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■ Ttis People Presses. Lzoai., MercHntilc and inis —ctllaneouz— ~t)5b Printing Executed promptly and in tin best styles on the People Press s. . ' ■ - A-TO^Nty-ATLAW, K.m tnteM* , » '•‘•r'l o*i — 'fi>Asi ini ■ .tn*1 h , .jj»r»At <t t:*rm ' • 'I yiTC of fdeftffd mu| lands and mjr*oh'>*3 * ty * Vol. XIV. BARNWELL COURT HOUSE, S. C., JUNE 25, 1801. No. 43 mm latiagMNMpMii *r**jxmrT*mjmmc*-4 -rjKK Of the County Treasurer for the flaral year comtnenelng 1st Novemtjer, jmiJ ending on the 31*t day of October, • TsiH). To the Hon,* J. J. Norton, Presiding Judge: The following Report of the. official transactions of this office for the tiscal year 1889-90 is respectfully submitted as required by law : ■ -~ • COUNTY WARRANTS PAID 1889-90, ^ • Rank of Barnwell ...$ 10 00 • " « y . “ •. .. :i • Walker, Kvans & Cogswell.. 159 T*" —— , Bank of Barnwell 5 25 ~ . f.. J Et^ochian .1 W Lancaster ... do ...: (lo ^ do 1 > J Rowe , W R Boynton. .1 B Boynton ’ T M .1 Pate ilo do . do J Hitter it J’kui «lo J B llatiunet do r B Swan - Bank of Barnwell do‘ -do do do do . *— do - do do do do _ * do do do do Ttrr* 8 io m 2o 25 25 8 40 20 10 70 25 50 11 <>0 4 SO 9 20 5 .12 12 22 11 15 20 0 .. 10 do ,. 4 do . 4 90 do . 1*2 do 8 50' do 10 do . 4 do . 2 do . 54 do . 25 do . 12 45 do 2 do 8 90 do ell 7 do 11 ilo 30 do 2 70 do 11 do 25 do TIo 30 do 249 07 do 199 40 do 218 do 44 01 do 8 50 do WHEN THE OLD TREE WA5 YOUNG Won Mi. t oP applo'trCc wnz vfiunr. 'T!io \v<>i*p wua hot t < r* 11 ion lli;uiu>nv, AH' lito >i u/ litippUr.-iniyhow., iV fion t Ik t ol* (roo svir/, > otn-.u'. A tiKinsiin' r.c-ri s llun I iluu*,, ’ , Aiy tM'vor foiin'.n r Id: r , \\ ’on t lio.t <>r troonvu.v ; i> i■ u. 'f lu* Worl’ \\ it/, full ol fun tlo' oky Wn?. full of - ;m. Won tin l i»r troo u u/ >"nn ;. Wen (hot rtf npfiJo troo mu/ yuntitr, TIkto Mil/ no m •‘i , v ilrt nil (ho v.tioaf. An’ f<K«l tlioy iintkotl muz lit t«*»oat, \\',u i hot **!' (roo mu a junur. - Au'^ill tho itirt-i w«»ro tin ir <nvn hair, An* n« v«*r hnin.rht it rtnyMbcro, Won tin t <.r t roo uuz y< 111110;. Mon I10M korr*-i t iilo* ", Not >\*< !x« <i berot ies, W’vM44K4_ai'-Lro< v\uzvojirr', lit! 11 15 do 10 fiO J W Lh liens ter 122 58 do » 1 g0 do sfl Id do 1 841 do nb 28 do trr do lit 20 do 11 E Perry A < o 1 do 25 do . . . . 1 SI) do 7 r^) do 1 do 4 W ti Sininia 159 55 d«» 18 50 do 157 80 do VV’on th< t ol* apj lo troo M i/ youii; Mon :,o\< I u.- <" 1 !■> lio Im* oln at. Aii* m<nn.m nllu'or • s’ > »«1 nn’ smi < t, \\"on tft.H 1'!* troo wn? yoiuif', Tho \ ho vo rushoit a r«.o'laruvbir 1, It so< nisi tio stjnriso of tho Mur 1L W V11 f b«’t at: i riu h 11 / ynuuir. I'.h- om i \ tbin’ \v 11/ nt u. An* ilrom liotl in mornhi* <Iom\ Won tbi t ol'troo mu/ \0u1Tu. \\ 'on thot ol' njii*lo muz >< nn:*. Tho suii |(M>ko I tlm\ it on hriiflitof m uv rz. An* lira I Ai' of ftWor u'r.jvt . W. n thot <>!' troo mu/ yntru^. TV* worC m uz hot tor tho'i, m v so*,, Ati’ iH’ttor. iiolilor (huiln m oco «h»uo, \V’*u ( hot ol* tn <• v. uz yotr.! *. • 'Now 1 sit an waif, . tyn (!q u | fon 'In M Uiul-J.- \V'< n (hot ol’ trio MUZ ><dl: *. Worry I n j tli#> I-l««i nfor <'«»(»«1iiof or. 'fije (h'cnration of olov.itMr-t has l»c- ; \vv?m* {jnitc utLArHit wHJie tin* d(»wn > town office bnildings. <)ne of the pi<»- neers in this work has transfurnicd sin * leyfitor in the N(;w York Lifcj htiildinr; ( into a ftort^jf Japanese bower. lie f ay- he lias to spend’ most of his life there, and believes 111 suftohtT)^ the it^periti< s‘ i*l labor with altni •tive fairrohi)'.in/jt. AVhih* Im‘ ens.ily holds, the 1 a 1 in this sort of finery, otliers of his kind liave done very' well. The jia’oob of one ealR.ioRG down Iowa whi h nhvay.x on the lookout for* laiH-y piinl -.n.n 1 Ke\v eriwa, find win) Ji.ad rather stretch hie h'Lts and c intemplate the U^atry of ids .Tparlrteut than carry i'h.;v enters, wa* o -f* 1 ' S *.-OT, rr^ if f^ ItPiulInjf t|on» from LfiC Puprr It wa* 1 one of th<>se wild 'ni.’hts j’O’T i-ead^f iii nine novels out of ten. The cokl spring rain splashed vicions- ly a^.'rtnst the i«ines, and the sluHteni rattled and hahged as the fitful gusts of wind swejrt tiiVoUgll UlO deserted streetn. It was lod^e ni.;ht, but BrothelHFay_ corh lu'led to Stay at. limne*for ouce'par-' ticularlv as his inothCr-indaw -was oil her periodical iusi^etjon tour, .'indspend- ing a couple of days with him. With -a sigh ho rolled back in thu rocker, his feet in a chair and a news- pajH-r spVr.id oj»en Irefore liim like a screen. , * i .I’rescntly ho chuckled, and wife and mother looked up from their rowing in- , qniiingly. ■is»iiia'#18qW<l' h»" V i4i (d.dmed, looktng over the top of tim pap(T, and with a suspicions tvrit<*li dihoiit the corners i\t his mouth he rca*l j.aloud: ' ■ J*' I -“A modtd husband died recently nt 1 CornTdiTN. TP lie JumI been marrieil J fitrty^ibrw yean and tmver spt nt ;t nigiifc away from kytne." "VV*Ml, I should snv be was a model V Bla the building with on * t f the fancy card:* inscrilied, ** You pr(‘.ss tho button and we (]o the rest,” Ile wa ? ro imich pleased with it that he uiiiil vit a central decora Uve <1*11 re for the y, a; nail ...f his > leva tor, bordering it~ w11&- resettes and a I r.tfnoworlc of gilt. - r - 1 lis tenants iidtiilfe 1 if„cotnmeiiTrd op it.+litness for r.ueh a pku , ’h»ind praised his taste in framin' it. 'Alter^-iL had b, , 1 ( ,1 ,11 1.1.. , , . . , . vhusband, broko in the oi l Ladv, gnmlv. bemi up a dav or two it was noticed txifit 1 . , , .. .. ». 1 „ , , . ,,11 . «rs ! ’’•Ju^t ihiuk ol it, Mary dca a black hue in ink had teen drawn undei tho words “the rest. ’ Another linerooii appeared tlw iv as my t a iously as had llw lira. Thru camo.it tlur.l ai«l .1, ho baro 4moninnent » TTf F ti."nnd siie sighed dctqdy. forly-tiiren yeai*s and every evening spent fit home. No lodge could coax him aw:i> from iiis family,’* she added, significantly. "Poor A IIcmIIiImsI UncitllnH. Nt*t long ’Tw iiis death itarmi’n suinniotu d his lawyer to the f ide of tin* couch where Ik* was lying. "1 ant very imicii woiried,” Im.eaid, "about aeerlaiu II W Ahfttiinec \Y 11 Kenurily il Sou do Kiiiotw Biown W K (i<*oge, Agt i. kk - iJMiVoU. K* _>s 3J 21* i T ‘ do do do Thom** <'Layton .1 E f’oehran M J Pale do S \V Trotti J W Lancaster 9 25 . 12 .. 5 . .9S •tn — 25 25 500 232 M) ~ 4i —drr —! WL 1 If? W D Lain 5 tV R Oswcll 2 50 ,1 J Jones. 4 57 M M LigliiM-y o .le tier son Stoke* 5 *•* Lerov Wilson 21 12 Mrs M W Graham . . 35 A H Patterson , .... 13 10 M J Pate 25 do 25 Bank of Barnwell *"!.... 1 30 *4 44 4, ‘ s 10 *-ri r ^!4 4 4 , 3 M) 4a * 44 44 .38 35 it’ 44 44 32 40 4 4 44 «4 •. 1 44 44 44 2 27 44 44 44 101 40 «* ■< •< 4 80 44 44 44 9 4 4 4 4 44. 5 40 44 44 44 15 44 41 44 4 4 f 44 44 4 90 Hank of Barn well, 20 do 28 01 do 44 10 do 17 90 do 15 30 do . 28 70 ’ do 5 do TO do 10 50 do - 13 do 11 50 do 10 do •j do . 10 do n w do 15 15 * do . . 5 do ........ A do . - 2 20 do 18 40 do 93 80 do ' 25 do 3 75 do 10 do 77 do . 100 do 5 r^x'do * , ; 15 (to do .32 05 - do\ L 8 4lo . 18 ■ do 8 ilo. "x. . •. 10 do 8 ' do 20 80 do 25 80 do • 2 (iO 17 do ... 15 30 do J .8 50 do .. . . 4 do - . . 7 50 do 3 do >. 5 do 1 * do to 85 do .. .. .. J5 7 70 1 F W Weatliersbec _ss 20 10 ' W K Hogg .. . r 14 19 18 , .1 E (%H*brau 84 20 20 » D 1, t oja-laud , 31 4 70 M J Pate 11 91 Bank of Barnwell . B> 42 50 do 1 M do 15 25 do S3 28 75 do 34 35 93 «|o fft ? J 50 do 3 10 do 10 89 do 3 10 35 do 12 1 do' 25 28 ilo H 22 50 do Mi 12 50 do . 14 15 do 8 25 — do *i 35 80 .. do 10 24 do ’ . 1V» 5 do 10 28 25 % do 35 35 do •JS Is 39 do » 13 50 do ;« 25 4 do 10 < 1 do • ; lo do 18 4 •to 3 3 do • 42 )• do ?>3 22 50 do 1 4?* 25 do 12 s 50 do 12 10 do 10 3 do m 4 70 do 3 30 * do. . A 22 50 do ... ^ 30 4 do 8 25 do 2 s do J K Cncliifin do .1 \V Lancaster do ■■■WPMiaitlMknstba «n TO .*<» 50 do do do do- . .. do do ' J W Lancaster >* ilo do do , do do Walker, Evans <& Cogswell do N F Kirkland do . - J B Burckhalter do ....... J W Jenny <fc Co do J E Steadman J K Cochran C F Jones II Khrhardt . . J A Killings worth. ' .. Bank of Allendale BJ ilammot do J G Strolile .Iclferson Stokes . . - . J B Boynton W fi Kennedy M J Pate v do . . Bank of Barnwell do do do do do do do do do v do do do do do do , do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do ■ -Y 1 7*> 5 Ml 1 11 20 is 102 11 125 70 J 17*1 50 290 70 0 20 25 5 ,H 71 *7 13 25 28 5 20 8 25 3 00 12 12 37 50 37 50 H 50 40 30 n 8*2 4 90 45 25 3 95 3 5 50 8 50 3 0 7 0 7 7 7 S* . 4 7 5 5 8 35 28 75 10 20 90 ao' 4 no 5 10 40 10 5 9 10 J1 20 5 5 25 2 5 (0 A An 3 50 8 5, i 00 80 00 ,80 do do, do do do do do * no do * , • • do Walker, Evans it Cogswell J W Jenny A < *o do W A McLeniorc .1 B Gillani McMillan A Zulgler II F.lirhardt J l».Hhe|*erd T J I ►err .1 K Benie lt BJ llaminet W J Young, M 1» J (» Strohle Town of Barnwell .1 K Steadman J V. Hair A F Kree- llenry Be-^lnger. v r J W Jenny <* Co . ... B F W mtlteraboo J W ilolmes J J >1 alter E H Bovntnn Bariiwell s»*utinel W J Martin ,1 ft Bird M M I ighlsey .1 \\ Holmes ,i w l aim aater. do S W Trotti n»a* wItsell, M !>.. J C WilUnghaui. . • • JKCm’hran J (« Btroble BJ llaminet J B Boynton E K Boynton .1 K Kinard J K Kinard It K Wealltersliec .1 E Cmdiran .1 K Cochran .1 W Holmes Briggs, Btiist >Y Bank ol Baruvull ; matter, and I want to consult you. My j I tiMighlntr kisjps |s-;ieoclay Supp»se f'.'.iiij, 1 ] ! of them si ion! 1 tlv ovur 4nto mv yard— | , which they fire doing all 111' tirno and hty H»me i gga here. Would tacHc » v gg: j IwLuixg to me, orcould ini imighltor com- i UtH.f >Ci^>t4.hcUi..aAtg ■ The l.iwif r. haiiug duly scratcht**! hia , head, amswensi: "TVell, Mr. Itarimui, I mu»-t t.iki' tnue to l«Mik into this matb-r. But the beet thing for yon to* do would 1*0 to £*s*j> tho eggs nn*l let )our n«4gh- Isir am* for tli^r ixtbsutuiion. in that wav i your rights would is* diHcrtnined, and w«i should have a very valuable t«vt ; ease." “Well," sad Banmuu "wbil** j von nre hsdiiog tnt » Hie matter will you hud out boW it Would Is* if tlie egg* iv*to laid by peahens?*’ The lawyt r swore aoftly b» himself, but im-Vit m.ole Atiy iifftsti^atiim.—iWm Francisco Argo naut P'lUr'lh. and Uuu rieiie furiherem .. pha: izcil t he ivord-i by drawing a ring of , ink aroun.l it. The elevator nrti-d was in ?i grefit Rteiv over it for s* veral days | tor the deCOlMliotl WHS tis) ligiulsome to I losi'. nnd not take it down with J outgpolling In, wall. At list, with rub ! U r find met.d ei:wr, ho olditeratisl the j incriminating word, liars and ring, h:il»i only to thr vn* reasc of. Iri.i discomfiture. ! for iiis tenants now read Hie sign, "You pn s Ilir button and ha do nothing." - j New York Times. TuTT Brother Fay held tho paper a littla hight r :m 1 continued:' "Never .* iHTit a night from homo. Ho ivu'i paralyzed.” Without the storm l»cnt harder an L louder (a habit storms have at sncti times), while within sllencv reignisl. snvo rppre • ! rustle of tin paper hti>1 whir' of the thread through tho ca e the <J.l I nly w;ta lyorkiug on. ion: il Wceklv. the the pillow -Nat .% I tilfjiu* C'lmrarler. A rnihjne cliaractw in the Princeton liege faculty i:i ,Ios<^(?i K«»rg(», pr**foK>«- f ui< mIitii l.mgua g* s. Adv TTl’am »f a rough nature have "There* ate tri ■ ■ Lu all trail*» but ours." Niiil a retail griK-er tome reeently. ••Y<*n won«h r how it ii that wAuro able to sell rtraadu rttv-i ut less th ui tlh’y cost us nn 1 si ill tuoko money, it is a puzzler to tin' nninitkited. Bu t It.' But after all it is simple enough w!i*ti you know how "For instance, I go d >ivu to the mar ket and liny a crate of Ktmwlwrrtes for thipty edits a lx x. Now my trade B not n* li enough t<» ^uy me even thirty five edits a box, and at K*.i tiian tli.il 1 make no profit. "Well. 1 Like tliosc Urrho and empty them out of the Uixes, Tin u i take h uio* piec<* of white* |uim r. which is much c]ioap*T tliau strawijcirius, und drajie Then or '<t m*all rn and i*xpvrieDrt! markisl iiis life, tlx*earlier |».»rt**f whiedi a** it w* i**, the IwU Utims uiwl m range them very in sueh a way that all that are tmiehed with decay go t ithelszt I tak« Hie rarefully any way n and was spent in famih* of Pm arms their profini4»ai < iermau army Tmrm—tfy '**ln cl* ‘sely as.-AMuat filter »*lt tile birojie. Coming from a di geiitleiueii who mail* h<* went into tic* n*sit) after tinisiiing hia Jjji-xxi f, ,r n time w.n **l with Prim e Fn-ib nek. 1‘oiiMi in; nrns*ti.>n dr»• w • udy the line, rijKi. xomxl ones at-.* in sight By leaving plenty of space twtwedi th<* ljerries, except llietAp layer i have n j dilli< uity i*i tilling two of the •IratMsl boxes w^lli tlie cajutenis of one 7d tlio onginal, and Uiunhry k uk rnirh richer, and more r.p|M ti/.nig and ta-ll nr.< I 11 I l- -^*11 .'IIMWIftlllK • do d«K do do >*. do x . do do , do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do do « v do do do do ilo ,T W Lancaster do Walker, Evans & Cogswell do do J Ritter & Son. . 80 01 B J Ilammot do - . .. Jaeob4»axton KC Kirkl/ind JG. Ftroblo Jefferson Stokes I > h Copeland ,1 B Boynton J B Burckhalter R P Gantt J E Steadman Ben Davies B F Weatherabee J M rimer Bank of Barnwell do do d* . do do do do do do . do do do do do do ’ do do do •“W ! editor I lk- - him into it and made a longer r> within liussian* *1 So tlu-ard. nt Pol. and won distinctit ls*foru ho willed i<Kt the sLad r’s Weekly*. A I tout cXJsTt 1m >IV i:nim.»:e cam • t. •n in th.* down a of old . hletico better. iraMe. “When tui. .untry. ‘ front of U* -:t 1 ATUIV ^ a b *x. ood,Ijef J’TfJll* 1 Mild, «:* tling i i •11; ar nrt; tUii ii«‘% M 1)5 M*k reviewerd*ant W I I: t nn of Hi. ‘.out Hi lie 1 til oiv It He hitle pr n in, tie nt , l \v. on my •y i in iiiH- idl If 1 inai mie 4 to il J to lead .3 b«.k t boron;. fiily iu or* i.r to de- r. ami f« nil. k « ij a tnuu, at * i« -< riL* it Mifiioient ly tor hi> l-mp.c. ; 1 ry, tduiply •to ». p eek goods | 10 . Mo.-t m w .-pap r l*s<k reviews iro tn* n- , and it pu>. y.uU.”--N uwYmkUuiakl. 10 ! d< M'ripth .is and not i . -. and such 1 50 1 iioti*a‘s c an *Be writU •a iiiiickl. ,• by on*' 1 ■■■; 1 <MI \\ ••II II iiMfii, th id 11 '* **T' *--•» tftfyi'i th* Vv uib nT»t imjM.rl n to n-nd It oi oyjt B. ly . Uk*. T!i**r aT«*.a tew juipiTs that alw.jy- givo* a;v- ful review.i of the ln/oks they notice, but their uumU r is viVy mu.ill.- Writer. A Malm* «*f ('••tamtMis. 'J’hiR city owns one pi. c»; of ‘.tiloury that few jm’tmoii.s mc, although it is a work iM'culiarly significant 1m cause i*f I he appro.iching anniversary. St indinir in the gliM>in of. Hie first IK'm-r hall in the aiM'ivd I.uildin .' in Central park is a in irble slat uc of C. Juial‘Us (>f h.-roie size. HmsMIi** ii * Tim hi.a S{*-bbins. and it was ni.nlc in Itoinc in 1 "<57. The i n it scoverer slauds with one h.ni'l on tin* tiller'Jind the other grasping the light n. intle about his shouklers.—New York Worid. Hot Hint It* i ivitlen. , Little Dot — Mamma, my kitty is Hiirsty. Mamma -W!iy do you think so? Little D>|{ ; \ U io* s!ie went to my t >y kil.'!i* !i and b g.m workin’ at gg pump handle ivm h* r ,](.i\v. .rnriliiigi Y<v.v ;u ■ very con- -ider.ate ivitlf your kilty, niygMt. Little Di»t- Kit ty is to*> siiveet *r any- siug. k don’t wonder she is always Uck- " g herself.—Good News. ElizalM ih Gl.ver, in herb dy ? nluri [an Viltl t«*r . rl r ftff ■ '■P UC Cl C \1‘ oia ’a f* > lings i h on th t of re matter al . Sue and a a in nn id* a *. 14. bhvd d*K.loraud a ig over her 1 silence. eyebrows th'Tn to.find expresi s;i> s: Then? \\a.i a failr jKM»r farm* r‘s' wife was tala mg and unconscious. ’J’fic Uin«l woman v.«ic v.orJci; when her hu b.in 1 ca*n • ia uiouient, lookingo?i in di-B His ch< cks iv.tc drawn in, lifted, his handi'Ui Ills po -kets. p.r*. en: ly, with s ane effort, lie cleared his throat to spak, and as ‘tlio d.x tor kc I uphoi ke*f,g*Ye di In't s e a new tui dipper lyin’ round wlitro ye picked r dp, di-1 > cr’’ li< got i*io an.-.Vvar from the indignant d-x’tor, and piv.e.utly s.rayed out again in . .* oxh (#f his dipjier. Meanwhile his wife opoiioti? h r yj.: and . at .ouce a h *1 fur her husband, •‘lie’s safe,” t>ai 1 *. doctor shortly*f Sla* f* k hi •j’curt to nr*, •ml faint as *!w wa *dgf.oliauni d what it m. ant, “lie’s a m.m,” li. Uw.MUnUiii ulJht, The whole Bathla Oriental mid itsTa- tvlbitants atriko one as living inor******* * fin.tl, more nmiable an.p more gentlo than tho land und people of tin* hihter n*- puldic. NevortlM l«*w. in the country cwn thing is Very primitive, and One is astounded at the nuxgh way In which m.uiyof the rich cutanciema live nn their .‘stat.-s iu tin? MiupHv-t find unsst comfort* less Iwn.'i'w. TImm* meu own leagnm un i lengnea of land, und they live like ti»e {•atriarvha of *>ld—with Uvo or Hire* 1 gen t-rat i on** of children mulcr tlio wune roof and eating nt the same tublo—-in tli# o|.l fa-hioned rmnlt way. Such mm, as may ta* imngioed, are W4 prun^’aaivo; th«y continue tlw tr inrtural italu-dry tn an tn- dok-nt, apatb*Xi* mamier, ieuvitig to n i- tutv almost iwi'nlhlrtg rxo\4 tho <^»*ra- tion of w*Ring and rmrtving tlw money: and, aliove all, th(*y <*atinot la* prnmadr l to «^TB*b\ itlo thelf lan*l « and Irt them out for fanning. * t'mguay ta la itig kept back chiefly by the coini txativi iM.ia of Hie creole laud holders, who|M^M*hsimiUi > cs4 > is(tateii that ary Inadi quaUdy devrdojpr*!. The law of inlieriUnco and the obligatory subdivis- jon of propetty among tho h* im will modify this ftate of 'affairs In the coarse of time, and these vast hohlinga will Iw grvlnally broken up and developed in let nil.- The process, however, will BCC- | es>arily bo alow, and meanwhile, as tlio l tub) owns no I md.«. tlio increase of iiu* migration can only lie alow in propor- I tiou.—Theodow Qiihliu Harper s. N'tri Literature. Faruv.T I'Jlsivorth lives In the tuiborlM • f a little Mas achu. ctts town, and is a man «»T considerable cunscqutitet* atnoflg His friends and tu ighbors. During tho I mg winter evenings ho r.n 1 Aunt llul- dali, his wife, read much, and hiacoiu- mentaou tho literature of the day, though i;ot ofb a grainmafically y^poiudotl, often Not lonif n^o ha toolrh Ixjok of sh*>rt -la-i In s *.f country lifo from the town .library, am\ when ho brought it Imck ho had to jciyH raiall fine, liaving kept it ••everal day ( over the tiino allowed. "I’lil willin’ an* glad to jyiy it,too," ho >aid, as he laid douu his pile of coppers. ‘ You enjoyed it, then?” askod the h- hraviati. "Enjoyed il? I should think we did!'* e-iid Fanner Ellsworth. "My wife, 'spe cially, has ready every one of them stor ies twice over. But I’m bound to say," he added, in bin character of critic, "that it ain’t exactly what I should call writ- in.' Why, it's jest like folks.”—Youth's Compauiou. dreadful fee iiu* don'i uuvcr i .ty m s sho tnid, "but he Two Kimlit of I'rntiURrh. A census of .the United States diffenf in its very conception from a Euroja'an census. Once in ten years, as with ns, the English government* makes an enu- nieration of the iuhabit;ir.ts ut tlic^ang- dom. The time chosen is the night of the i **f April. On or U foro that day 10 14 A 85 10 8 23 50 8 75 25 9 10 A :*o 24 • .f ust tin* Same. ‘ The other day a Virginia negro dug up a shell at Malvern Hill which had been bviried since 1802, but when ho put ■ it to roast in a fire so as to get at tho k< rnel it went off and killed a plow ! horse und left tho darkey only one leg to go on for tho rest, of his lifo. Those j old shells were loaded for b’ar.—Detroit Free Press. Ia-i.j;M. ami !*r*-a*!th ..f laont.m. : '’j The ei\unieratur must lem eat each ItOUc^ Tho nn tr<'jxJitan ar( .i i.f London ex oiiiun his uislrici a iauiity schodulc, feuds oviT s-uno twelve nrih s trom nortli ^'ha'h calls for tjio namo and jier^ouul lo soiitii, and some seventeen miles from characteristics age, sex, color, occupa- , a. t to wi st: within this space thirty- lion. etc.-bf cadi ijorsou who on that nine governments so rule the houses, night nliall sleep in that house. If a man ioads, drains of tin ir three million:) and traveling on that night, he is to be re- thndquarters of rulvj eta that for the iH'rted at tho hotel or private house at j last ten years the-death rate has been which he arrives in toe motuing. i only 22i p r 'LfiOO. or hut 1 p r 1,000 in A census of the United States is a very ‘ exo'ss of that ofHhc whol • countrv. In different thing. 'As in England, tho i the seventeenth tvilinry it is bdieved'; to be taken on acer- , that the deaths excced.M the births in I tain day-with us the 1st of June-bus j London, and the death rufa^vvaS then- the question reganUug,eack and every about 49 p‘r l ,000, or more thati^otilde. ’• 11,an no * *'kt*re ko was on that day,. 10 Tnr. RATfOKn Enov.— Edward—What are you miking Miss Ilahtnah ? Mim Hannah - Thi'a is odging. Edward (drawing ilia chair closer— A,nd ao ia thia. Mi»»a Hannah—Tea, I »ae, and you pleaae away again, Mr. Fritz, Saw the egj ahalla, put them into the oven and burn them brown; then niaidi thorn up fine and mix «vith the fefwl. It U healthy and beneflctal to the fowls. PorMalaria, Liver Trou- ble,or Indigeatio^use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS iMnoculint: I (i lui li on. . Mr. Simkins—<iqr new n(‘ighl**»r. Mrs. Lamkins, is not a very neat hoUs*jkeeiK>i , is she? Mrs. bimkiria—Indeed sins isn't. Shu l.Cs things lay around every which way. Uow di*l rou know? Mr. Simkirm -Oh, her husband looks so jolly.—-New York Weekly. what it i; now, and higher by fart>an| where onjlwt day lie-ba.1 "bis tU.‘ mortality ratc-s of Hie unhi'vilthicst i osu.d pha e of abotlo. General 1 rancis cities of Euriipe today.*—Lundou Tit-liits. ‘^* Walker in Forum. A FmnIJy Tiff. ‘ Perhaiw you are not aware that I had \ A Corporation wttii a Soul, * f Y’ou see that man who just got off over a do/cn pn»jjosa!a of wnrrige before ' carf said a stieet car conductor. I got yours.” sajd Mix. McUmga’d Mid- : **»• worked for this ciMi^any over forty ly, aitiT a little tilt with her Lid and j >'-' ar!l * au< * was a bus driver long befoni It takex Zdu nhau months to mite a novel. ILo handles a pen as a laborer might a spiMk?, and is a slow and pawful toiler. The. pxpreaaton on his fm c when h« ia doing literal*)' worl: is mas of tor ment. master tlie oilier morning.. "And p*rhups, miulaui, you are not aware that I propiseil marri.i're to near ly a suoro of women before 1 b»;came ac quainted with 3Xm." retorted that yen* llemau haughtily.—tLxchauge- t 1 On.'the &e«*«aid iU»y c .' ax.ms wooiuueU th f th * M«x/iulay.' it Mo^dzy, W nip/ii. ( ohe *o dr the ( calltigg * and < Tlie Tiiue for horh. Tommy (after reading the pai*er>— i^ap.1. what’a a ti*ry? AuJ TTive wo to nes in tbit country? Papa-Yes. m v miu. F t tnataa c. r4 •ome season.', of t!: year vr« •Uirio,—>PUUw Jffz Ealletia, they bad any struct cars. The coupauy pay him, or rather his wife, regularly, aad lie (lots m4 do a thing. They some- times give him a quarter. He goes after that quarter as regularly as though b«* was gudn^to get the whole of hi* salary.’* —Buffalo Cornier. * - "tn*;-” ^ ' < 4 C««wv%»tfun Waa Dnupud. Alguv-Why, old man. what m Uui world is the war trumpet for? i ''.«tri4a k * mv r jei .ir it I omi hardly —gliMrj • W «*ffly.