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r* IJJ |1t» y. Sum U d t\+ (Sc* 9. Bu»r«i Witort •od ooBBunio- UM« t* b* pnbiiabed >ho»i.l b« «riU«o 7 " he,to> ^ lh# oh J «* »’ •trljr MUoAted bj not# wkru ■*q«ir«d. ,1 & Artwlei lor publication khoul^li TnU*!* b*nd, and Ofl onlj dm dda of jfke page. All changes in adTortiioneati n u-t >raoi ui nn Frlidy. I'll 10 PEOPLE. .4T VOL VL NO. -2. BARNWELL, C. H., 8. €.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1882. $2 a Tear. lines to a guinea sen. 1 he *birti r ,Q ** irk nt Morning time, sweet clou<,, floftt ln * he s ^* p «. ' A^„« , ,w CWy dptanc s thy song is heard; robin s note thy carols rise, no- but glad ami strong ^^song* 0 oloud# tky clear, or ultaji^ 1 f? 10 ? ^ warbled note, sweet hen; Would thy soft numbers might inspire my rbratel I.but make your cackle wlthwiy pen. Could How down Uteri' l^d solid thy of time :le-baek— kwackl y® ,wi /J* r “"in *be sands of time; W »g*wrii tbo lano I bear thy distant ^ trough the fenoo get up and cllhib, . Ana cross the meudoF, oae quick, speckleJ a 8» r©aaj ,, ^T’P^fJbe bolt to catch thee on the fly. nB^ A *’ thmt ••• ^ run, go home to 1 ••"‘by papier Wh«r» name tl T)s rsaenthy h About four Ttnep in the the i head. *hy GulMa hen, . popple* In the S in far from tar bai ■■■ haantsof m> n, miles thou hast to run. cluaa by the old rail bit* manner. Pointing f6 a room in which nm member of the settlement ever enWmi, Haarsdale said to his \isit- ort: You will find wine there, gentle- men. It was brought here bv friends and no lepers' hands have detiled it. (Jo m and re.resli yourselves. You cannot bo waited ou, as my servants are all lepers.” He inquired after friends in Honolulu, to whom he, sent messages and aloha. When my friend left he in- quired of Ragsdale , if there was any thing ho cbula do for him. »%U A«» TVS ‘‘Yes, keep me supplied with reading matter. That is all I ask for or wish in this life now —something to read and think about; •umething to shut out from mymindlhis life. It Is only a short time more with me now.” ' It was only a short time more, tor soon news came that poor Bill Rage l»le, a volunteer exile in a b-fx** settlements had abut out from bis mind forever this life. ■I went with Dr. Fitch to the hraneh settlement for lepers. It la an incioeare ol several acres on what is called Fisher men • Point, on Honolulu Hay. Soet- fored over the ground* are score* of some connected, others do- forked, end the oik* and bnil liegt. ■s»d by Dr. KRch’s aasl«taeta Im ■gtee tf yen eea. a set tie meet of Aegln >m—s. or people of ear otW btchly rtvtlUed fere, eU of them el Mnnd with, aed all «or* or les« .fo- kj *w*ur%hU sb4 hi an pie dMea«a keewlag H te he lesamhfot end «»wi%g ihsmmlvse and ra~h ether .‘nuppuy te pseree Irwse He 4rse4 1 1 s4> t* '*• f ceeena Imqgtae stsrh e isc*ere. •wsawB I h m*et ’ < heltr*a thet eew 4e wwahl make a taaUMhsM anmi Ml Seoata. When an operator goes into an unde veloped field and puts down a test well he naturally desires to have the profit of his risk. It costs him something like $<‘>,000 to put down that wildcat well, for which, in most cases, he gets no return, for the majority of wildcat wells produce nothing. If he finds a rich sand, however, and can keep it a se cret for a while, he has a fortune in his hands. He can sell oil short, knowing that when it is known that a new field has been discovered the price will go down. His most direct opportunity, however, is to~lease the land in the neighborhood of hts well.^to be sold again at an enormous profit os soon as it is known that it-is productive terri tory. So he guards his scent with every appliance he can intent. His most dan gerous enemies are the “soonte.” They are paid to discover what he ia trying to conceal. Alraoet every prominent oil broker has e “5cbot ,r regularly employed to keep him ptnted on the latest doing* at j the front. Daring, cantina*, patient, untiring, uneenipoloa*, and honest, the ; eoout moat add to the experience of a driller the enbtle judgment of a broker I and the heennsee of an operator- % of the eight he ne^i Me hood of e i ’III the neighbor- Mit of gtMMbal of the wrick; I* leg often > ewmeep for hnerm, asq Mroich—I eW»ve irieadty fog m eesrh he gargle ef § i ■Mg the took Iwme to How the Chinese Conduct Their Corre spondence. When the writer is ready to begin hie letter, ho uhfold-C the sheet of paper, and writes first of all, attheupperright- hand corner, the name of the person to be addressed, writing downward in a perpendicular column between the line* thai have been ruled in the making of the paper. Every character is a word by itself, amL is made with a certain number of strokes, mostly straight or turning nt sharp angles. Few curve* are seen in Chinese writing of the pres ent time, the script being precisely the same in form as the printed character. Away back in the early development ol the written language, circles and curve* were familiar features of the printed page- Every Ckineee woiil in a mono- at liable and expressed by a single char acter. in writing the names of persons, the family name, which we call surname be cause it was an added name that iato use in comparatively Is put first, and s ter it are written names givea at chrirtentaf. All lilies ef buoor and respect are written a flee the n tmeof the persoo. To skew more elesrH how Uu* ie dear, a letter ■ tdrwtrt u> the S»n*ih wW here title writtea dowa the rirht-haod eel- PERSONAL AND LITERARY. —Mrs. Langtry ha* begun to linden* etand something of American advertis ing. She took a special train from Ed inburgh to London, at a cost of $600. —Miss Annie Louise Cary is now en joying excellent health, but has not re covered the use of her voice. Her phy sician tells her she must not attempt to sing again for a year. —Charles Langheimer, well known as ‘‘‘Dickens 1 Dutchman," who has spent some thirty years of his life in jail, and who vraa recently released, has been adoptea by a well-known gentleman of Philadelphia, who hopes for bis -form. - . —The resignation of Rev. Sorottcl Longfellow, a brother of the poet, as pastor of the Unittriaa Church of tier- mantown. Pa. has been accepted At the request of his brother* * family he • biogra- ro- Recevery From * Broken Keek. About fire months ago the dally press Bgarui will devote a year to writing phy of the puet. The reoeat honors paM to the author of “Uaeia Tom's l abia" recall what lieorga Sand wrote to her about that book pat thirty years ago "Honor and » yaw. Mrs. M*ows- Oae of jys yarn reward, which la <**•* MMd la ike arakiraa ef Hsavea. will also he recs«ai*ed la this published a short item regarding a teamster named John Cottery, who at tempted to drive his team through a barn door, and ia doing so had his head forced down npon his breast until his neck was broken. Police Surgeon Stambaugh made an examination of the injured man and found that the seventh cervical vertebra was fractured, and that the spinal cord had been stretched out nearly two inches. So serious was the injury ( that the reporters, after chronieling*Vk/Incident under the head of fatal acciueiftet plid no further atten tion to the matter, and failed to inquire after Collery 1 * condition, concluding him dead and buried. A ChronicU reporter was exceedingly surprised the other dor to meet the supposed • orpse near tM rity priwra. looking re mark *1> I v wpv for a man with a broken neck. Ia a conversation which Celery maud that he 1 as before the I acetdaat, adUMMtf- ■ oonsiHuting Wi* L” Alter hUra r« fiat whls I Ova tract iys after I rat la wiat sUpalaUd. K« comnaosicatfom, ■ ■■.. ^ unless scctmpanled by* publish dikm of the writer, »fn* sad ad« bllcstian, bat ss a ossailly for *ty of good public faith. Aid > ' <i Ban» -OPLE, HUMORC root* A West Point cade five or six years ago isve a go of the Maine State Prionug Indy make a queer choice •* I don't Prtaa. d.her gal- Why did not y<i ve a ) ov «* f soonerf” asked a doctP ;, ‘/ ,, « r ' J ‘^ “Well,' you see. doc' make ujp my mind to dt ‘that rim perote." ieguanls.T —An exchange saystntage on in this vicinity who st ro«n who met his wife in a stdc sen asT question in a storm, anfact, how- storm ever since. ” ,4 ' —“ What is tbe mea.k' claimed •tontallxfog?’ 1 asks lie camp; “ 1'lease, inarm.’’ mfc a feller Hoieomh, "H mtnn* ye^dA^p A- AM you4 Jf » IW walk, Rate. Did you go oloaor DaMjMU quite akue.-^ laaetiy - foe. ■pay maT^cIijH w* dffi kmula la mMM ■%» a tka body of ike 1 to *tee as Ike waisiaf ••■Fl * • -mmait fW «ritb a (ward as a mm a •< wyeaam wwMk aw Na km st Ms 4 * % wm M9%| 4mA Mi M * m ,«— —iilli Ike M mi -Hi I MMMl lotto ^U*k wtoo sod A mm mm t« pmpaos «Baook «a w u (U* Msusaa IkaieaMw Stei bo o**»y wso askama mapdfo*- ~ o«f saw su Vboo Utodtoi fte-o *W SWaasr* Am ! *♦*•«* te» w m* mM Vtoa tit a ana. MMa. 1 kora as lira •>wk as Joka as (vobmub4 oords If Iks dr»>>s*i k*> of o>ioai rank o u and ten g« tea too lids tor* ll te mrnrrn word ototte a* a Is d.fsroass to raw* aAdtoatodTla Iks fogtoreil to wtk bo eaiiteif •«tor Ttaoe ofos eso nwsk atK*M* bsi to a ' *ioa u wsoafoka. a toatetorte U a* *b»s to ■*——mum* mrnk aaamto mi ia* mm taafo to tol w*m» at 41in (Mmp toarifouaa. bo4 aUaf M so- ea e awsaagw to es^w** >»*■« ape of tea a to> - - '* ymasae *asw wa *« - |towaaa i toss TV* pasaaw f <» 11 aaI eaas. * M ufoBBaa la ssato wsa aa atone* Mr- -y tseuaw aal aatoe to uakt uiwa*gk asst Kew Taar's-l >CssB«af Va i af tto as Lyaak M te a •w * rw 1 •- am, stows a was aw m*** • te- a ante ■to! to to m •« a ■ s i-«a. w $ ws to wwl w ■tete w tea tto '(M a aaanutet A ptotea ■*■*■ m m» • *t ttot atoarUf Ot fo «* %as tomasaeka fotet 1 •Bto teats A Mte - «to *4Hi «*$4 HitoiM ■ H ■tto' tea. —aa %e I * •* tea fou t W» tto jto 9% A H4 # MtototoNtoto toto< «MM totoi Ms J*T""- . . . •• • " l-t fo» tef Stokw Ua dtotesa foo adtotoaB toaan*-. teri »■ te«^tek tea* ite* ktetea atoS tes mmmm—mmm. »aa Ua r r ■ tedfo ■at* toS ms «* tea Mto TW saaat «* tea saattes i • *— . * • idk a4 te* te ■ la SB «* t a * » •asS-- • « . • • saw «1 ton tore mV* pan k» aa ■* tea I ate * As- • sd A*aa * antoa Mto m sq^Steto* te w^aa | MCaa tom* • * * ■as TV* df tod a. to we _ * NaVteted taws ka >i*arVafa S Uto lkfow> ■•- Its* ml (a tka paatekd* teaaa ■tedsc daraatete ‘ TS^wtetaa^ihfo *1 J Mt Slant • tea v tefoaw aa «aa a atets gwt apssta to Qeasa dfotetet eteaa dsde«* ' s tel* aa tka baa* ta - « i sm bwi ta ww be r-4, as to terriers, tfoaigk errsi .rally uar$erxsc«t. were Jadkaett-a- bte (tees BtU Ragstlsi# •sssrrr*te<| by ■ man named Ifowsett, who ■miT<au Mogsdnle • *l*ter The arred was ute count o.' the smltlen diespnranini-e from Dowev-'i * ranch of certain head* of live stock, ozti in cunnei non them- with Ragsdale got oae year ia pruon. Kik nil cooiinn He took his cooum-mcnt pleasantly for a few months, and until election time, when, by simply exerting his own influ ence, he secured s pardon. His broth er-in-law, Dowselt, hod been in the Par- Hamem a number of terms, and wad aga<n a candidate. Upon securing his li^ertv Ragsdale went into Dowsett's district and did a little quiet work among the natives, who all swore by him, and who tiarccly resented Dow- sett’s . unbrot herl reairucnt. The re- " ihlt of the election in tkit district was that Dowselt, who btuLfflTeral timet been elected by aa immense majority, was de oated, and Hill Ragsdale was elected by the largest majority the dis trict ever gave. Meeting the defcatotl nnd' chagrined candidate a few days later, Biil said: “That’s even, dear Jtrother-indnw. Y^u retired me into pr'man aid Uvc retired you from jKtli- tics. Alohs." Ragsdale always dressed in an ultra landifled style, snd when llnall. he be- mn wearing one light glovn. even while ' ‘ : his duties V* interi.n-i periorming his dut esk* iaterproter. it was thought to "be only f >n* ef hi* ro- rntncWna Ha told tW tad truthtoote iftanraid Ha tea* a Itefter. * IV> boa- k* 4* iki—a. th* toonrgwof fair liawtet. mi already mada M* tomt mi'tkato ‘dated toad. MM wtoh al rid'to pi**M*id •Hkte* MMoUteg (to •far* Mrafghl i a»«ld toro »•* ■to to mm mmmm to mm i —• j w ^ ■ ■ ■ Mt Am# 1# Ha At I ^ A» Mite* fowtitetw ltd a**—a# Tto*aatotetedli ariatedte ri teteMte wakte fteVrt Oten aad < «g mmmmi*m~ Wteto t teto •aete-f* ***** t^tetoteto teriMtotoaatoa tete v ^ fflCTi, J JT r ST Tto •• *» • >4te fotfow. ■tete* •f a lk* v i TV a ■«•*■■ t—te. anottor Wf. aoMkar with a ■tel <Akers witkswollate. i (M tto vcroud* ef s ealtsgv mt two old aatives. fo th with iwcIms legs, but neitkarof wltom showed our trace of leproNt in face or hood*. Atl watched them one of them began chanting a buite hulu, m ompsning it with appro priate movement* of hL hamla Poe-1 bly, observing the look of astonishment ing tl oh my face, the old man's companion, with a meaning wink at me, joined in the chant, anusoon both the old lepers were (.banting and waving their hands in the sensuous measures of the hulu hulu. It was a dance of death, indeed; Punchinello's mask over a molding skull; a rollicking revelry in a charnul house; life mocking a gaping tomb. '1 he medical profession here in Hon olulu is in a terrific dispute about what leprosy is. (!) and it is contagious. This, of course, is an old, old dispute, but it has been revived with great violence by the assertion of Dr. Hteh that it is, if not curable, amenable in a large degree to treat ment. and that il is notooniagious from ordinary contact, jjuch as would de mand the trans|x)rtation of Jepers in to isolation. Dr. Fit h has ltcen here two years, and naturally his joutlifnt bat dogmatkal contradiction of the the ories of the oM and axper enced practi tioners has raised a di«cu**ion of a nliter warm nature However, bis procifo* appeals »* (ka sympathies af ike noth'at, and to ha* a Urge, if rather tto l of tke rand •tool t*a okkak on morn mg of tto Utk ad March.” said Capt- Droro, “we knew we bod found wealth The oil filled ap a hun dred feet before we « aid get the tools out. The preeeiire of gas was tremon- da«t. We drove a tight fitting wooden ping, three and a half feet long, to tto bottom of tto poured the hole full of oil, screwed in ths ansing-head, and •et the tools, which weigh not less than a ton, on top of it. Even then when the well flowed it blew the ra*ing-head 'off and sent the tools a-fiying ap the der rick. »• One trick we played to deceive the scouts I think has never got into print. I took a torpedo man into a room in the hotel at Warren one day, very mysteri ously, but took good care to have a scout see me do it. Of course the scout immediately hid himself in the adjoin- whether or not ‘ n F rooni. I told the shooter, with my voice trembling, that I had put my last dollar .into the 646 venture, and had found no oil. I must get some appear ance of grease in order to sell my lease and get out whole. I arranged with him to go out that night and torpedo the well. Well, we went out with a make- Relieve torpedo filled with water. The scouts were at our heels, of course, and watched every motion. Wc went to the well in the dead of night, and there went through th* form of shooting the well so accurately that even the teuards sLmt tke wall were deceived. The next morning they oomplsined that tto oteaU af ike dynamite bail given tto toteiaeto. stovjjkittoy wora. 4*ara. - nw ~r -t ta atk te a.tod - w>U step to I tow* tweaks *y«a. very Bark lik* •graph*, or, ct *ny re* •ipriri to hut full patoH kuwavor. I* tetri otOM rhaaree are that Iks P some where in iks m« nrun*. not at Nbe end- are c tuwsd bp foduniD to tl Utehev ■to a aetew af upitos I kystaaL nkkki bk -ptote sivr alike lo ■ i- bora* with to lk* ■ to •te*Mhk i to. TV to-! for relief to to whom the letter is written or to any word that any repre*eot him. Nsroes of othtw (tenons of r.tak or of family connection will also be elevated to tha same )Mtoition of hoaon or as near it «• can well be costrived. The facility their mode of writing offers for show ing precedence a (Toms a not nnlikely rcLisoo for the Chinese having adopted »vy tk* >e hens tl cloud to cloud, and verberete* throagh Ike wind suddenly springs ap brio a temp est. and along the shore tke white waves are tossed iq Than against the rucks or over th* burning sand. Then a f aw great betevv drop* af reft* ML like balls of lead' from the apparently leaden sky;-the forked lightning is changed to sheets of light, and the practice of writing down the pag*-, J)' fj 1 ® flood-gates of heaven are opened, horizuiitil " * *— and not on horizontil lines, as other people do, sinoe our method would often foroe them to put th* names of persons of different rank upon a level. As the letter is begun at the right- hand margin of the sheet, of course, the columns are written in succession to ward the left. If more than one pasre ' to be lit fed. a second sheet may be & ken or the paper may be turned so i to keep the same margin atthe top, and the writing will go on a* before, from right to left When the letter is . completed, the Chinese correspondent does not sub scribe himself as anybody’s obedient servant; not by any manner of means. He is careful never to offer his services to any one. His ability to write will of itself prove him to be above the condi tion of •erritode. and with him the feel- with tV hated aeweti ss wRk tto and not rain, but sheets of water, are poured forth, refreshing the parched earth, carrying fertility over the sur face of the country, tilling the wells and natural reservoirs with a fresh store, and replenishing the dwindling rivers nnd streams. The whole earth seems suddenly recalled to life. Vege tation rasy almost be seen to grow, and from the baked mud of the nver-banks emerge countless fishes, whieR. for weeks or months before have lain there in torpor’. The phenomena of the bursting of the monsoon are repeated from hill top to hill-top. till the whole country, from Cap* Comorin to Bom bay and the great plains beyond, i* summarily vhmed. Then follow* * period of comparative repore, daring uhichlhe welcome rains continue to fall, with but short intervals, for tkrea a* foor aa ■U a* • to awtof bn • rds tteto lk* *»*«* tto Mm teato dto th re l TV tteto ore tktod Bari tore * wred mi *• ■retet la Mtetote IV forward aa I pew- •wastag. ctoeksd wvto g*alb Inna aa; (tore mast bn ww durwprtre- on trick- *ry, for lk* k**a *y* af rklldk sod i* hate ted brain alalw wttknate*l itevigiia. |<*rhnps. *ted th* tbouwod pelt) inter ruption* sod unlooked for airaoi one s of ev*ry hoar almmt ret at tlHianee any attempt at system, • ill Bust that moth er wear an' unruffled brow, lest tka smiling cherab on her knee catch the angry frown. Mill bum she rule her own spirit, lest the buy so engromd with-his toys repeat the next moment the impatient word bis ear has caught. For all the dutiei faithfully performed, a mother’s reward is in sec et apd si lence. Even he, on whose eirthly breast she leans, is too often unmindful of the noiseless struggle till, too late, alas! he learns to value the d dleate hand that has kept in unceasing How the tliousund springs of his domestic happiness.—Toffide Holurtlay American. Yeung (TimI nils —The criminal news of a single week towing of recently makes a sad showing mn. boyish deprarnyT An Illinois boy killed th* gin who rejected hi* addresses on ac count of hi* dissipation. Two Arkan sas boy* quarrelled over a rabbit hunt, and one Mew the other with on ox. A St. Louis boy * tab be l the playmate who teased him for his ignorance of English. A West Virginia boy shot tke rival in a girl's sffacttPte A Vlrgiala bay eore frarev tto puMuteiag of twoparooas. A ■ toy akot * Unto gfri foreaua* ake In put down s pail «bw«i be or- zrcsLi- 1 rr—i city, tka oktof offioer af wU Mayor, to iaqnlred; "And t Mayor wear tto insignia of “larinia—what's ttotP” asked toms bed hack man. "Why, » about his neck," explained tke Ooek- ney. “Oh, bless you, no responded tto other; “to’* perfectly harmtow, and ^>es about too**.”—Boston Sunday Hen-Roosts. Seeing a farmer near me building a new hen-house the other day, I took occasion to give him a new idea. He was putting in hi* roosts in the old- fashioned way. one being above the oth er at an angle of about forty-five degree*. In this way the fowls are led to attempt to get upon the highest roost; and os it gels full the weaker ones ore crowded off and fall to the gro nd, aad begin again to climb up. only to repeat the same performance, until it gets *6 dark that they stop climbing, resting Content up on tke lower roosts, la the morning the fowls will sot go dowa as they want up, from one rooto to another, bat ty from the rooto* to tto fro—d. Ia thto way sad by fatting fretette* rootoi to Ml M •0