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IA BrLOF WALL PAPER. * IfiNTMAtNTAL REMINISCENCES OF AW OLO’ GENTLEKIAN, ■ if I FT t i 5 1 n 11 11 1' ET« Vm fkt>m Tt6t, bnt lie tturted Life la th« M«<ro|H>ll*—Bauaembrancca of HI* Kart)* Married Ufa—Straffifllng far a Memento—The Hard Hearted Dow*. " A midilll aged man who was pizing^ absently ont of a window of an elevated car the ollun* day started suddenly and craned his nock to look at a big hole in , the wall of brick and brown ^Njne front by which the tniin was passing'. Two or three houses bad been torn down to make loom for improvements, and the holo was ail that was loft of them, save a litter of broken brioks'ttf the cellar and an acre or ro of w;Ul paj)er in many designs nncff tbe pi-lea of the’ adjoining -. building. The middle aged man got out at the ner.i station and walked back to the bole. He stood on the sidewalk a moment, looking first up into the afr and then at the half dozen wbrkmen who were removing the last traces of the wreck. Presently be appeared to pluck up resolutiou, for he gravely descended the rough plank gangway that Jodjrom, the street to the bottom of the Judo and Approached the boss, of the gaug. tearing down these bouses, I see,” remarked tho middle aged man by way of introduction. * Tlie boas stared. “We ain't been puttin’ up any,” he re- Spou-led. CRKKUirt A SOCVEN'in. “Thafo what I meant,” said tfie mid dle aged m:m imperturbably. “Would yo*a mind lending me u ladder for a minute c: two?” “What in thunder do yon want to do with it?” exclaimed tfttrbosa. “I w’ant to climb up to that piece of paper,” responded the middle aged man, pointing tu a section of the wall that was covered with a greenery yullery df* sign. “You see,” he continued, “I used to live there.” There was a suspicion of raoistnre in tho middle i;j:*d man’s eyes and a faint wriilc oa his lips ns he said this, and he looked up at tho soiled patch of pajier as a traveler might view the receding lights of his native town. The boss was puz zled and suspicious, but after a moment ef dlence, while he pretended to b^ watching bis men. he said; . “You eia take that one the comer if you’ll move it yourself ami putjht bark The middle aged man bowed without n word, bh»k off his overcoat and laid it gently upon a pile of bricks, laid down bis cane, and proceeded, at the exjiens© of no litvle exertion, to place tho Udder. As he began to ( limb up tho boss ran over and said threateningly; “See here, now; no f.henauigfn! YdtaH only get a broken bone or two if you fall from tliat ladder.” The middle aged man laughed quietly. “Do not fear," ho answered; “I’m not going to twiumit suicide. I ll be down All right in a few minutes.’’ Nevertheless the boss detailed two of bis liiui to stand under the ladder to break the fall of the stranger should he try to tempt death from tho ladder top. TIIK STORY. The middle aged muu cliinlmd up, and when he wys at tho top ho could just reach tho lower edge of the greenery yallery wall ]wiper. He looked at it enmertly, and then drew out a pocket knife and cut off a small section that contained the principal elements of the design. He put tlie scrap into his pocket, descended, lugg(*d the ladder back to its jiroper position, put on his overcoat and ■topped once more before tlie Ixnw. “I am much obliged to you,” ho euid. •‘You sec. when I was first married wo went to housekeeping bore. We had two unfurnished, unfinished rooms up two flights. Wo were desperately poor, wife and I: just enough to get on with, you know. The other people in the flat “were also i>oor. They couldn’t afford to •papor their vacant rooms, and the laud- Tdfd Wouldn’t sprut a cent. So we pa pered tlwin oursel’ves. Wo got the paper —best we could find of the cheap grades •—and wife made a paste out of flour and water. Wo fixed up a brush out of a towel. Then with chairs and a table for a itep’.cd ter we p-qnre lour—our apart ments. .1 fxvsr the same old pap^r »»rl was riding by, and I thought a piece of it would by a nice souvenir.’* The iif»art was touched. “An-1 the wife,” he said hesitatingly, “is—cr’ - “Oh, nol” exclaimed (he' mitfdle aged man, smiling cheerfully. ‘‘She’* alive and hearty, thank you. We live in Troy now, and we’ve got tiiree strapping chil dren. Circumstances are better now, if you please. Whenever I come to town I make it agioint to look at our first home, *Hl today I saw that it was only empty air. Tlie wall paper was there, though, and I thought I’d get a piece to take borne to my wife as a remembrance of ®ur first housekeeping. I am Very much obliged to yen.” The middle aged man walked up tho gangplank with quiet dignity, and the boss, still disturbed by the episode, re marked: “What a queer chap it is, by thun der!"—New York Sun. "COL M BIA, S. C N. (V. TKUMI*, Manager. COFFINS*AND*CASKETS OF ALL 8I2W, STYLES A»n QUALITIES. Prices the lowest In the Oounty. Persons n&edtng these goods will call on D. A. PHESSLEY, Agent. W. W. MOORE, ~RT A TSTOR At l^cNab, Wglker & Oo.’s Htore^ Barn well C. 11., 8. C.; W. H. OSWALD, Al lendale, S. 0, ch tf-tf —AND— ^.j_ & ajCLS So/J at Factory Prices. 10 Different makes to select/wm. - -»imANcif orricE ok— MONEY TO LENDS The business of money lending here tofore conducted by Col. W. 11. Duncan will he continued by the undersigned, at the same placeyxyer the liank of Barn well. '• ' Terms made easy, ard Loans effected with promptness and dispatch. WILL IS J. DUNCAN, - -J; J. BKOWItr— Januaf^Oth, J89U. LUDDEN& BATES. Talbott & Sons, aprlO-ly Charles Zissett, 'radical Watchmaker. First door smith of Jirow*n { House, Barnwell (’. H., S. C„ offers his services to tin* public. % An experience of upwards of forty years is the best guarantee that ho knows bis misiness and will give satis faction In the quality of his work and the moderation of bis charges. Reliable time keepers for sale. —tnchfl * r People $ Bank . . —OK— | „... .. “ GRATfAMSr^ s. D. M.Gl’KSS, Pkrsident. C. L. WROTKN, Cashikk. Deposits solicited, si>eclal attention given to * Collections. Kemittances made nt lowest rates of exchanges.— lioans made to farmers on good collat erals. [jauU-iim Fire! Fire! Fire! To guard agifinst loss by Klre, insure with the m y ^ R. M. Mixson Agency, BLACK VILLENS. C. Fourteen years expeHenee. This Age ney writes for the strongest and most reliable Companies in the United States —Namely. Home, N. Y., - - - $ Ins. Co., North America,' riiumlx of Hartford, Conn.. - - - - 5,061,247.6d Hamburg Bremen, of Hamburg, Germany, - Hibernia, of N. O. - - Ass<'t-. 8,961,637.00 8,000,036.00 1,118,658.00 587,352.00 Total amount represen ted by this Agency, $ 24,455,870.00 Cheapest rates on Dwellings, Barns, Mercantile Buildings, Mercantile Stocks and all mannerof personal property. Uin hquses and machinery a special ty Prompt attention to business. For further information address R. M. MIXSO.VS ACKNt Y. I rppresent the best and cheapest ac cident Comnann's doing business South. It. M. M1XBON, Manager, BlackVille 8. C. april 11-tf —S —— Tanks, Stack*, Tubes, Engines, Gins, Mills. Snifiij put ^ u !d»8 *^ll n d 'auj^sqs 'sjopafui Ui Man's Opinion. It was a wise man who said on the subject of'woman’s dress': “I have found invariably that those'women who really understand the art of dress, who know what to wear and when to wear it, have taste and intelligence of a more refined order than those w*ho regard costumes in the light of mere clothes, and who not only reveal no appreciation of a wom an’s obligations to look her best at fill times, but affect to treat dress altogether «a a subject only for tho attention of Xtltrcdoru minds.” A Small Mailer. I Mrs. Foruudrid—Horrors! Half a dozen •words in your note to Mrs. Society are tmispelled. Miss Forundrid—Oh, that don't, mat ter. She can see by the coat of arms on our stationery" that we’re all right— Mew York Weekly. m SALE. r. LARGE NEW DWELLING, coiitamiug 8 large rooms. B di-room and Water-works in the -nice Servant’s Hiuse, laigo ami H necessary outbuildings. I * ■ water, g a* !• garden. flower garden, wn. » easy . - O ' \ a . J. LEV Y, Blockville, a. C. Mr. F, M. 1’OOSER, our Soutli Caro- liiiH rcprcsentativH,will be glad to call on persons in need- of or intending to purchase machinery. [aug22 BEST IN BLAt’KVILLE. J. H BORGER8 RESTAURANT AND FAMILY GROCERY. New Store, New Stock. Fresh Bread every day. All the Delicacies of the Season, Choice Confectionaries, Begt Cigars, Fruits, &e., and au old fashioned welco ae from J. H. BORDER, Proprietor. GOOD MEDICINES/ West’s Electric Cure, price $1.00 per bottlit Lawkknce’s Liver Stimulator— price 50 cents per bottle. Charles Pechmann is agent for these -excellent remedies-amhwiH' die pleased to relieve the sick and suffering. sepUl-tf —r— Gao W. Croft, J. B. Burckhaltkr, Aiken, S-. C. * Barn well, S.C. Croft & Burckh alter, _ A. , ;i OX|3N K Vftl A*! X,A \V BARNWELL C II., S C. ■e * •... < Will practice in all the Courts of thU State and in the United States Courts. Mr. Croft will attend tlie Courts of Barnwell County and all matters of im portance will receive the personal at- tantiou of each lucuificr of the firm. **r«Kf En^iiaes and Boilers^ SAW MILLS AND GRIST ISlLS, are acknowledged to be the bc&t ever s<dd in this State. When you buy one of them you are satisfied that you have made no mistake. Write for our prices. Cotton Gins and JJotton Presses st bottom figures. I can save you monev. "■"' • - V. C. BADHAM. : oiuNiciiAi, a icrw'r, y ' ' : COLUMBIA, STC. mar l.'Mf __ - PAEA&ON lachine Works, Howard Bros. Propr’s, '< K « mid t* aCIIINIIVJ'** BLACKVILLE, S. C.L To ihe users of Motive Power and General A1 acbinery ; —* We call^your attention to tho fact that w*. are prepared, with latest improved T<mRtwnd Machinery, to do work on any Machinery used iu this country. Such as — . , COTTON GINS, GRIST MILLS, COTTON PRESSES, PULLEYS. HANGERS, MILL GEARING, Shafting and castings ot Iron or Brass of anv size. Special attention given to GIN WORK. Having a first class Gin Builder, we can doallkinUsof Gin Work, new brush wheels, new saws, boxes, Ac. Saws sharpened only by hand. Jiii y 11 THE SCALES Of Justice. B. J. HAMMET. ItAII.J10 Vl» AVKNUfO,. lie VC'KVIL.L.K. M. t Clljr siiovH in a i oauiy t liy. The Best Groceries for family use, Hams, Breakfast Strips. Floor, Kiee^ Ct»lTees,“l'ir*HS, Srrgars; t'TTWse, Ac. The best fruits that the markets afford, oranges, apples, bananas, lemons, Ac. also potatoes, turnips, cabbage, Ac. The best cigars, chewing and smok ing tobacco that can be found, so con noisseurs say. The best/^ming Machines, all attach ments, oil^^^edles, Ac Ac., Pictures and Frames, Glass for all purposes, paintings and engravirgs framed in the best manner. Also, a miscollaneous stock of useful goods too numerous to mention but de serving the attention of buyers. CHEAP FDR CASH. I am always glad to f ee and serve my friends a.nd the public. oct27, you want a FINE WATCH OR CLOCK . STERLING SILVERWARE, RICH JEWELRY, FINEST QUALITY TABLE CUT LERY, a . OR SPECTACLES, Send your orders to or c?»«< af * Jas. Allan & Co 235 KING STREET, charleston., s. c. . • . - r 1 „ . • ,* • ■ *.. •••- ■ Is selling Goods Cheap- ’ ’ 't ", | ' _ _ . - , •' " '''. ' . . • ’ ’ . • . ■ • * er now than they have ever before been offered r— r_— p ‘ f ^ in Ilarnwell smee the first settler cut the first 9 house pole in itsprimeval a - :— -. * torest. Cotton is low—too low, but MichalsonV Artesian J^ce& are_ dowii below s' ’ ' r • ., ^ Bed Rock aiftd bring’ up health and happiness to all who will take ad van- • * . CfesJ <:«ge of this OPPOH- TU1VITY of the GC\- liKATIO.Y. % All hi\ immense stock of splendid Merchandise must go scurr>ing as leaves before the winter s winds. His stocks are too heavv to car- * ry and he is resolved to unload be fore the New Year comes. So come and quickly. I am not giving you newspaper lies to-day, > ‘ but spreading the plain, unvarnish- . ; ed truth before the people. ' - Bargains in everything. Wagons, Buggies, Road Carts, Harness, Sad- lery, Furniture, Cooking Utensils. -—^Splendid tailor fit Clothing for meiu " and boys; Honest Woolens for everybody. Boots and Shoes for the multitude. All the new and nice Dress Goods, Notions, without . \ 1 •»‘mvm’* 'y ■ * , ^ number and Groceries enougli to - defy all fear of famine. In fact and truth I propose to make an entirely new start .x X • - v • ■ i with new goods after new year I X, N. . •** - . \ ’ and before that time want to sell ♦ ' everything I have from the front • • ' X x._ door back to the " Methodist X FRANCIS F. CARROLL, Jr., X , X’’... .<■ .-■■■ ..... • • . .. -A Attorney-at-Law, , <v BAMBERG, S. C. Office over U. C. Folk & Co.’g store, mar 20-t tt / X\ t T. B. ELLIS, Jr., Surveyor and Civil Engineer. of Special attention, given to the computation water-power^ leveling and drainage. A portal card addreened to roe at Martina, A C., will reortTe prompt alloc lion. octlose-Ur ‘ Church, upstairs, down stairs x We. have removed to New Store corner Clark. Street and Rail Road Arenu% Rlackvilie, S. C. and can now show you a& complete a stock of; Hardware as wiia be found anywhere. Our stock cornpriseRall kind<* of Staple and Fancy Hardware, Flue Table anti Pocket I’utlerv. Guns, Pistols. a^Kl Ammunitiou^ Stoves, 'flnware. Harness, Paints., Oil and Glass. You can save*money by buying from us. > We also do all kinds of Tinning. Roofing, Guttering and Repairing at lowe* possible prices. , We have constantly on hand a full line of Steve repair* and can make your atove as good aa new at small cost. ' —^— -X- WW*'. FIRE. M E ARR NOW PREPARED and wRl be pleased to place rour Insurance br letter or wire in the strongest and Hie most reliable-companies on the Globe. A11 rates for Fire Insurance are the same for reliable Companies so when you pay'for insurance be sure you ar<y.received in a companyThat is able to pay w'heot a lota occur*. We represent tbe * ' • ' . iHrtrpobl, |enion enb glabe, OK I.IVKItIVJOte. KNCJI-vNI>. LANCASHIRE, of Manchester, Eng., HARTFORD, of Hanford, Conn. KNOXVILLE,of Tenu. CO NT l N E NT.VL, of N. Y HOME, of N. Y. • XOTKS. fn the Towns of the County we a ill insure Dwellings, School Uouaes and Churches on the Note plan. For one year we will take a note payable the 1st November, tor three years po ides one half cash and note 12 mouths after date, r or five years cash, tg :2 months and ^ 24 luontbs. GIN HOUSES, we will Insure 09 easy terms WIND STORM Policies written. For Insurance call on SIMONS & WOODWARD. Barnwell S. C. Gk XD. G. Xj_A-ItX<3-E, DEALER IN Plush Goods, Xmas Cards, Magic Pocket Lamps All ihe Lsiesi Novelties- FARGY 0OOBS Hobby Horses. Velocipedes, 'Toys* Dol £ Stationery —AND— Bo:ks- Musical Instrument Sheet Music. Guitar Violin and Banjo fttrlugi. THE GEM ROLLER ORo AN ONLY »6,00.. Stw* r>r Pisuos and Organs, Rubber Stamps and Stencils. Muriea. laatru ments Repaired. ' „ The largest and cheapest stock ever brought to thU city. INTO. 2 V. Tl. Tt. Blaekyille, S. C. Pfogfess apd Prosperity. THE Country is to be congratulated upon the closing of the unprecedaniiHl political campaign of this year. Its hot **xc<t ments are cooling and th* publlw .*au now give undivh'e 1 attention to business affairs, leaving the management of nubile concerns to iheiiands of the servants of their choice and trust. It is Wb© hoped that the laVrsofj he politicians win bear the rich ripe fruits that they promised to the people Yet w hile waiting for their, coming all the inhabitanta of lower Barnwell and upper Hampton and Colleton can find the bright begin ning of better times at tlie establishments of -3 All & All, Allendale, S. C. Who, measuring the full meaning and responsibility of their words, claim and are prepared to prove by the logic of sight and feeling that they are now offering for sale the most Of General Merchandise ever gathered between the w aters of the Savannah and thtvjSaltkehatchie, the sea shore and the foot hills of the up-conntry.-. From tho best American and foreign markets we have collected all tne goods that the needs wnd the^e|egant luxuries of life require, including Clothing, Dry Goods, Staole anrd Fancj^ s G roce ri eg > Crockery, Hardware, Hats, Shoes, Trunks, Umbrellas, Rood Carts,^tuggies, Jersey and Plantation Wagons and Harnesa and all the long lines of ujw^l and ornamental goods belonging to the civilisation of the century. . x. 4 Our stock of Notion* and Dress and Millinery Goods has been selected with the greatest care by a buyer.of the choicest taste and cannot fall to please tho ladies, who are most cordially Invited to inspect and pass judgment upon the results of our efforts in their behalf. X. - As to prices—They will «atisfv the most tfrref ill buyers. No one can under buy and n«» one shall undersell ua. The g<*nd*are h*Te and they were bought to sell. j0flF*_We h*ve just received three « ar load* of prime horse- and mules, and have arranged for weekly shipments of the best Blue Grass Stock for plantation and pleasure purposes > Don't buy anything elsewlr re until you have given ns a-trUL We pledge our beat efforts to »erve you to your advantage even more than to our own profit. ALL A ALL, out 30-tf " x - Allendale, ti. <V