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VOL. XIV. R. W RILEY, SURGEON DENTIST, BAKXWKI.I., s„e. Will attejul rails io the County. Of fice lit Cupt. G. O liiteV’s residence. , apr2-ly r e vfr OF BARNWELL, S- C- Will open lor business on 30th March, 1801. " In addition to conducting a * Gsiural Banking Business A new- feature has betrtrtntn*dneed. T^TK.UtM VVJLL ItK HUD ITON DKPOSirS. , Iii tin*-Savings Department a Great lloon i*- :tllnrd mI to ail, especially La dies itnu • jiildr n. Filins '•! <! ,0ft and upAvards \% ill )) t * rr- 3eivtd ;< r D posit iroin thclst to 10th of .Ltttuary, April, Jiilyand Octnhpr. | lorea ^t wid bo paid and added to | prinripHi * rv tltree,-nront! s. Ladies >a» e \ nr pin noney !. I’arents provide for your ehtldnui. 'I n a-o•* rs ( .f Societies inerease the ; funds iii routed to your care hy ►afely inventing »hrm u i^li us. CorrespoiHlriieeand deposits solicited A. F. K IKK Land, Sr., I're-iifejtL f G. DI NCAN BELLINCKIL • Vie*--President. J'JEKKV M. IH'CKl Ntili A M. < ashler.* mrh *20-tf Coffins and Caskets. : A FULL SUPPLY ON HAND. : . . MKLLICMAMPE & CO., v WillUton, S. C. r apr 9-firn GOOD MEDICINES.' ( West’s Elkctkic Cure, price $1.00 per bottle*. j Lawrenck’-s Livkr Stimulator— price 50 cents per bottle. Cli n les PeeliniAnn is agent for these excellent remedies asd w ill he,pleased i to relieve the sick and suffering. sepiU-tf SILENCE SOLITUDE. Good ftleWs. All persons who made loans through Col. V\'. IL Dtuieau or our solves, his successors, and whose OWhigatioris are now niaturing can have their loans re newed if they so desire by making ap plication to us. WILLIS J. Dt N( AN, •I. d. BROWN. - Barnwell, 27th February, ls01. - maro-tf . - H ' A Typewriter for Nothing. Gods (if the deserf! Ye are tlfev ^ ' \Ye shun from ehtl<lh<xxrs earliest hTcaith; Our partsin-' joys-are-but yovfr prey;'. Ye wait the hours from birth to death. 0\;cr soft lawniyvliere blossoms sleep, Under warm trees where love was born, 1 see your haughty shadows creep, * And wait to meet yo thereyforlorn. Afar on ancient ^tjands y*> res’, Garven in stone, where ancient thought Wrapt ye in, terrors-shapes unblest. Dreadful, by mi*;bt ai nges wrpughL But not alono on Egypt’s shore Bleepw the great desert: everywhere Where gladness lived atrd lives no mure. There is a desert of despair. Strange messengers} Your brows of gloom dlaiint every creat ure !>orn of earth; Yo follow to thfe darkened rooru; Ye watch the awful homt of-birth. Ye show the lovely wayshle rose. Whose antique grace is born anew. To eyes of grief. Grief oidy k ufrwa How tender is the sunset's huo. jdtls cf the dt'sert! I5y your hand Through tbekud waters nr© we hrout Into a high a’td jieaooful laud To drink of fountains eLe imsought. —Annie Field.; ia Harper’s. :ht PAPA YE AND CYANE. r:-B£ST BARGAINS. :wsi Qrga a £ . r——; I Til K MOST M AKVFLOPS ACHIEVEMENT IN CHEAP AND t'SEFl’L MACHINES. It d<*e- good work. Dpirates entire ly aptoioatiealIv. ,1s simple in eon- struelion. Hus n«» purls to wear out. Neoinpaet in forpi and light iu weight. I« well inude Hi d n.Mtjy tinished. NYrtl writi rapidly w it If praetiee. n -lipwi TTfif (» u .:: h. r ft/r r-asli f i . tm Teruin easy add Tow pri«A' ’[ THE MEKITn ofr ( ail forth ihr higlu nils M.\f IIINE ! praise a lid tu'-ti- gtial’d. r* * a -h a specialty. - * Otis, Ar;cp,t BARNWELL, S. C. Luj>oi£N & Bates, Southern Music House. urwrrrrf B EC A l SE: !' h i-on rib!> uis to w• nr not. ^l.ttav- •. e\e-rv. W nrd visible, til the »‘|M*ITtt«>r a* * <e* it- printed R^juif' iv no *>kiil or p* rate. Opi-rat w an ,eTi.-« in tip. rate. Dpi rat. « 1 \ ON E il \ N h oniy. Its *!/. * ight * adapts it r.» l»*aviM.en». I edoe.u .r for I In* young. T he legibiHty- aiiiMi aniy ot its w<>tk iecoininend it to the u-e of a i There was onca a king’s daughter ! whose name was Papave. This uamo j had lajen'glvon her because every d*ty she wore a l)eautiful Eilk dress, .-is red as I the leaves of the '’Garten mohns” or the garden poppy, which in Latin is called “Papaver.” And as the half oix-n buds of the poppy* are infolded by a j .gret*u winglike mafitl *; so also this king’s I daughter. Pa pave, were about her tihoul- ; dersa giv.cn winglike mantle of tinest bilk plush. t But though s > riebiy-clad and beautir .tul tux-*. PapaveV ie* irt was not good. - Ahe was very pro a L bucaus-* she was the wwmbm. 1 u the richest in tHe land.’'’ she would say, haughtily tossing her h^td, with its raven b^ack tres.»e» and gobl'-n Crown. GTlyn ("xir children eantt* nud'i ;7.ckI wistfullv thtou jh tint golden latlie *. iu- i king e daughter, and wo are j in the Land.’’ v The "harvesters, who prized their j ghtxv;^s as a rich ami blessed gift from God, Were amazed at this Btrange whim of their princess. Still, no otto dared to. say .a .word in reitiousl ranee. Only one very old than, with thin, gray locks, venturing a ste-p nearer, said at last: ,*’Your forgiveness, gracipus princ*«s, but there will be no more rain today. The storm has passed. See, in the north- I east there, God’s bow of promise, and over our heads the sun shines from a clear sky. Therefore, 1 think - there is uo need of a house of sheaves.” The princesa became scarlet with ranger*. $ho tossed her. head and said mockingly: “Yon are indeed a wonder- T ..ful wcvatlmr-prophet! -Your Wia lout Tils mo with admiration. ’.But wait! in the solitude of a dungeon you shall soon un learn your prophesyirigH. Think you 1 shall stand hero to be drenched by rain like a common jieasart girl? I r.m Par pave, the king’s daughter, and wo are the richest in the laud.” Then spoke ti.o timid Cytinc: “Mo<t ; gracious princess, though imprisonment ; itud death await me, I must speak! One j ninst not thus trample under f*.x,t God’s Id, leasing. A Boor of sheaves, walls and A roof of sheaves worn surely’ never before heard of. It is a sin, a grievous fin, thus to use the ripe grain. The staiks are brittle, the ears very dry, and much must bo destroyed and trodden in the carta by the men in building a ' hoti.-e.” “Mifurabie lieggars!’ cried Pup-rvlv “do yon dare heritate for'a few paltry f grains litrl Pauav. in -.-jJ'v, N »w • «*ry >*. ii- woni in ger «*» I. nine *o fahiilv. the ti.-,t Delay a Day.-:- it i A | money i* in eire loan a d tlei-ightiiil 1-1 prt pare Hg:«in»l tin* dm- ■ *ui lire t»y Mvuring !ii*4- m* home that *he!ier>» the *«*ll’ > in a gotal eompHiiy i» «iuieitt ibai van fe- nmU*’. T. J. prooker, /£C?*“ I'h >» b-at'iti*ui snd useful ina- ehlne will be |ire«euteiL FKE K, t*» e\ ery ueu -ub-eriie-r •ending <3 5U lor one year • '•ub*i'ripti*»ii Io BeI KOKo * tt A(i- A7.INK '*• ml at once, b. |nie the pres ent j*ll;ipH is evhauHed. BELFOKD’S MAGAZINE » ()., > iU Broadway, New Y* rk - , min-oNB mvs. w ILL|S |‘4)N, Ji. ( K*T»re«. glatid. t ti|e K glad ■ > Cowl Ac IHIU! ie ( o the 4Mr invii i n. :tll*Wt>r 111 . in the I *n«-tanikk «»f Erm l:iT\t,*>f Uo|»|jjoimrv, • I J'eiilo -«ec, will Ik* I !iu|uirh • rejal ive to rOUKG P* iiS IN S YEAR.-:- F DKKE>T, th**. gi t at ( Cavn'ry < luettain, that the General w I unfed** raf« 1 t«» may • WW^I_ U Vietorrv** w j In* “one w closing tin* castle garden, as fiiw walked there with a maid of honor. But her heart was not moved to pity bv-t'm-ir pah* f.wes and’hollow even, und never once did she oil* r them one i*f tlmd lieiotH fruit tarts winch site always c-aiTied in a little g<*1 leti Vox. ’1!»• village school childr-a carried a tin box in which were hli( «a « f black bread and butter. But ut ten o'cl<Hk each morning Pajs.ve n-ceived from ie r mother, the uueeu. tlir«*e lus* ion* tarts, tilled son** tlines with t sonictimt s with j-retrrv aom*'tinn*s with slices of and these tarts were phi IhjX which wa* ritfldv precious stones. 1 udcssF, thosp«<iled princess jx*‘s*»r«ril in either todd. silver or jewels everything that oilier children hadof.tiii, D el or glass. I’apitvc Imd g>.4*l buttons on her cloak. Every morning her hair was combed with a gold e«>iub. and at mi 1- *f corn? For what ptuynse are Your rakes and brooms? II ike togeihcr a -ain the straw and the com affer I am gone, uud if that is not enough I will give you a word of advice. Go to my father, the kiiHT, un«l make eomplamt. r , ‘ubth'ss hi* will pav you, Yve are tlw 1 w<»:<1 more. T*> wprk! at one ■! I com mand you, T, Papave!” With nnxious loo! m l many a shake of the fend, with r, pressed murmurs and witbrilent prayers that Gcd would fdrrive the^ sa^rileje, tho imor n*;;pers l*uilt tho' house. The B >or < f sh**aveH, th't roof of sheaves utid tne'walls of fheaves. Many full cars Were trodden underfoot. <>h, if only the poor could have received even a p*irt of what was hi»rc* it* wantonly -w.vstc 1! It w.ia a shame! this “sheaf huh'*.!** Oyhu«’s blue e\es glistcmsl with tears. . Only Papave remained unmoved. W hen the task w;u Bnifoh! Papave, A *w.ni who wrufrt In staers •Jni.o made ft'hrathfiu bvmn. It t«ui (UU stem refrain, ’ , Tbat inovod as tLwugL In (tain, “The underthoUKht "f graves . Makes t he sea srUh.*’ A south land rinm.r snug* ] ’ With happy heart and frer; Tho living, nnt the dead, lie dealt with, and he sattl, ‘ PThowori l ie tflad ami yottUn*, - And.good tu me.’* And ever siireo mankind la shuttled back an<l hvrth .. r Petwcoa these >ina**rx twain (g.i'la l and sad refrain: The south Lead warm and kind, The biUor-Dort li. -RicLai-U K. Burton in Ilarixir'a \Yv*okly, THE HIDDEN WILL Oa North Broad street, just below wi.ero tho track:, of the Philadelphia and Gorman town railroad cross that thorough far**, stands a ruined mansion house that half a emtury agu was brave \\iih pillared p*>rticoii and (juaintly carv'.'d doors and window frames. It i.» today a cheap tenement house, inhabited by a half dozen families, and the work of improvement has left tho entrance door several feet below the sidewalk. In its halcyon days this old mansion was as many feet above its surrounding garden as it is now b low the asphalt paved street. It was the Imrco of Jain*/ {holds, a hard, • teru old man, proud as a princo and as ree rved and unsocial as he was haughty. IBs only living relatives were a graiulnioeo, Alieo Fields, and a grau«l nephew, John Walrus,. John Wilcox was a prosjierons Ar* h t;tre< t imTchanL, witli a comfortable bank ftcc..unt and a landed .-iiid walked very fast. When she reached Iter humble home slie could no longer keep them back, but threw herself upon tiie lounge sobbing bitterly.- So violent was her grief that Khe/lid not hear the door open, but she smarted tip with a little cry of fright when a strong arm was paste l around her slender. waist and a mustached moutir bruahed her “Ernest!" she exclatmod,- starring up. “Yes, dear, it is I,” Said Ernest Low- ton. and he kiss*si away tho tcava. “1 met Lawyer Dunnet a/ew mou5enla n;go and he told me the whole glory, else 1 would not have dared come. You are and ?b***!c of the Qua! w as not on trade and ever living. It it ti the hitler toTal pretty Alice Fi a c’uur.vt- hi > . occupation. Juhu cioas as he was wt that made him **’a richest men. mis with ins ux —wfe* \ dA*I y wh > labored 1 icrefore n«»t strange If ignored lii*< {griU'ln elds, WilO Wa* IWkpx c Hud a xoIi mI H^aeher by VYilou* was «.*' atari* dthv, and*. *n w>»rd teacher swe^heart, anr| I want yon to be,’my wife. ' If that will had not so,* mysterions!y,distppeared J himnld have , sailed tomorrow Tor South America.’* “Oh, Enie«t!” xhe gatped. .“flow cruel!” and fheu nestling clo.^ bc«ide 1 hiui she forgot all about her (Ps.appaiat rnent in the enjoyment of a blissful ami recipexn*l love. A few weeks thereafter they were* in.’trrit'd, and for sevcral months lived : very happily. In the maaniime, there ! fe.ing uo opjiofcition, the wilt which John 1 .VVLU’ox had found was pTobated. and ho j took i>os>. -ssionof the dead man’s estaio. ; Having been a very careless man so far ; as luL*:in*.*s wan concerned, .Life** Fields j had left hks affairs in a de*'Ld M dly com- j pdcatod stato, and Lawyer Daauet was la pt busy trj’iug to evolve order out of chaos. Alice h .! been a w ife about five ■ months wfe-n her InLd.hnd was stricken \ with a low fever. Alice nursed him i faitliffil{y, and tii*-r little hoard gr»*,v ; Fiiiallcr ;ki 1-Vmalfer uu.il only n few ie had bad no is* L-in riuoo tho day ral, but now when 'Ui she luved w:w* TU« M»rUtrum 1* a So many marvelous talcs have been told of tho Norwegian maelstrom that several writers, even of geographical works, have pronounced it entirely mythical. But tho whirlpool ia a reality, amt from surveys has become well known. It TsNorway coast to the south of the Leffoden isleii, and runs* between a small island called MaskeUes and a rocky islet. iThe depth of the wa ter in the straits is about 120 feet, while just outride a 1,200 foot line will scarce ly touch {jottom, and the strong currents rushing in and out of the fiords create not only the maelstrom, or mill stream, but numbers of other whirlpools that render navigation exccedii^gljr^nger- The etraii of the maelstrom is perfect* lyscalm.at ebb or at Hood tide, but with the rising or the falling of tho tide, or when r high wind is blowing or a storm raging, the waters driven in from tho ocean find their way out again through tho strait with such mighty violence that no ship can i«iis through the eddies. There ia little downward suction, as is corinnotily supposed, the danger being that the vessel will become unmanage able and bo dti von on the rocks. It Li said that whalet. have been found in tho vicinity with their heads completely crushed in, having byvn caught ia tho current and dashed against tho cliff*. The Norwegian government has sur veyed tho ma<li»trom and warned all navigators against its dangers. — SL Loom Globc-Domocrat. (Oil*] dollars rema ined, Hi one tcrci >ur? si with h»*r eui lie of Jafe z Fn | 4 1 -• f.m*. feto* liio life ' of him wa ♦ r - .lit ph>o|ie»' for h feu • rich rcl aflvi t hat Will sox had Life u u it-ce, tho .old n* *in sfi m , an . him l u*y in con suit P«rtirnl«rfi Cnncrmlns Knuw St«»nii«. “Suo.’P said a man with » turned down fold v 4u his left ear to a quiet pas- s ngcr who sat beside him; “you don’t call this snow? Ever been out in Colo rado? No? Well, sjuring before last w«i had n snowfall in Denverof April, it waa^tan-l tho street cars ran in tun- was sent tc Fields had once to the * hnn one d died sudd* dal man’ i and locking hiru an tu search fur 1. To bis jov, in i d to he* , d«*c*nme ilk rry jelly, cn* i*n- s and m.lie 1 orange; l in a golden iCOlaRed witii *B y ent< in her scarlet auc, in h.-r blue muslin, laid uo but to fo'.Iow. Tue cTiV kled under thei r.n l iill more of the preciou* k< ri 1. Cy • choice *1 et, • •f orn w* re tUattend put on the wot ;;rth. “Well done," eail Papave proudly. \Ye nro the richest in t.ha land.” ()a!'-i !e ih«> sun inrew it^ brightest cams over mount nil and valley. Sml- Sl' fe w old .1uIh*z u- he found th was hunting eyes over th* civ,of jj.y e mado sole h< Much ch; ay that old Jafe z uly he hastened at h ]»irturt«q:i6 man se If in the library hia graudunch- s * tin box in which « valuable paper*, nt f *r which he i. > his resid' iae at j d there she found .lion with Ln>*yer • liunnct. Timidly and in halting wen- ! t ru.'S she ina.io kiivwu the nature id ; her business. “I never loan mopryjejccopBon g*K>d » ’•"warily,” said the rich tu.au when she j fini4ied, and Alice, with a great pain nt her heart and tenra in berry* s, staggered 1 rat In n tiie ro%.m her into tfe* With trembling hands ho crisp parchment, ran bus a th* FIRST-GLASS COMPANIES K '• iliery ItloM iir*t witli men.' l In* ».*v I )• < all imp rr -p* Ill Iier**. at touti tl .. lie**. (MU n ril« UI <#. Dr. J. il. D. MIDIIOI'S, i Dental Surgeon* Blarktllle, S. C. pa in !iav* regular aji|Miiiitiuent« a* avtuai, V - !.*l\ ; in . .•mug. JU. Jlriou MOindny iach iiiont’h to W'ed- Dllice at tho I’ulter- A H: tt 111«\\ • .a .r^aie* . Mesjday * •n|l H'hl!* *. . . » At '*..lly’<*, IL A. A N. K R., tiniii ’ •{il Mu.iHay in each itiontli tu Wednes-| dav even ng. Dllicc at I'riceri Hotel. U ill i*.' ar life homenfllceat biackville every Friday and Saturdiv from 1st, of Felii ii.u v to .‘loth September inclusive, and every I’hursday, Friday andSatur- | <lay. from 1st Oetobet to ilist .famtary I iticbi-ive. ,i B ill .uhLi* appointments with patients to meet tliein at eit her of Ids oilices at any time. Paii -nts will find it more comfortable to htive i heir work done at the *,tlice, though it deVired will call on theni at th; ir r si .ie •i<**‘s anywhere within thirty tn ie- o, nlackville Dl.NT AN & HAY Relieve that the -Hine principle u ill h»»ld gnod in lm*}iy**ss, and that 'he met*- * cjiatit who sts’tires the a<Han*ag«* of posirinii and «*tlers .th** most a d l*e-t Itargai ns Vo t Ire p<*ople is -lire p» recei\e tio ir tronaee becaoke it fs the int rest nt all hnyers to gel tip gia atest \;ripe|.*r Hie money l hat ean her*x jK*nd- - ed ill siipp) \ iitg t lieii (|ee. ssitu*x and InMiri* s. S*» wc nave secured N u r n be r g e r * s O Id -* j a n (Ton Lite So^iiatt , a n il.:!> r 1 .. j aars ..Lie. N 04.4 b • sn-we set our cnnip.i-'s to llo* pnb* star priticipie-of trade that point the road to sneer •• u ith true aiut unei ring li«^ht Good Goods. Poor Prices. Ue are rmw receiving our tiot stocks and wc imite special aiteiitiou to tlo* fact that the} a re’all fre-fenotu* shelf- worn, tionr* made worthless by old it.gc. 1* la Ue pleasiu,* tnn in a'-iiring tin* public that they have been hniiglit. right and that they shall he -old right. It i- not our phniose to see how much we can make on ;i’iiy awie!.*, ! ul riVirrrrTiow many goods we can handle at close fig ures. For as new merchants we know that we have to win our way to pnldiey day sfevute with a gol CrrVr’Th vicloen d lap* re h**r ruler ami petf case \ B! o had an in! made of a huge greet ten rditi We In short. »t c value. wen* of Hie mo hardly fe lieVe it. n iiigli Tgown of ptv ; filing, qiily fed h» r fork. Silver g femk. and* re also uf sil td that w.a •nv of great ill her p »-s v *s>ions **(!}' s rt. You will but she had tyen Ie velvet. All these vanitv, ami she be came 1U( to her umi re and more bojighty. and f^iid d: “We are the richest in t! land.” Oc.c day-it was in sumtner, nnd tin* reap rs were busy harvesting ;he edrrp— i’npave thought it would tx* a tin** thing to extend her daily walk outside the preaf gates c»f the gard* 1;. ard watch •theth»4r, w,*rim It-dtd-n'4 ec^ur to the spoiled princess to ask her deldv el fn sheaf Imu GTci the; was in l! ti h-:t. C01 stalks spr whole h'Ui * fi re, It y. Ftout ’ sound r, 1/Tavers am*; ti Uul flash of lightning dart fear Tv* iveus an*l struck the closely written linos and a *apt*d him. Ilo had fern r to the dcml iuiui’k entNtc. pimal was ho, therefore, Ucu a letter fro;u Jafe*a Fields' lawyer, James Dunnet, oddn- sed to Mary Smith, t’10 oM tuaiys hoHseko-'per, w&ft shown him. There was :* lator will, and on the day of iii** f.ir?ral tho lawyer woold cotn* to the old mansion to read it.* r than vmlk«*d tw\ Lawyer Dunnet followed hall ami toughad liTHnu. ^ “Accept thb fr«»m tue, madam," hi* said, in 11 low voice, und bo placed a hank bill in her trembling hand. “1 st«q» hera tonight ami will cull to uec j’ou rr»»w.” S*u!#liin» h to r thankii she passed *»at into tbo night and ii&Ntciied v ith fleet bteps to feslside of her bnsbau l. The dne tor \vfi;i with him, nod ho whlspcrrsl to h«*r that tho criris had (uiaaed, and if tb< ro wax uo r*!.ij)so Ermst Lowtou w d hotm b or. A t« lus lib* J***;d Of mg into 1 • * was one s a fearful ntly the lit t orn rracki irks from tho air. J* muder :lt; homr* cd in the th 3 dr>i >oou life “ile’si probably left a good some chanty,’’ noitloqtmed Wtl< tho hotl.se'.u*. jier had left the ri still cpnftdeut that what wash come to him he n »«l<h d pitji.ik imeu t OX, ufl, mu, ar. t t Woul w« tl. Ia tho morning, much tehcr stir Alice received a n*)te in Lawyer net't handwriting bidding Imr lia.st one© to tho old mansion. Erin**' TPH Dun I t u at ! : was j nch through the city for* four muctfaxr Weather! Why, yon don’t have enough to aemk fliers 011 a vacation. That’s th** place—coldoNt winter you ever board of, and hottest summer right on top of it. Sudden chAng* mvddfe o’ May, and tb« ground teas cracked with the heat by the 1st of .Inne.” “But what liecame of the snow?" “Packed. Hoat m**ltod it on top and water froze on the way down. Twas a bad winter to ent ice on acoonnt of tho Knowvtunu*, and the railroad company , mado a fortune iu July aeliiug honks of thv tunnel to butchers and saloon keep- €fS. . “My friend," said the quiet pMBrager. as his eyes grew moist. “IVe got a boy at h omH who has tried every buainoaa mukr the sun aivl soru^eeded in none ot thorn. Wiil you try and teach him your trade?" “What d’ye mean?" asked the man with the reference ear. “I’d like to have him learn to Ue," re plied the quiet passenger. “If he can equal you Fl^ buy him a phonograph ; and set him up in the museum boMnes.s.’* But the weather critic had reached hh> station. -Brooklyn Eagle, inictlv and .iVl! o .ving piliar tu ht. in* mi• 1 *t of tii*; Bani(*s came the nlirit-i.v an*l of pray. rs. The rom tho Epa of the gently Cy- 1, tin si*, cefta aiv ii *1 tea* her cuu.* V turn ral ,.nd m« nt, e her a prcJtut t»f U vv hat, plover and sli *h.*s of apparel were a misty, lowei on twtne<l iuo i»a I »t the Ilia a it art It wa old m o 11 y r« Jr •o. luoaiej's 1 rmisstnn. Dn*, no: Sh ) jvas “Come." wo wiil fayor and w hile it may be a hard t;i>k in this age and place ot live compel ition : we are enlisted lor the war and intend - ! to get there. JN0. E. ALLGn, Attorney-at-Law, BARNWELL, C. II., S. C. N * Will give prompt attention to all bus iness < iii rusted to his> care, inch, ID-ly Low Prices Will be Made On Talbott & Sons' Q TURN OVER THE NEW LEAF. By selling strictly for cash o*r iis tquivaleut we wiil avoid bad debts and so escape the iiecessiiy imposed upon crediting merchants of charging good paying customers so much for their goods rliat the} can risk selling on time to Tom. Dick and Harry and the rest of the world. So we invite everybody to come and see our nice new stocks .of Staple ami Fancy Groceries, which is large enough to defy a long season of famine, our full' too much seif willed f*>r that, she called to her maid, “today walk in the field.” The maid’.-, name was Cy.aue, and rfe* wore a gown <*f blue tnuslin. Bowing her head obediently, sin* walke l mevkiy on tin* left of her young mistress. The two set out froin the palace, passed through the court yard,,«ud en tered a Tuautiful avenue shaded by orange ar^i lk< trees. Tin .a avenue, which bad been made by the Icing's order for hfedaugliter’s pleasure, led directly to tin* field. The cornfields spread f-.r and wide, and upon a wealth of golden ears the sun was brightly shining.. Tho reapers, in loose white, shirts ami straw hats, swung their glistening scythes; and be fore the long, firm strikes, the slender stalks fell to the ground. Other workers bound the severed stalks into thick sheaves, which were placed iu stacks of four. Papave was at ouco recognized by her scarlet silk gown, th& green plush man tle and tiie golden crown. Doffing their straw hats tiie reapers bent their heads in respectful greeting. But tho proud Papave did not pay the slightest atten tion. Not a glance of her eye, not a cr.me ft\ .u rlr* haughty Pupai c. But to s«ch IVarLd puin-hm* ut might prido wt*li succumb. Thu g-»od r apers were not harmed by so muc!i as the singling of a liiir.. Iu a wa -track silence and almost paralyzed withf* ar llicy ptood aronnit t.he lmming „Tu- <uxringui«>h-f*W- flano*n -wm Far or near no 1. To reocue t he 3 w,*h v.*<jually im- one out of Rje question, water emiM be obL.ir* two n*4fortunh<o vi.ai. |x>> ,Llc, for tiie Whole structure \v ai uoitars to buy aK>, nil of which very shabby, ing (lay nnd th»* ro ttiau ordinari *4>niy v. feM tbo.consinfi re- aftcr all that remained of ele imd fe-«*n l*i*l nt ni-t. 'v awaited the coming of t When 10 o clock r.rriv*d put in an appearance the bouseke*' P r hl.oweTtiiein L» tue.r r.xUUa and proceeded, v\ ilh the as-ufen. oof the but ItT,* t() feck Tip th «TV>Ti : 1 were fixing the fastenings to the big leaving hnn to the btti 1 b 1 on < ut to \ servant Uiberwl her into where J'/un Wilcox and ,et received her. The bitter she entered and grasped ly doll and gin turned to it. titei# grand-on la patienc** tlu tiie lawyer, bu and lie did not care ut a neij “Oakdale,” tiie library. Lawyer Duui sprang up a. both her liuu “I c*»i)grut he said. “ inak**.i yon yo* e'tf, has b.s*A4for.nd, and imJh* no c«*nU st." -.— “Ino will found!” echoed Alien. “Yes, and I'm left out in the cold!' marled John Wilcox. “Allow me t« hu hUilkul an dr. Wilcox will lawyer y. irate tnai d drive was ' the e ue i»n whu h u. 1 pars *A mut’.onle md CvC if 1 j with i m.'iss ( 80 the toil h —! ;«« 1 thii'*?'":i.”'i;i (jf iir *. Oradu ,Ii> th atih.-i led, bar ang i >w r and lovcer, dy ing av. -.y in a dad i.* 1 g!o;.v, u:t:il a\ la-t ahiti* l.*» p of ;; iu.. was all tuvt iv h. av.v-, tlieP4n- >f 1 h.e lioa-** of apnv • an 1 trie vn ii*! lVane. nr mair.fst cessp;. DcepyT tkeir work. Only the had had the courage 1 fo*K hirotv/h to tfe* pa-1 e, th *re to re- | s'x*edily ina<le the lawyer very drowsy, late to the l.iag nad q e-u the terrible' Before Vctirniglu* t^ok tho will from life fate of the princean i her companion. pocket an \bud iT 011 t-hq antique nra- Tho broken huearte*! pswents realized ‘ 1 ' ’ ! ' v ’* * ** ■ ! a .e l r* aper, who warn Papave, Ue fiont door when tn** tumid of carria who.Iscrum Ding the gTa heard, and when Mary Bmi;h opened the (loor Lawyer Dunnet confronted her. “I Lave been detain<*d, Mary Siaitli,” ho 8-iid, “and won’t read the will until tomorrow. Have <4 fire lighted in my bedroom, for this.mi. t has penetrat**d kx the skin! and by t he way, Mary, sen.I tue up some, hot water and a bottle of the bid man’s whisky. {JAiink a punch Ntabki _ will do me good.” ^ 1: look T?fe hot* ; kcVl)'.-rtr-iT*-d hitirthat hih wants should be attend'al \(f; ami the ih- llUeuco of tdio warm punch and tiia tire mi ihi and h 1 Wh Ilk. Tb« S«rrrt of On* >fnn'« Sucre**. * A young man who lircacn the height, who in faniM for the gockhtaate which bo invariably dinplaye in his drt sz.waa asked the other day if there waa any aecret in tho absolute correctness with which he always enveloped hlraw'lf. He heei* u late yon, Mrs. Low Urn, 1 tat**d a mouicnL, bit finally replied, “Cer* the »»’*’*•• i’g "ill. which tainly there is, iny dear fellow, but if I inr grand im*!esnule heir- y OTl< yt no w, yon mustn’t give it away. It is j net this way. When I de termine to bny me a new hat I don’t go to my hatter’s and allow myself to be bul lied into ordering nomething 1 do pot want Ob, dear, no. I take a stroll np the avenue and examine all the hate that .are worth cumadenag. I always look at the men who arc jiistThy mze, and when I n'c a man who has a hat on that just Mutfi me I march down to the b a UOT’a with tho hnagoof that particular hat in delibly improved on my mind, and in- sift; upon getting ono jnst like it ~ “I follow out the wmie plan with &H of my clothe. Bo that when I enter & tail or's riicp I know exactly what I want and never think of ordering until I have found tho exact thing, but when once found I order at once. 80 that while I have the reputation among my tradee- wan of l>eiug very particular—which ia a good thing by the wray—they like me because I know just what l want"— •BruokJyp Life. cunipatululo you,” and gr.ly froia the mom. “it’s a v-ry fttrange'sTory, lioor c i drew h Alice . ’ heyxn thf lose.1 after tin is chair towanl at in otuiicficd wonder, haj.ily bclioyiog b* A r cars. “You know that when 1 \vn> lucre tho night after tfe* funeral of Mr. Fields that tile will, which makes you lu» s -fe Ivin my itctiously di B appeMrt d. L.. U rm<TIt 1 rlepL|ri the room that 1 occupied on that un'‘ *i ‘anato oriho-ioo. Wli-n 1 awoke this moi iiiiig tiiii will way blii'i on the 1 11 f; magic, ami 1 < wa i it^ix months a; too late that tln*ir own teaciting had cn- N cov.rag«*d and fo tered the pride und self, when ho lead'd out ofrbed the ncx wi'l which had led their daughter to her ; ing his eyes turned instinctively death. j . The fuTlo\ving summer, when the corn stood golden in tho field, froui out the | heap of ashes left lying on the ground rprnng a fe*autiful tine flower, the com j flower, most! modest of all field bios- : uldtirt ex plain trie matter tin til one i.f The 'srfv ants said that ho had t - n me t rt.wling about the gard-ti fully dressed at 2 o'clock this moruing. Then l^rcmctn bored that when 1 was a boy 1 used to walk in my shvp. i thought I had out go .\vn the habit, hut it is evident that vsLilein a honma.ubulistic state 1 Lid the will, and under tho same infinenco found ii again.”—Philadelphia Times. . Did A von Hat Climb* a At lee. know thul a rat U Tobacco and Cigars, Special ii mates on Machinery gen erally iit. bottom figures. ■ ( dm M ILh |U5 to $;175. Planers and Matchers, $200 to $1500. Improved Miriv Mills. With Rope feed. Friction and Beft feed and va riable friction feed, -<*, I particularly cull attention to flieive Mills, they are of the latest designs and, aiu1 hearts for their coining, with double acting set works they arc V' T^TTVf^AXT r i "he best now offered to mill-men. ' 1 v f s* 1 !! the most complete line of VV’ood working Machinery and Saw Mills of auy ou • in tho State. Cotton Gins and Presses at low prices. A v.cm/m . Gl&NKltA.!.. -*01£K1F' GDLl’M Bl A, a. C’. e Talbott EnijLie, i t is the bo»: apr IfetX suppl} of I)r,\. (lootls iromplcte in all word from her lips, not a movement of the most careful purchasers. people. *> * Modest brile Cyano, on tho contrary, Shoes, Notions, Fancy Goods, nodded to all in the kinulkr-t manner as sheefiatsed. This aroused the pxincess anger, and sic* fe*gan at once to plan bow she could wound the kin 1 heart of this httle tnaid. - - ■ Far away in the horizon by heavy black clouds. Earlier in the day there had been a thunder shower, but it had pa.ssed over, and in the northeast there now appeared a rainbow, overarching tho fields and meadows like a many col ored bridge. “Cyam!” said the princess in sharp tonre, “call Home of the reapers here at once; nt once, I tell you! A stomr is up- j ; proachiug and I must have blielter»” j Poor Cyano could only obey. She, called !he men, who came running to , learn the priucces’ wish. “Hey, there, you people, build me a house out of your sheaves. At once! 1 Why do you at;md there gaping! 1 will have a hud.** tp protect me from the coming aUmiu. The floor Khali be of * tiie 1 and all the long list that we have gath ered to scatter again among the people for their and our mutual good All customers will be served with courteous attention and the golden rule of fair prices and honest treatment to all shall be our tirade mark. Bo we give our New Year Greeting* to our friends and the public and open wide pur door hogany table which stood in the middle of the room. lie was an early ristr.*and 1 . mom- j to Alio table. He starfed back with a gasp o natohishinent. Tl.o wiil was gone.- . “Ha!” he cried, rubbing his eyes •‘That’s strange!” And, without stop ping to dress, he examined the fastenings of the doors and windows. They were sums, a fitting typo of the gontle, iuno- all'secure, and. although lu* searched the '•"«’* Q*ane. And near by blamed the room thoroughly, tho missing will could Tended by a wire oal)k klatchrose, .a field poppy, a true yepro- } not be found. • « ’ gentative of the king's daughter, Pap-tv*?, After breakfast the servants,- Marv in her red silk gown. Yes, even iheTtimiLh and the two cousins, assemhled in raven black hair and the crown uf the i tht* library and the Jawvor took a posi- princesa one may see i**rpetuat-d in tho | r tion in the center of the room, flower, while the buds arc infolded iu a‘; “When I reached here'last night,” he green mantle. * j fegan, with his eyes onrJohn Wilcox's And as the wind scattered th.o ashes faciV^l had the hist will and-testament over all the field soon there grew every- , 0 f my old friend, Jabez Fields, in m v pos- where among the stalks of com the blue : session,” and then ho told of its m vs tori- cwn flower an.l rod field poppy, the type , olia disappearance. Ho kept lus eyes fixed on John Wilcox's face. and.the lat- The Dollar Mark. Writers are not agreed as to the ter- t ivation of tho sign to represent tbs word “dollar” or “dollars.” Some con tend that it comes from the letters U i and .S, which, after the adoption of tho federal constitution, were prefixed W good the currency of the uew United States. v i . an ^ which afterward, in the hurry of n to)KU .W Well irn a. un mculont | wnti ruB mt0 eachotte ./ tt , tthKhaceanx-il in a well knowu Itusmi&a cbei ^ m .^ 0 firat ^ t6o 8 ovar j t Others say that the contraction is from the Spanish pesos, dollars; others, Mill, claim it to be derived from tho Spanish word fuertee^ meaning hard, so culled to designate silver and gold from paper or soft money. The more plausible ex planation cf the puzzle is this: That it i* u modification of the figure 8, and that hoii.se the other night will prove. There mm elevator ju.tho establishment, sus- ui inch in di- amoter. One night whifeThe employes 4>f tho pique were at \v*fek!hcri* atfeiition was aUmctisl by a moving object on the cable, a rat An examination fdiowed it to bt* rapidly making its way np .from Wir.Vi.t wthcopfl^ by (to , t& ZZmcUT. «, M make it. On***. mduxtn.Hia “sriinmne. ., » w ■ . that we are speaking or writing of a aum of money equal to eiglit reals; or, as the dollar was formerly railed, a piooe of eight.—St. Louis Republic. of guilt and innocence, of loving kind ness and of haughty pride. And so to this day may they be cecin—Boston Herald. Translated from tho German by Jessie Benjamin Hayes. iu(lustrious ‘ *sbi nuing. Borne time ago one of* 1 tho men about the place reported that ho had seerj a rat working its way up the cable, fie was laughed to scorn by his incredulous as sociates, but the truth of the operation DUNCAN & HAY, BARNWELL, S. C. W. J. PrNc.Uf. II, C. Hay. DR. R. II. HARLEY U wlthTis and will be plen*ed to wejcfenehi* Inui- ! dred* <»f obi friend* and to make thous and* of new ^nes. ’ . Fame Wait*. Editor—Yuung man, your jv}L*m fs ex- ccllent in many resi»eetfi, but as j;e have euough such material to last us for the next ten years we feel obliged to do- ciitie it. » ' 1‘u.t (hopeful!v)—Well, .sir, you will have to have something fur the eleventh year.—Harpers Bazar. f ter shifted uneasily and changed color. I *T>o you im*an to say that thing to dp with its disappearance? ! blurted out at la> t. | “I accuse no one,” answered fhe law- ; j yer qnjetly, and then fie,asked for the will which had been found among the j dead man’s papers by his grandnephew, j When Wilcox produced it the lawyer adjusted his t Uu-L** and -with a look of commiseration directed toward Alice Fields said: “Unfortunately the two wit- wos eatablidted in the mouths of two or F had any- ^ th y ltr ' caT ; nut f that the British Columbian t: Nirance?' he fi^uU*d.-\Qui. 0 stcmu iele- Slwimko . w hhve a ^ r gram. I.feht )u ili« Hoad. A Newark wuinau gut to mciSng a lit tle queerly, bht her husband didn't mind I it much, and first thing ho knew she Imd given away all hur diamonds, f.2.000 in .cash and all bur clothes bat one rig, She (gave to strangers, and they walked off to Send >our orders fi>r Job Work Kiioavcs, tue rooi of ilmupw aud Int rtortt Job * 1 -yzjB cf ihcavet. Eycuick! TMa Tha originil llsgna (’harts is pre served in a (vise in a shap**!®** form like n feiqdfql of tool scraiw qi jeper. Wlut h.Uids Ouiild put it to jut her? JfBdi a ' cca'.ar^e old. . . ... I’’ 15 ' i : Grieving her to be a great humaiuiar , oerereto the mwkmg will are dead,'but | —Detroit Fn-o Press, f rtkiniyre can pr-ive ife rxieteuce and its contents. If Miss Field wishes’’—- “No, nor protested Alice quickly, t “Not for tho v.or?;E” snd when Lawyer ■ Dunnet began to read she blif^*d qaietlv f io-ju Hits room. There were Uxu* iu her 1 cf jee dS £TC%*jd her way ' 1t*li«r in » Fctur* Stat«. If is curions and interesting- of tfe* which is an almost exact counterpart'"of that cher- iahed by the .old Lsrzijm'a. They baiter* tlmt every being hu*? its double or shadow, thin, pale figpr^Tseldom or never seeu by MurtaT^yes, which after death da- scend^To on abode beneath the earth here leads a szd and gloomy ex- stence. The LsraeLtca called this Bbeol; the Shanaknns know it as “ —St. Louz> Republic. Not ttidvr the Kale*. Seme Coat Cert. “Chief Two Strikes jediFt Lavs lost ‘'The colj snap caught anything in this war^' _ didn't it?" • ■ • - T * < Y«