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"i; FOH CIRCULAR8- fevi11-5123 Machine Co. MESSAGE OF THE BELLS. Ring" out, Uithe bell3 of the New Yearl King out to all your summons clearl Message of hope, despair to quell, la borne upon your silvery swell. Ring, bella of cheer, across tho snow Till with courage faint hearts glow! Hath friend ueer.ied faithless, lovo grown cold: Hast lost that wand cf magic, gold? Saddest cf all. huta ceath snatched one Whoso presence was to thoo lifu'a sun? Yet look not bark. The darkest cloud But served an azure sky to shroud. Thy friend his fealty yet may prove. Lovo that coul 1 c!:ang! was never love. And folly 'twere lost wealth to mourn, While fickle fortune's wheel doth turn. Grim death, though conqueror of clay. Bows to a mightier conqueror's sway. Thy loved one hath but crossed time's sea To its fai shores eternity. Mary F. Safford. A B AHETJI) AJSE W YE AI HUNTING WILD GUINEA FOWL AND DEER. Raid on f Ncfcleuiau's Gsnie Prcsorvcs. The Tarson and the I'Jutrr-A IJcauti ful Insular Iicmu.n la tLe West In dies. II AT you would not be likely to d IJarhucln on tho map, even if you took a great ileal of trouble to k for it, I will venture, to Bay. It is only about a dozen miles long by three or four in width. A trouble sonio aggregation of coral reel's in tho yath of navi- A'a-TO. tains more pviue than nil the other islands c;f the West Indies put together. Small n? it is, however, nnd hot U!:d thirsty as it is, lyini? right in tho midst of tho northern troph-, I liold it in affectionate remem brance as the one spot in the world where I had the best .-.hooting of my life. New Year's week was closo upon us, and we were wondering how we could fittingly celebrate with the temperaturo at 95 in tiie shado cud no air stirring, when along came an invitation to visit Barbuda from the hospitable proprietors. I was then stopping at Antigua, which is a few miles to the south. About 200 years ago the former inland belonged to a certain Lord C'ldrington, a gcntlomnn of the English aristocracy, who built a castellated resi dence and inclosed a few hundred acres with high stone walls. The Codringtons lived therefor pr-!..ips 150 years, and about the best thing they overdid, in my opinion, was to stock tho island with clioico sheep and cattlo from tho old country and with fallow deer from their English preserves. When tho family finally abandoned Bar buda some CO ye :r ntro, many of the ehecp. tho fonts, t-.o horses and cattle-, all their do!:.csLie f.r,vi'3, and even their former idavorf, ran perfectly wild nnd levelled to the savagery of their ancient and respec tive ancestors. Wild deer, wild turkeys, wild gninea fowl and wild men what more could a hunter desire? At tho time of my New Year's visit to Barbuda, it was i:i yiossession on lease of two English gentlemen, who divided the labor and s!i::rcd tho profits of this vast estate with it 700 or 800 tenants. Ono was a practical farmer, who attended to the pmvly material working of the estate; tho other w;.s a clergyman cf tho Anglican church woo I'.omMueci in one person tne ov .eer of s;;iriti::d and corooreal matters. lie had a nent little church and n congre gation of 00 cr :i:), mostly females, and all of them black or colored. There were no other whites on tho island than tho farmer and tho yjarsnn. Their sway was despotic, their rvslo unquestioned, but hu mane. Like tho dumb animals, tho black beings showed a tendency to atavism, and it required all tho er.ertry of the parson to combat tho inherent savageism in them. He labored, as it were, with tho sword in one hand and tho cross in tho other; but his labors were not nltc.ethcr unproduc tive. This by tho way; fori did not go to Barbuda as a "fisher of men," but as a hunter of d.cr and wild guinea birds. However, tho parson and I had a compact, lie was t i have mo shown all the likely places fi:r the gimo and I was to regularly attend services on Sunday a compact both of us faithfully kept. A .'a! le guide named William Jack was my l'.i'.-x cicerone, and ho came for mo at 4 o'clock in the morning, when all was cool and qr.ii't, and the birds were singing their notes preparatory to the full chorus at daylight. If William Jack had come un attended, ho would have been all right, but he brought along his faithful mongrel, Doctah, who caused no end of mischief, though apparently with tho best of inten tions, for, as William Jack had his "dav.-g" hitched by a string, and, further more, as said William was long of stride nnd Doctah was short, thero was much diliiei ky in tho matter of locomotion. Finally .William yanked tho Doctah so for cibly that tho suing parted and tho dog hied himself to a neighboring field, whero some cattlo were grazing, and where the wretch not only worried tho beasts, to his great delight, but also frightened away two noble bucks which were quietly feeding in their company. The recreant came back eventually, tail between legs, and William Jack gave him n basting that did my heart good, but it did not avail to recover tho lost hour of morning, nor the lost deer. Going still farther, wo had the pleasure of cnoinff two does walk leisurely across a wood path just beyond range, and still later of jumping three deer in a field where at least t woscorc women were work ing. These deer were feeding within gun shot of tho women, but without any ap parent fear, and it was only when their enemy, man, appeared that they gave leg bail and sought the seclusion of the woods. We walked homo in tho heat of tho day, having secured no deer, but having gain ed a "heap of sperience," as William Jack said. Experience, however, was not what I was after, as I most forcibly impressed upon my sable friend when I came to pay him for his assistance in gaining that com modity, giving him a shilling less than ho would have got if a deer or a doe had been our companion on tho return journey. It was the next and tho third day that I ventured forth to hunt tho wildest and waryest of Barbuda's denizens, tho guinea fowl. A little negro boy was my guide and companion, ono who said he knew the feeding places of all the fowl on the island. Wo tramped over several miles of field, but only succeeded in seeing many flocks at a distanco, without getting within shooting distance of any one of these wild African birds. Finally, as we wero coming up be hind a high stone wall, my little guide cau tioned me to bo on my guard. Peering over tho wall, I saw a group of half a dozen fowl busily scratching in the corn, and at once concluded they wero all my "meat as I drew up my gun carefully and sighted. But I was not prepared for tho hurricane of feathers and gust of screeching furies, propelled with the seeming rapidity of light, which tore into the air and away be fore I could collect my astonished wits. I 'if ST WOA In 2a 6ent a shot after them, but more from habit than calculation, and had the pleas ure of hoeing one of them fall to the ground, where it spun round and round on its head till my black boy retrieved it. We put up two other flocks after that, out of j which I got one each, and spent tho rest of the forenoon in rumbling about aimlessly, upon guinea fowl intent, but without suc cess. "Dey is so roam," said my guide, meaning that they were mighty uncertain l-bout their habitat and wandered all over (reution. The three we had "saved," however, avc n.y boy all he wunted to carry, as they dressed nearly four pounds apiece, nnd he groaned londly over their weight as ho bravely toted them back to tho house in the broiling sun of a tropic midday. They were served that night at dinner, and it behooves ma to remark that I never ate tenderer cr more delicious flesh, either of biped or quadruped. But, then, of course, they were of my own shooting, which litstows an added zest. They were served with tho sauco of hunger, and after a provocative sherry ; r.d bitters, all of which must bo taken into consideration. To bo strictly fiist class and traditionally tender, a guinea must l;o, first, of tho feminine gender and young in fact, a pullet. It must bo cooked tho sarao day it is shot and watched over by a sooty cook of the same fcx as the bird. On Saturday afternoon the parson said to me: "My sermon is written, and I neod a rest. Come with me to Two Foot bay, and we will have a try for dear." Wo rode c tr a disused road to Highland House, and thtnuu to a cow yien, whero a hugo tamarind treo cast a broad shade and wag alive with glittering humming birds. My friend led the way through thick scrub to a noted deer walk, and there we took our stand just as tho shadows wero lengthening along the fields. Soon a fine black buck came stepping daintily out of the copse and offered a shot that not even a bungler could have missed. He was a splendid animal, and my ?jun was loadod for just such as he, and tho Fiiort way to tell the story is to say that he went homo with us behind our negro attendant, shar ing with him tho horse La rode. Ono was enough, and to the parso;i I was indebted for him; so, of course. I willingly agreed with him that it would bo wanton waste to shoot another. The sun was only about to set as wo took the homeward trail through tho bush, which was animated with varieties of birds. As wc were cross ing an old field, with a single treo in its center, out of that lone tree flew a bunch of guinea birds, going like the wind and screeching like mad things. It was then after dusk, the moon was risen, and all the guinea fowl had gone to roost. While I was telling the parson, as wo halted a moment under tho tree, how easy it would have been to bowl o.er two or throe of those birds had I but known they wero there, out burst another bevy from the limbs right over our heads. Tho parson then asked me why I didn't bowl over a few and said there wero probably some more in the same spot, as that was the only treo in the field. Recovering from my astonishment, I unslung my gun, and as I did so another gust shook tho branches above, and smaller bevy bolted through tl:o air. These did nor, get away un scathed, and as we continued homeward a pair of them hung at my saddle bow. Guinea fowl, doves and deer wero by no means tho cum total of Barbuda's allure ments for the hunter, for in the fall and early winter como along great flocks of ydover, snipe, ducks and teal, all the winged migrants that coast tho shores of tho United States in their southward search for a winter home. As for those great birds that hover on tiio debatable borders of sport tho pelicans, frignto birds, herons, flamingoes and tropic birds, they sometimes swarmed hero unmolested and not afraid. But tho i'ird that gives tho best shooting hero is tho beautiful white headed pigeon, which ham:-s Cie .c;ia grapo thickets along tho shore. The number that I might have shot was only bounded by my ambition, C LAS IX THK Et'SII. for they wero ihera by hundreds; but, as usual, I was g i.kd by moderation and took only cnoug.i for u;-e at our table and for museum speeitnens. In nr. immense cavo at the north end of tho island, which local tradition states was once the hiding placo cf Bluebeard when he cr-.'isod t! ese seas, were hundreds of great bats, and one I shot measured 26 inches across ks outstretched wings. In the old castle, also, they swarmed in the vaulted chambers, creating by the flapping of their wings a sound like tho roaring of a storm vexed s?:i. Tho castle walls were the haunts c.3 well of large lizards, with now and then tarantulas and scorpions, for, being within tho tropics, this bit of paradis-e had the annoyances as well as the deligiits of regions near to tho equator. On Sunday, the day after tho parson and I had shot the deer ai:d guinea fowl, I at tended serv 3 at the little church. The sermon w.:? ; .- ' crful.the preacher eloquent and earne-i , b.u perhaps neither of us gave a thought to the brace of fat birds and tho har.uch of venison to be served at early dinner? Full many a time and oft have I thrust my feet beneath West Indian mahogany in the course of several years' travel in thoso islands, but never with greater satisfaction than that first Sunday of tho new year at tho hospitable board of my frionds, the parson and the ydanter. One should kill his own game and work hard for it to fully appreciate its flavor; should wash it down with good wines and have gooil company to share it. All these concomitants were mine that day, and many days, until the killing of the game became finally a secondary consideration tho daily gatherings at table the real and pleasurable events of the waking hours. I have often come near to envying my good friends their peaceful, patriarchal life in their beautiful insular domain, and I recall with gratitude the pleasures they made mine in iho rides and walks, the guinea fowl hurts by moonlight, the deer stalking in woods and old fields, and finally tho home seeking after hours of toil in the eat, the cool evening air. fragrant with the delicious odors of frangipani and acacia blossom. Feed A. Obeb. Janciont Komc't Sm Year. After Julius Caesar reformed the calen dar Jan. 1 was observed as a holiday by the Komans. Ovid tells how people gen erally refrained from litigation and strife at that time, and there wero special re ligious functions ia the temples. Later writers say that among the special observ ances of New Year's day were exchanges of visits, the giving and receiving of pres ents and masquerading and feasting. At first the church frowned on any observance of this holidav, as well as of tho popular saturnalia festival which preceded it, and Tertullian inveighed against it with his accustomed severity. Chrysostom also preached against it, and numerous provin clal conncils passed , canonajigainst jt New Tear's In Paris. The exchanging of gifts, which in Eng land is falling into innocuous desuetude, is kept up in Paris. Parents make gifts of portions to the children, brothers givo to sisters, and husbands settlo sums of money on their wive3. Callers are expect ed, when not ludies, to mako presents at every house they call at, and it is an in teresting sight to see carriages loaded with bonbons, candies nnd sweet meats in the most fantastic shapes and brightest colors, the strangest receptacles for tho sweets thus distributed. Lo Jour l'An is certain of one day when tho home side of tho French comes out and Paris is less herself then than at any other time. Visiting In Persia. In Persia, among tho aristocracy, the visitor sends notice an hour or two before calling and gives a day's notice if the visit is ono of great importance. Ho is met by servants before ho reaches tho house, and other considerations aro shown him, ac cording to relative rank. The left and not the right is considered tho yiosition of honor. A. True Friend. He Mabel, last February you promised to give mo your answer on New Year's day. Since then 1 have generously refrained from seeking your company, and now, my darling, I have come to claim you. She Alas! I fear it is too late. You know I've been engaged to Charlie Smith since March. He Oh, that's all right. He's a friend of mine, and I asked him to become en gaged to you as a favor, to keep the other follows off. She Yes, hut we were married last week. V.v: iilXG THE t( 1 l2::Sf HW3 fT r, 'AJI i tstmwzz.v. .-' I !A' , W'"'--- -M-&-4-- UNDER A SHADOW. A. KEW TEAK STORY OF MIXING LIFE BY FRED COLLIXS. Copyright. 1890. Tho people in St. Luis park that New Year's eve looking to tho east saw under the towering white crests of the Sierra Blancaa high smoke pillar rising with tho sky, and it brought joy to their hearts, for it assured them now, as it did after every great storm, that Sim Belden was still alive, etill able tn grub undor tho foot of the ever threatening avalanche for the for tuno ho had left tho world to win. Sim Belden was a tall, handsome giant of 80, who had come from no ono knew where. The few who kiiev him thought "OF COURSE, PEDRO, YOU WASN'T EVER IN LOVES'" ho wns unsocial, and those with whom he traded at Garland believed that he had hit upon n rich find under tho snow line, and. that ho would make it hot for the man who tried to bo his neighbor. Sim Belden had been mining alono in the Sierra Bb.nca, but during the past IS months he had a companion, a young Uto lad named Pedro, whom he had found dying and abandoned over on tho headwa ters of the Del Norte. When Sim Belden, without any process of law, became Pedro's guardian, that youth's knowledge of English was confined to tho ono word "damn. " His acquaint ance with Spanish was a little raoro ex tensive. He knew that buonos dias meant "good day;" sabo, "understand;" si, senor, :'yes, sir," nnd dinero, "money." But there is a languago of signs which all un derstand. Sim had just como up from Garland burdened with a great pack of eatables OLIj l iCAU U i. and a proportionate amount of drinkables, for tho traditions cf his youth led him to bolievo that both were essential to a popu lar observance of tho season. This evening in the cabin, after supper, Sim Belden was unusually talkative, and, forgetting or ignoring that Pedro's com prehension of English was limited, ho rat tled on like one thinking aloud and wish ing for no comment on what he Eaid. "It's been no end of a fine day, Pedro just like the New Year eves wo used to have back in tho Allcghanios when I was a boy like you. But tonight we'll pay for it, and I'm much afraid tomorrow will bo a regular old, howling New Year's day." Seeing that tho white man hesitatod, Pedro looked wonderingly up and said,"Si, scnor. " Sim Bolden lit his pipo and throwing himself on a cinnamon bearskin before the iiro looked at Petlro for afow minutes and then went on, "Of course, Pedro, you wasn't ever in love?" Pedro said, "Si, senor, " and scratched his head like ono yserplexcd. "No, Pedro, you don't savey, and I hopo you never will. If you should ever bo took that way, commit suicide unless you'ro dead sure. But, then, no one is ever dead 3uro of a woman, or ef a man either, for tho matter of that. "Now, Pedro, I ain't in the habit of giving myself away. I'm one of tho kind ;.d1 -UK'1; It mmsr-. i urn --1,:; " mm m : till '.111 "WHITE MAN! WHITE MAN!" that keeps his trouble to himself, but there's something 'bout New Year's that makes ono confidential like." "Si, senor," said Pedro as ho extended his litho form toward the warming fire. Sim Belden turned over nu his breast, and, resting his bearded chin on his up turned palms, looked at the dancing flames and continued: "There was never a man loved his broth er as I loved my brother Jack. Two years younger'n mo and handsome as a picture no wonder Alice Thorpe shook roe for him. But it wasn't fair. That's why I kicked. When our raft went to pieces on the Susquehanna years and years ago, it was Jack that, not caring for himself, dove under tho logs and fished mo out. But often and often, as I've sot by this fire as I'm doing now, I wished he'd have let me slrown. It's no favor to save a life and curse it, and that's what he did. "Jack was always wild, aDd when fa ther died and left all the property to me ex cept ?5 for him, I put my arm about him. and said: 'Never mind, Jack. I'll divy fair. So long as I've got a dollar 50 cents of it's yours.' Then ho kissed me liko when we wero boys, and there were tears. on my cheek that did not come from my eyes. ' ' Tho giant's voice became hoarse, and while he was clearing his throat Pedro gave utterance to his first English word, "Damn!" "Yes, Pedro, that's just how I often feeL You soo I can't blame him for falling ia love with her, for heaven never made & prettier to look at; but it was the deceit on both sides. You understand?" "Si, senor." "Curious enough, it was jast three year ago this very New Year's ere when I dis covered them in tho hall of her houso talking In loving whispers and with his arm about her. My God! I felt like strik ing the two dead, but I bit my lip till tha blood came; then I galloped back home, where myanr.twas the housekeeper, for mother wa.s dead. I said nothing to her, but I wrote two note1; one to Jack, leav ing him all the property, ami the ether to Alice TJiorje. telling I'd disoivcred she was false anJ asking her to marry my brother. Then I started for the west, and the life bafore ins war gleomy as the canyon depths on a clondy -o:dj;ight. "At first 1 felt like chnnging my name; but, as I'd never bror.fit c'.isirn,ie on it, I let it BtanL What au iters ;i r.amc to a man who's left the w r! n hi vl f.revcr? "Thcro'3 t!:ostcry, Tliat's why I'm here, and yon'ra tt ;m;:. the last human being that'll ever hearra: it from my lips. Savoy?" "Si, senor," a'rI Polio, without the slightest comprehension of tho secret that had been confided to him. Sim Belden was about to speak again, but ho was changed from his purpose by s rash, a roar and a crash that filled the air and shook the earth as if the mountain was tumbling into St. Luis park. "A snowslide! Thank God there's no ono on the trail between here and Garland tonight!" Sim BelAen sat up and looked at the Indiau boy, whose lean face and black cyos wero filled with an expression of intent anxiety. "What is it, Pedro? What do yon hear, man? Speak out!" ' For reply Pedro bounded to his feet, and pointing in the direction of the trail be 6houtcd: "White man! White man!" In an Instant Sim had the door open. The whirling snow clouds limited his vision to the path of light before tho open door, but above the roaring of the storm ho heard tho cry: "Help! For God's sako, help!" "Stay hero and keep the door open!" That is what Sim Belden shouted as he buttoned up his fur coat and leaped down the snow piled trail. Pedro had no conception of the ordinary measure of time, but it seemed to him that at least a day had passed since tho white man had disappeared. At length his heart was gladdened as he saw him breasting through the snow and bearing another white man in his arms. Sim Belden staggered into the cabin and laid his burden on the fur covered floor, and tho instant he saw tho face of tho un- "A HAPPY NEW YEAR, DKAR KIM!" conscious man ho dropyuxl on his knees, took tho head in his arms and cried out as ho kissed the faco si like his own. "Jack! Jack! O God, it's Jack! Do yoa hear me? Look up! Hero's Sim! his knees to Here's Sim, asking you on forgivo him!" Sim and Pedro stripped off tho wet clothes, rubbed the white form till the glow of life came back, and then placed him in a bunk nnd wnnped him in furs. By tho time a steaming punch was ready Jack Belden rubbed his eyes : -".l looked about him. Then from the bun': ! wo white arms were extended, nnd he si.l.'. el: "After years of seeking I've found you, Sim." There in nothing more fiicred than tho tears of honest, strong j.-en. Pedro looked on in v.';,:.-! ?. and, though he could not understand v;.at wj naid, be realized that one had come who wnt roarer to his guardian's l.e.-rt than himself, but he felt no pang of jnal-m v. After a time Jack B Vcri felt strong enough to sit up. Ik i? watch, and, seeing tl:-1 it was afu-r midnight, he reached out Lis bund to his brother and said : "A happy New Year, dor Sim!" And Etill holding hi-; brother's hand, Jack told the story of his throe years' .:;;areh, and how only that afternoon l:o had learned at Garland of Sim's hiding place. Hut then: was more to tell. When Sim discovered hint with Alice Thorjie, just three years bcfor.i this, ho w. telling the girl that l.c had become engaged to her cousin Ethel and was begging her to plead his case with the father and mother of his betrothed. "Since tho clay you left, Sim, I've been a changed man, end a drop of liquor hasn't yiassed my lii.s. But it is not of myself, but of Alice, I would speak. She was ever true to you, and, though she thinks you dead, she is still true to your memory, and tonight by the fire in the old home, whero she gave you her love, she is weeping for a dead ue who thought hor false." The storm continued tlie next day, but in all that wild J.u.d no cabin held two happier heart 3 t ban those of the brothers reunited under the caves of tho avalanche far up the Sierra Blanca. Shortly after this Sim Belden sold out bis claim and accompanied his brother to the cast. They took Pulro with them and sont him to the Indian school at Carlisle, whero ho became a teacher. Every New Year he visits his old guard ian and his wife, and the children of both brothers love him. His knowledge of Eng lish is perfect, and he fully comprehends the story told him by Sim Belden in the mountain shack that New Year's eve. I'in Money. All ladies know what pin money Is, hut it may he intercstin;; to them to learn tho origin of the exnre:-ion, and also to know that it is directly oimec-tcd witli New Year's day. t.'niil the licinnin cf the ' sixteenth cent'.irv the onlv id';-- i.m-i! Lv i j the poorer t las.e. were hvm'.-.i of v.-ootl. In ; fuct, they were uu pins nt ail, !.ut o''ivvcrs, 1 ! which, for the use ;f tho wealthy, v. ore of Ijoxwood, bnjie cnd silver. At tiie x-riod ( above nurued the metal i-ins now in use were invented, ani jjconhj of fasiiion wero 4 eager to possc.n them. They ;it once le came the most j-oi-ular ontl acceptable New j Year's gift for ladis, but ic soon grew ' customary to give, instead f tho pins j themselves, the money with which to pur ; chase them, and this was called "pin jnon j ey," a term which gradually came tube i upplied Vi all nionf?y given to ladles for dress and pergonal adornment. Alter tho Christmas Kve IU1I. Up the broad steps they tripped into iier borne. Tho cas burned Jow. Her ' sit uder Cnera hung to bis a moment. Kba atooa di rectly under the gas jet, under which some one, in anticipation of tho mor row, had Lung a sprig of mistletoe. Ho could not help it he kissed ber. She locked fo pretty, so innocent, under that Fprig cf mistletoe. Yes, it was an ungentlemanly and unmanly thing to do. Her frightened, etartled look pained him. He stammered cut a miserable excuse. Her great eyes filled with tears, and rho pave a little choking sob when be apologized. "Dear little innocent," be thought, "I would not have hurt her for the: world." And she after ho was eone sho ilroppwl into a great chair and sobbed.'! "Like him? I love him. And to think that he hhoaM kiss me at last and then la Gay be oulu t mean anytning dj iti; . . . t - a. .r-i ' . , u r 5aian.f Vhat does be think I pnt the mwtlf&yM lucre lOr. ASK ITr rarui-ei v'.vlima of fexct uc, the tnercuriaJ i':secd patient, ho iV.cy rr.-i.vcrsd health, ihtv-rl'iil -ui: aoj cmc! .W.trtUe : ll.rv la!. Ijvtrt Kai.t-LAIO. The CliMpoat, 1 .!--( n,l nct Pauilly Medicine ia tLe VVarUt: Tor PYSPErStA. CON-U CATION. LvmdU. Bilious utiacVs, SIl K HKAJMCH., C.n". IVpre inn of Spirits. 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Notice. ; North Cakoi ixa, Supeiior (Joint, Vance Colniv. IWore the Ch-ik. j (). Ileaniau Harris and C'yins 1. Ilauii' ; and Mattie lve Harris, lv their im friend K. W. Cohill. and J. H. Hants: j Against ! J. II. rppcrman and wifn U-tt'n- A. : fJeo IJ. jp Bovteatix, and wife MiMuui !.. Ii. F. HarrS. W. J. Harris. :ora O. I I'helps, Clyde 1. Harris arid C. II. llnr ;ris. I It apieaiiinr to the court Ly afii-lv.vit that the defendent' (ieo 15. I'IJ tt-anx and wife Missouri I., ami W. J. llntris, I are lion-residents of the State cf N01U1 : Carolina and cannot after doc- dlli-nce le found in raid hute, ami that th; stih j Ject of the proceeding is real estate t-itti-; ate in Vauce county, in which mid def -n-j dants have an interest: ; haid defendants will take notice that the ; above entitled pntceeding hut been iiMi j atuted before the Clerk of Vance biifx-tior i court to ?ell the lands of Harvill Hani-. deceased, allotted as dower to Ids wUow. J ll. Harris, wild for partition, anions i the widow and heirs at law of r-ald Harvil j Harris, deceased; and aid defendent are ; reiue-std to appear and answer or dettitu i to the complaint on December 31st L. II. JiLL. ! Cl'k of the Superior Courtr'Vance Co. ihom" PlttmanU'y for Fla ituiiT WOTICK. I WAYrery man and woman in the fnitfd ptaf interested in the pinm and Whisky aabiU to hare one of my books on t'ae&c di- WM. Addrew B. M. Vfooiiey. Atl mt. Osl, uwav aw vu wiu ug KUb juu svee IS a"' I i'i L9S a fcrer- vr-viarfti i d4 Orlfrlnnl and Only bennlne. A tnrc, alwaja r'llalle. taoii ail a i?t 1'ruimlst for rafrkratrr .'! Inn ApVa j ... , i. ii. a .'..I.J nif.f.nit.w V JlfS?2lie. aralod wllh hlun rtllim. Take 3' 3g nrc a cour'T! ol" :.."i.t;. They fire a : -.m ii i r;.re, also. J a If :-.i j.r f"- y..:r child's ' health, i (.. del . boo': "ll 1': r 'rr.iU-illicit V 1 cliildrm - ft jeet, and J I uhirii r-rcy'r. Ycw.ifugc f 1 oui :.-! ...,:t 1 ,.", .'.. J Y&k k, I ?. .:'KV, ' V 11
Henderson Gold Leaf (Henderson, N.C.)
Standardized title groups preceding, succeeding, and alternate titles together.
Dec. 31, 1896, edition 1
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