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o to li » * |to« root •«», UOM t foriof Uf> r ( u>d r> trcc■ nic* lo bo pub tufcrd »boatd bo wriUoa on wporol# ■hoot*. Mid tbo ub}oet oi mt± ' oloarfy Imtioolod by noomory nut* wb*o roqntrod. I. Attic'*** tor puhlintio;) should bo wrUtrn io m r'*»r, hHml, nn'i OD < nly on« »W# of the papr. 4. All change* in advcrtiaemtnta muat roocb ui oj Friday■ mBWS QL*EAN1NGS. Wadison, Ga., will tsoun have a cotton seed oil mill. ^ The wat 9r works at Columbus, Ga., are completed. Alabama’s oat crop, just harvseted', was the largest for years. Georgia yields over a million dollars per annum in gold bullion. Nashville parties will build a cotton seed oil-mill in Atlanta, Ga. Polk county, Georgia, has thirty saw mills, employing 1,050 men. The Buckingham gold mine, in -Vir ginia, ia valued at f2,OOO,00Or—* The Charlottesville, Va., bent-wood factory has begun operations. Ground hf* been broken at Colombo*, Ga., for the new cotton factory. One orange tree in Clay county, Fla., hae 5,000 oranges on Its branch**. Over two hundred hnuae* are In oourae of erection at Chattanooga, Fean. Mr* Carr, egrd 100 year*, died in Barbour ueunty. Ala , a few day* ago. Baker couaty, Ga., ha* raised It* liq uor Heeaae from $T7 to 91,000 par year. Chst THE VOL. V. NO. 41. BARNWELL, C. H., S. C., THURSDAY. JUNE 29, 1882. was found that is quite a curiosity in its way. On the obverse side appears the figure of a six masted steamer, full rig ged, over which is the inscription, “The Great Britain/’ and below the ship is the dimensions, number, of state-rooms, etc. On the reverse side appear two medal lion heads, Quoen Victoria and Prince Albert. This medal commemorates the launching of the Great Britain at Bris tol, England, on July 19, 1843, and de notes an important era in ship building, from the fact that sho waa built of iron and fitted with the newly invented screw propeller. . 1 -iM-gew The Owl m a Poet Since the arrival of the pig by expreae last year, sent by a winked man aft Watertown, no package Las created the consternation at this office that a box containing an owl did, which ar. ived Wednesday from Oak Center. The name at the donor waa not given, but the name “Old Parker '* ie ou tba box, and that ia probably the m owl He ia e lively bird, make a good “bird poet,” auok a* wrote of e akcrv time Mnea. Who k but this is e girt poet who bee bean take a at bar word, end turned la to e Mad. If thu » the girt poet who vvtrta, ** I TOPICS OF THE DAT. Wx&KKit weather baa given corn and cotton a boom. Qcexn Victoria is fat and hearty- weighing 200 pounds. Garibaldi's body bore soars of gunshot, and one bayonet, wounds. ten Delaware promises to give the coun try the largest peach crop since 1875. Tax army worm is the object upon which the farmer may lavish his cones this year. Priladklpitia is taking steps toward the construction and adoption of an else trio railway. 8to<* of the Bank or Ireland sells st 119—that is higher than stock oi the Bank of England. tnofty will be stored so tnooessfully and cheaply that little boxes of it will be used io propel tricycle#, and people will journey about the country by that method rather than by rail Whisky is to be made independent oi the corn crops. A number of railroad men are buying timbes lands, and are going Id make whisky out of smoke. This is a question which requires the im mediate attention of the foresters. In [- a few years rain will be unknown. A ootbrtorarx whose patriotism is bubMmg over in fond anticipation of a Fourth of July celebration, says : wore of 4th of Jn- yea/ than the before. TIs vsU. TVs wkjppsft 'em. Ws eso de It sgain, tf tkey don't kick nor bit*. Tarv loots lb* whaag- aod 1st tbs roeksto fU. Thors I* going to b* more < WfWioosJoly In this country this ottaet Inhabitant ever saw befo of the barley crop, possible that the army worm, too, the bcvwwe? - WOn * The eaippieg His Jap, to West Vii feutlh *f el ftketaa The dam Ou. I* ihs As«B. J«4p Ch damdsd tbs i psmhOag, Lmaft taw*. «4 ♦9ft aukmud The mamaftakas l C. ese mid la W < pdah. pAa*dM amft I • ft uMaksaa dbvg Ifsa Jews ps eft saftsuast. mJ sd. TW*s *sa ppss b r* Iths a girl Ibsm aay- lbs owl utaka with sua Lamitor, of the Louisville Courier- Jsiwaf, has beonme aomcihing of a political punster. He turns big atteuUon to adbir* ia Pennsylvaaie as fotlowa: t* oahsd Is tbs vsiisd fm wsssi oft Tvwy sbalt mftl* aanweg la vwts Br ua Oar ema LgBBMaa Is ssaMsa sv* pram If ill aha ta parheps h J« I hi IBs* by lbs (Mur, sad pah- 1 Ommtt* oi Bk . Pwlsrv- ▼ Taxes la Hollaai, Taxee ia Holland. Mr. Bird tails os, are generally very nigh, and, it ia dear, are often very mischievous. Here they might learn mnoh from us. “ There is a tax on every window, door, chimney, servant, * * * on every article of household furniture in use. One most even pay for the privilege of earning one’s daily bread, no man being permit ted to carry on a profession, trade or oc cupation of any sort unless he obtain* what is called a “patent." The pool tax-payer has not even th* satisfaction of having hi* taxes called for. He must take the money to the collector's office, and often lose an hour or two while wait ing till the great man can attend to him. Bkoold he be tiehind in the payment, one or two hungry militiamen are quartered in his house at hia expense until he has cleared off his arrears. Two hundred yean ago boots and aboea, “ those arti- dee ao maential Io human comfort,'' M our author somewhat needlessly de scribes them, were not only taxed, but were cooapteaouely marked on the up per leather with the Government stamp. Vfadieal men have their fees fixed by lew, and fixed at a low rate. To make up lor thia, ao druggiet can sail the aiaa- ptaat BtiiWaa nnlaa* tba iwsaonpfttooa J .* iocior be prodaeed. If e men ia tram beaded*# or toothache, though he atay know of aoaas remedy wtuak wffl ggve bte* rahsf, be maiteft ■awsurv I* aaui be has <* <,.' 'nt a a -i la aoaaa perl* d Hollaed lbs tse) «f the ATS Inah aeh4ae <7 • WarB^e Bam ktwB«e aed bed m ggi hags •ama af see af ib# • k—e ai m da a/ — ■ — Me* *j • >-#4 * weeid he a nsB ai be bed Ie p*S km ewe ee Beak B B a gw* a*«a maae d Mamamg mawy J ■*• gwr a W a euemagae w *ey W e a 111 • l~- BsuBe to tog i m» ema to* l rtot wm “Beea Thera. 1 * " I belleva you are taklag quite aa ta- terest in spirits just at presentr said a rather seedy-kxddng dd party, rfkKnf into the dty editor’s room. “Tea, we are devoting some space to that sort o( thing, H said the city editor. “ Got a communication F* “Wall, no" said the seedy “But I can give you a good deal of 'formation on the *nbject Ton tee. I’ve worked the medium racket myself. I used to be one of the beet materialisen going, and I’ve seen the time I could set a whole set of parlor furniture dancing s Highland fling by simply slapping my Angara. These modern fellow* am no i, and don’t you forget it. They gle the whole business, and giva everything away before they haye hardly commenced a aitftiug. Wbaft you want is cheek, and plenty of il Don't cave in Iwoeuse a crank happens to ask you troublescoM questions. Just reft np an infernal rapping under hi* chair and soars him into alienee, or get your aseist- ant to—” “ Assistant T" aekad the editor. "Then you coufsee—” “ Goofem I of ooure# I eenfsea,'* said the seedy party, *' that's whet 1 eeme here for. Yes, you have to employ ea -i-iitmnl. and vary uflstn tbe whose bwss- r,*#s Jkpw’-ds epuu bis jwdgmaok Wh ( Lev* sa s—who orsatd soap jaai as wvli ss I could, and ‘suit- cn sMmag sp lb* sues *fler tbo he hi was larned dew uaa* be bwtoftkad a pfteea sf lei tMok sf an gnf* nesk. and pwft hat la a kft. V* hed Is toty tbo/ biwa m absrl arks* I mi. pan. That woe hte (vanft tronbftn H* awar snntd Isk* la me Ira* i- warknom of a *sp*m M i n#am n Ar*s he raw d y- ms men slew ahead If may as* te#***r* and ton* kmd of MUeg why tol am krwu seay k bSWa vgl g* * f* •m. M pm ssr-be a «**f >mvy gr•* land 4f w«m a • • o». t a s«i n* n^m v- w* *9 a Baas* ray. mee wtoa yon m om* ww* ankkan/y <swmgm* asa *n am Ins obsw* • mamaag* wooeod ■ ■ S am #vt nw#a* tangek* - a«4 ones b mm Be woa a. wag SSo sew I »aus#a m am* and bn mausaka * soel me “Do TOC play walesr* “I doj Schenkwalee’ head i “Nrvmtssndai in return.** Never, first, always, and have time. “Is raa General on tihei they asked flfhis wife toe elhar “Retired! no, indeed 1** toe “he's down to the slab playing] Jons (acoompagtod by hte l meets Brown, who aoooate hi “ Good morning, Jonm; bow’s] Snap?” Jones—“ Pretty you; how ar* jm¥*~ iMAom the indignation el a* . one boy in a 1 history clam k told how greet French General, Revolution, satiated by Wa “Jeer taste that ten,” ated< to hia better Imlf. at the other evening. “ Well, toedtsa to be i I cuo-t teale aaTthing." sod thei s whet I’m gro “I VB* bn mwnmm* par mwnmrni to morn d ma Ban mm# m te tadi mm to toei WtotoB Wrwmtosw r ^ I we #a* *—a tMoamand. m loannm smer ’*—• - n—d i aBe • an Ohm gto - —— te sne mBnmnft earn toe dto* tototo bBatofetopne^nmk TWmonkto pan >Mtogm »to nandd hggei i tog Pmm •v#** h am : kto Mel ffVT Te# Bo# T«m maagn* Is ao, W gm H#W m. II toe •?— m# udto to e mm «B# B on apeanasarv kn Be «namd metoa end mar • yk# temg A# bnd • M s* Vi BVM dtoi 7« * f-nbonan Bngtk ao- to akrm aanmfe w»wr Is a TewkhB h ■erv* cteersd. lered e... , mp- Thr frvt VWansc I* r< aanperr -4 toa ft mttm tteitoki • ( •4 114 IdMe , five Afifilfi loan, Thrae rurit>u» fish were remulv is S lap on# near 4fsrr>n, < is. wa caught was shout three shaped like s vslermeEu, waa perfectly trsnalueent, blnodleos. cold and clammy. The others were ramller, but Hk# the find in every other respect. A new and important industry 1* be ing built op on Lake Jemop, Fie. The fine beds of marl which have been <?ir. covered along the south shore of tbe lake are being utilised, with fish from the*lake, in tbe manufacture of fertili zers. A company has been organized and building* erected on Bird island, in tbe lake, a mile and a half from the main land. -— _ ncxjL^Uj . xiiib Out of the 200,653 immigrant* who landed at New York from January 1. to May 81, of this year, more went to Wis consin alo -e than to the whole South To show how few of- them went South, the following detail i* given: Virginia, 158; Maryland, 181; West Virginia, 136; North Carolina, 29 ; South Caroli na, 64; Alabama, 68; Florida, 49; Missis sippi^ ; Georgia, 134; Arkansas, 1,155; Louisiana, 600 ; Kentucky, 800; Tennes see, 157; Missouri, 480; Texas, 1,500. The Tennessee Statd library contains some valuable relics, among which is a piece of the flag surrendered by Lord Cornwallis to Gen. Washington, st York- town, Oct#her 19, 1781 ; Daniel Boone’s market, Gen. Jackson's rap, and sword of Col. Du Puyvt/r, s British ret under OoL Fsrgu haul* *f Ktag's mooalata la 1780. Ia i Is—i ll s##—e lb*I as a. t *• S Tufklah talk «#Salaakm a ivarSed ai a iwivwJ m cSMTOB, r* — q*i|# MissasSed m Ik# a# H »sA..l tea msoSsSw •bol te te, te tea daily Ufa, la >r. la— a (f« t rvlqnim, sad Iks ml# aSr# w ihaft te Lm bus ev.rywkesv*, be Ui as sl>ua l him UiAl tbsy bsd S dy mg soul Id mve, Upon the hsiuk af s . I ih# si say moment, sod to ,ml 1 ia to *n#ktag after oouldR*t do Ift In aay otbrn »*y be always alert in the Master s TU* bath aUeudaat made up his m»rd that he would try it ou some of tbs coe- tomers that visitad the bath-house. Tbe j six hard old nuts that take s bath together about twice s week, came to the tdaoe, and went into the sweat-room, site; disrobing until there was not s rag on them' as big se a child's handkerchief. They were men well along in years, who had steamed it a good deal, and became rheumatic and g. uty, and the whole party hod no more relhaon than could be put in a canary bird's eye. They were sweating away, joking each other on being pretty near played out for this world, when a sepul chral voice that seemed to come from the confines of the damned, filled the red hot air and said, “ Prepart to meet th Qod!" The old pelters looked st eac! other and turned pale. Then the voice said, “Get down on your knees, every man, and repent before it ip everlastingly too late, for in snob a moment as ye think not your goose will be cooked.’’ This thing was getting a little bit inter- ekting, and every man wonld have per spired if there had been do heat on at all. Just then the attendant came through a door into the room and began to pray for the salvation of the souls of the barefooted old fellows, when they all got out <4 the door into the cool room 1 and got into their clothes without being ; dried, and before the poor fellow had got through praying they bad gone to a m . * U-in and were taxing a drink and _ wondering if it wm a warning from oo , ik >i t,, mmA. in th^ir rate for a to vmw l^a^A vu-us •eahs mi ■way B mp^sd te — mate ay tea Vtes Fv—atem* to toe I toafstoGtofe sm—sfoasaft *f Ml Tte * Wa—sad m MB to toe taws B**ptoB» Beat Lyme te fee* € Ibmea **#ft *#90—, ewi beme < m—mtot FWewm eed Ttofe Tta JteSsasa w afeaM A tee atom sod *—vowed loewowa fifty smft masg Toa gawtoto ume m mmwfi to e to — a sam was mate Wei aaefi to ffmft TVayaa A v—sm j term— oamed J V «kto—s few— m mwa asto Ms arfe^ swJ toe aemtaft to ta eyqtomfeta ta W—fem m tos perns* to aewstof Tta —wpfe Item ag—ed m#e toe uftto tooofifi ta— fit me to eswk eew Bfee teoto ».ary toeoe —or* Veto toe ftaatoeeu BtoA emd msfe. wed twmftfimtol to toe totefeew. Boto agfoawad to eemB msd toe fewmee vm el omm pomftsB ■ % • -mw «f sav fi m ' •## t-tofe ■ft r— a—mto ■md Ms to pad sw —m* ps ee —add TV—«» tew* otemd Bow eiBma tel *B tofi ste-^r* oaf s— tel > I • ye B —• • » M, '*-#*Jmlafew* ^ *** 1 I Jatow—w • tea# steas ms * Amato aamlfl Sam ye to mtomtokdff fie tewed teat , v —a tete't wey. ■ * -* BaS aUa* sm ( *• te ~ w —. f • s egaer' mad strawyaa. »--J w- ««4 1 a— tews# a* ye te se— — »dB om. se le teti ys ted ra B—J t si J — ai »a«l—d m tte aagte try . shtogti* tmm npyad to ewd Mgs yo -*1 smmsfes | pvtendtMf»|fe . ^ . sBm*. ta* —y m— e Id# #*d maesi *- meae mtasi mA tewtaml fe, u*. ta« kaefemh a—seam *•’ -m id« • ai te sm oBu bewdlm to* —oeey ta^[ wBes I sell too cnoe skin# for s Jh *- " 1 I R—m IH go a*,' ftllarsd the d hi* ewd d—fth Kv-rwd, •i/sAgat I The Isa* mee Tut M- intaWy by Ibnmsm B. ew Is sxpaeded. Deter toe ift Ie awl y e mIRMBH Many who se* I teeth id goad hevu in Geargie this jeer than the netira toa belt poeeeeeed one year ago. If Ibin id d good thing lor the State. Hcbokavt Masom says he can't com plain of the treatment he is reoeivuig ia the Albany Penitentiary, only he would like to get out. Being imprisoned is the meanest feature of th* whole thing. T* 1 ,, trade, vtoun tartly I I —t a w« • * - - A— all ter the i in who stopped her* mid he wished h# d h*v* run the aha 10m —*L the snokm down at Greta’s, ah' I gin bun my bond etad be rote off. I'm *qoar‘ up end end Omen's is ths side atL'T y* crom J down, m 1 told ve, I third cabin an this Mb. Wkzd, of Newburg, N. Y., lost 1450,000 in one hour st s game of poker and is now creating a fuss all over the continent about it. Mr. Weed doesn’t seem to know how to play the game. Thk Chinese Government will return fifty students to American colleges, hav ing discovered their removal was a mis* take. It seems that the meaner we trea$ China the better they will think of us. Lawyxr'Hibst. of Philadelphia, left a will bequeathing $180,000 for th«f founding of a free law library, and $10 a week to his sisters. Thus he loved the public, deer man, better than he did his sister*. Miss Bells Beadkr is said to be the only female railroad officer ia th* country. Hhe he* just been elected Treasurer yf the WeyMeburg sod Wash- tiurteB Bsflttad. te Ptanevlvanio, and Aftvr all, th* Keely motor is a fraud. Bays the Setmti/lc America*t Tbs troth Is that "th* sserst" was Bvalgod long ago. Tbs power ntuUtsd by tte motor l* ton pi r that of oomprssssd sir inUodooed imrrvpiiOoiisij by pips* which oonnsot it with a ooudeoser. Perhaps the oompsiny who have in vested so heavily in the motor, and hare been patiently waiting for years to real ize their dreams of a scientific revolu tion—and fortunes—win now turn their attention to hard facts as os they find them. Woman suffrage has at least mode some progress, whatever individual opinions or prejudices may be. The committee in the United States Senate to whom the matter was entrusted for con sideration, have made a majority and minority report, the majority report favoring an amendment to tbe Constitu tion granting the elective franchise to women, the propoeed amendment to be submitted to the several Legislature*. I The minority report favored submitting the matter to the several States upon th* basis of States rights. It is not likely that Coogrem will act upon the queetiou at the prmtat mating, bat advocates <4 Tbe Irish Thirst for tiers. An Englishman landed at Dublin a few months ago filled with ly loyal i worth a ago tuieu wnu apprehen sion that the life of any loyal subject of >jec( < farthing there acid thereabout. Tbe I*nd Long- 1 imagined, were all bloodthiraty j j, bne all that sort of thing. But it was his duty to travel in the land—e duty he approached with fear and trem bling. Now, there happened to be on his route s number of towns, the names of which bwin with the siurgestive syl lable “Kil.” There were KUmartin and so on. In his ignoranoe of nomencla ture hia affrighted senses were startled anew on hearing a fellow passenger in the railway carnage reman to another as follows: Pm just after bein’ over to Kilpat rick." “And V replied the other, “am after liein’ over io Kilmary.” What murderers they are I ” thought the Englishman. “ And to think that they talk of their sess—hufirms so pub licly 1“ But the conversation went on. “And fhare are yon goin’ now? asked ssssiwin No. L “ Pm go»n' home, and than to XH- more,” wasNa 2's leaty. if added la L Ton’d betther be earnin’ alone wad me Ms# Jr*s tki *c* sawksa I through" tit# peeaeagvv* oa th* CTtiaarot Koek Island sad IVift# ai Gad's mil, stoU the qpuey be* si the Kansas (Mate Fair They rut* Into Kansas City on horfetoitotefc ffijui vben ih# rtouht^r wm walking to the bank with the receipts af the day, about $8,000, they pointed th pastels st his bred, seized the bos, sod galloped off. This waa done hi broad daylight, in the midst at e greet crowd, (tome time afterwards one oi the Kan- a Oily reporters wrote an article about tbeae highwaymen, saying some kind things. He called them brave, and mid they had done the meet daring deed hi i the higwaymsn’s record. A few nights afterwards one of th* James brothers rode into Tnines City, went to the paper office, and, coiling th* out, presented hud with A h watch and ffrto". He mid tbe article in question touched them in a tender spot, and they desired to show their gratitude. “But I don’t feel at liberty to hike this watch," said the reporter. “But doit to gratify ua. Weffidnt steel this watch; we bought and paid for it with our own money,” continued the desperado. “No; you must exons* me, ned the reporter. “Well, then, if yon can’t take Oris die they'd be Tell them it ll a but if they bring change from the j them to say nothi Iifti tfafrm riettp tttl tihi 1 work in the them pot to bed T night, to avoid ‘