number wiii appear a profusely illustrated paper on Charleston aud the Carolinas, the first of seri?is ?f S?utbern Paper?. Northern Africa is attracting mort; attention than at any other *ime since ir was th?; seat of empires. The next volume of HARPER'S MAG? AZINE will contain four illustrated : rticles on this region, and three of them will depict tue present life there. 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