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•fi- mtm Foro««; A' Kunsas ninl«, of the brindlc de- nomhia.ion, wiu JtMftding. IfJ a pastorc field, baekod up uaCbtnfbrtclfjr close to a mild-eyed Texas ste«r. The mule \stis not feeling ifi a xery good humor. H$! had lo«t his railroad ticket, or had a note to lift, of somebody had kicked his dog or something. Anyhow, he was cross, and feeling jbst ready to do something ritOan the first chance ho got. By-and- by a careless swish of the Texan's tail ItOTt'M rort ii. gave lihn‘the Io(fg0d4or provocation, and i heel before the mule got his heels back to the C nd, the Texsn thought somebody ■hot him with a double-bamltcd cannon* And then the steer slowly turned his head, and opened wide his clear, pensive eyes, and without swearing It is said that m> man is good for any' thing without something to love and something to reverence. A pretty pair of eyes are the best mir rors to shave by,—“ replied a bachelor, on reading the above, “many a man has been shaved by them 4i Oh," said thfe afflicted wife, weep ing over h is body, “he said he would take off bis flannels anyway, and, poor man, he little thought how soon he would go to that plnOe whore flannels are never needed.” r A y » * C3 or catching his breath or saying a word, >ay _ he just lifted one of liirhin d legs about he jns eight •ight feet from the ground and tapped the astonished mule with his cloven h6of, right where he lived. And the mule curled up in a knot and gasped, “Oh, bleeding heart!” And then he loaned up against a troe to catch his breath, and sat down on the ground and opened bis mouth to get air, and finally be Intd down and held his legs up in the air and said, iua husky whisper, that if lie could onty die and be over with it, he would be glad. But he got over it a little after a while, and as he waa limping sad'y to ward the fence, trying to think just bow it happened, and wondering just whci% he was hit, he met his mother, who no ticed hit ruefhl countenance and his pain ful locomotion i- ‘'Well,” she said, “and what’s the matter with you ?” “Nothing,” the mule said faintly. “Oh, nothing. I have jxtat kicked a book* agent.” “Heaven save us,” said his mother with dCrisive accent, “I thought you had more sense."—Burlington Hawkeye. •a* A Scbool~Boy Story.—A correspon dent of the Boeton Saturday Kvening Gazette tells- the following anecdote of his school days: “Hinorable liars are scarce. I remember a few, and they were high aehool boya, of course. A §<f*ad of them, pelting each other with snow balls aa they went over the Common and up Joy street on the wgy to aohool one aftermMM), were not such good shots that out of them did not hurl hit missile through a parlor window pane. Up went the window and out popped an angry la dy’s head. ‘Which of you boys broke this pane of glass?’ ‘I did it,’ promptly replied the real offender, stepping forv-srd to apologue. 1 What’s your name, and WhOre do you ‘live ?’ The boy responded truthfulfy; but hit companion, to save him, cried out: ‘No, no! Idid it! I. He didn’t do it, and- his name isn’t what hO said, and he didn’t lire there any how. My name is So-and-so, and I live No. something, in such a street, and my fkther’ll pay!’ The confusion of tongues and counter-statements so nerplexed the lady that she concluded tkey were all a pack of liars, and in a rage she abut down the window with a bang, and broke another glass.’' rowingJact tbat nock-ties sell for $200 each, and it’s a poor excuse''of a cane that will not fetch half a thousand. Buenos Ayres paper money glories in u discount which is hardly exceeded by the currency of Turkey. Two terrible catastrophes, brought about by the depression*of trade, have startled Berlin. A highly respected mer chant, the proprietor of a wholesale busi ness,' which had gradually fallen off, con ceived, on becoming aware of the impos- aibility of meeting hia liabilities, the idea of putting an end to hitnself and family, who apparently, without any opposition, ' resigned themselves (o their fate. He ■oalmly made the necessary preparations, bought' strychniue, aud then repaired with his wife, sister iu law and cousin to ,a wood near Berlin, where they jointly , committed suicide. Almost on the very hour of their death another merchant, equally reduced in circumstances, at tempted his own life and those of his wife aud son by asphyxiation. He and consort were restored to their senses, but the in- fant child succumbed to the effects of the gas. The miserable parents have been arraigned on the charge of murder. Story or a Horse’s Tail,—James T. Wells, Esq., who was a good and faithful soldier of the Confederacy, was Wounded at Gettysburg, captured and confined al Point Lookout. Tuesday be paraded with the survivors, and after donning his blue and gold badge, be thought him of a souvenir of his prison Hfe to wear also on the occasion. This consisted of a curiously knit watch chain, made of black horse hair. One day at Poiot Lookout the provost martial hitched his horse in the grounds, and Corporal Wells, tired of the inertia of prison life and with an ingenious and fertile mind, slipped up on the gaily caparisoned steed and scissored bis beautiful black tail off to the stump and quickly secreted it until the affair quieted down, when he began adding to his prison comforts by knitting and selling elegant horse hair chains. He retained one for his own use which is the ono hu wore on parade.—Columbia Reg ister. Curious Items.—If a tallow candle be placed in a gun and shot at a door, it will go through without sustaiuing in jury ; but if a musket ball be fired into the water, it will not only rebound but bo flattened; if fired through a pane of gUss it will make n hole the size of the Dali without cracking the glass; if sus pended by a thread it' will make no dif ference, aud'the thread will not even vi brate. Cork, if sunk two hundred feet in the ocean, will not rise on account of the pressure of the water. In the Arc tic regions, when tire thermometer is be low zero, persons can converse more than a mile distant; Dr- Jamison asserts that he heard every word of a sermon at a distance of two miles. We have written upon paper manufactured from iron, and have seen a book with leaves and binding of the same material. Von will always consider that when a man is nhxioue to tell the truth, ho uses the simplest language possible; words of three syllables or more seem to have been made on purpose to lie with.— Jbsh Billings.* A Yankee who had never paid more than twenty-five cents to sec an exhibi tion, went to a New York theatre one night to see the Forty Thieves.” The ticket-seller charged him seventy five cents for a jieket. Passing the paste board back, he qaietly remarked : “Keep if mister; I don’t want to see the other thirty-nine,” aud out he marched. The salary of an ordinary diy goods cleric in Buenos Ayres ii $75,000 a year. But while the guileless youth is considering how many flashy neck-ties and nobby CJtnes' ho could purchase at that rate, he should not banish the har- 0LD AMERICAN HOTKL, ESTABLISHJp ABOUT 1630. *- 1 - Resuscitated on the European Plan. For GenUemea only. 1 Pnsfe : itooms, each pereon, per day 50c per wieek ..$3 00 “ per mobth,$8 and 10 According to location of Booths, paid in advance. Board terms: Board and lodging per day $1 50 “ “ per week C 50 meals: Breakfast 25c Dinner 50c Supper 25c MBS. M. .1. ARCHER. Proprietress, 20 George st., cor. King, nov28-ly Charleston, 8. 0. Rill ESTATE -AND- COLLECTING AGEIicf I WILL SELL and Purchase REAL ESTATE, COLLECT RENTS, and CLAIMS OF ALL KINDS. I have for sale Dwellings and Store Houses ; also vacant lots In town of Blackville. Also— Z,000 acres land in one body on the Edisio. BOO ** “ "■ " ’* ’* ** 80 100 334 150 100 near IMackville. “ Grahams. G. E. STEADMAN, Ifluckviltc, S. 0. T ’HE WEEKLY NEWS THE WEEKLY NEWS THE WEEKLY NEWS CONTAINS CONTAINS CONTAINS LIVE EDITORIALS! JiIVK EDITORIALS! LIVE EDITORIALS ! THE LATEST TELEGRAMS! THE LATEST TELEGRAMS! THE LATEST TELEGRAMS! CAREFULLY SELECTED MAIL CAHK1-IILLY 8ELEVTKD MAIL CAJIEEUULY SELECTED MAIL KEWS NEWS ! NEWS ! Beside the following SPECIALTIES:* Prize Stories f Prize Stories ! Prize Stories! Prize Stories ! Prize Stories ! Prize Storiee! Planters Hole!. To mw Pricnth (tnd the Troveting Public : In consequence of the great reduc tion in all of the staples of our coun try, I have concluded to reduce my rates of board to $1 50 and $2 per day, according to location of rooms. Special accommodations for families and commercial travelers. My table shall not be excelled by any if! the South, and will constantly be supplied with selected Boston beef. The hotel has recently undergone thorough re pairs, and been newly furnished and made complete in all its appointments. Courteous clerks and attentive ser vants. When you visit Savannah do not fail to call at the Planters, as I am de termined that this hotel shall not be excelled by’ any In the South, regard less of price. Thanking you for past favors, and hoping for a continuance of the same, I am, very respectfully feb20 ly John Bresnan. Manager. FIRE INSURA NCI The St. Paul Fire —riVZA— Marine Insurance Company CAPITAL $1,704,881 THE SAFEST COMf ANY IN Til UNITED STATES Will underwrite on all kinds of properly, real and personal, in Barnwell county, in cluding gins, gin-horlireJ, mills and machin ery. cottoarginned and unginned at the low est current rate*. .... B. M. THOMPSON, ' ' Local Agent, Willisf6h. 8. C. N. B. Polioiee issued in best English Tire Companies if preferred, confined td dwell ing houses, stores and contents. jwne‘27-tf A Chess Column ! A Chess Column ! A Chess Column ! An Agrlculturltl Department! An Agricultural Depaftmentl Au Agricultural Department! Record of Record of Record of Marriages Marriages Marriages and and and Deaths ! Deaths I Deaths! The Weekly News The Weekly News The Weekly News ives More for the Money Ives More for the Money Gives More for the Money Than any other Southern Weekly! Than any other Southern Weealy ! Than any other Southern Weekly! A Newark batehelor dropped in the other evening to see a married friend whoso wife was absent from home on a prolong visit. He found him smoking desperately at a oigzr nearly a foot long. “ Why,” asked he breathlessly, “where on earth did you get such a preposterous cigar as that, Charley?” ‘ Had it built by contract," was the response. “You see^eontinaed the smoker, explanator ily, “I promised my wife before she west away, bless her, that I wouldn’t smoke more than six cigars a day. Prom- fee* to a wife are sacred, you know, and I mean to keep mine if I have to get ci gars as long as a lamp-post.” Somebody wrote to the editor of a country paper to ask how be would "break an ox,” The editor answered as follows: "If only one ox; a good way would be to hoist him, by means of a long chain attached to fiis tail, to the top of a pole forty foot from the ground. Then Eoist him, by a rope tied to his horns, to another pole. Then deacertd on hia back a five ten pile driver, and, if that don’t break him, let him atart a country newspaper and trust the people for subscriptions: One of the two ways will do it, sore." See the Pricee f See the Prices I See the Prices! Single subscriptions, per annum.:? 2 00 Five subscriptions at $1 75 8 75 Ten subscriptions at $1 50 15 00 Twenty subscriptions at $1 25.. 25 00 Fifty subscriptions at $1 50 00 Chas. Pechman, B. m&muJL e. DEALER IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Boots, Shoes, Hats,Caps, Clothing, Hardware, ' Cutlery, Notions, &c, &c. KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND Thebest brands of Wines, Liquors, Beer, Tobacco, and Cigars, at prices which defy competition. Give me a call when you come to Barnwell and you shall not leave dis satisfied. On my table will be found the best the market affords. Those Indebted to me must come forward and settle, or I will positively iiot advance to them for another year. CHARLES PECHMAN. feb6-3mo The Weekly News will be sent to yearly subscribem to the Daily Edition of The News and Courier for $1. The Wswkly News will be sent for* 1 one year to six months’ subacribereto the Dally Edition of The News and Courier for $1 50. The Weeklt News will be sent to subscribers to the Tri Weekly itidn of The News and Courier for $1 50. No reductions will be made in the price to subscribers of The News and Courier except as above. Remember ! The "Weekly News con tains the Latest News, selected from The News and Courier, besides these specialties which do not appear in the Daily at “ all A Prize Story T A Chess Column 1 An Agricultural Department I Ahd a complete npiete Weekly Record of Deaths and Marriages is this State. Any one of these specialties alone Is worth the prloe of subscription, and the subscriber really gets a flret-ci weekly paper besides for nothing. RlORDAN & DAWSON, Barnwell Preparatory School FOR BOYS AND GIRLS. rpHE undersigned begs to announce J. that he is now prepared to receive pupils on the following terms, viz : Latin, French, Mathematics, and the various English branches, per quarter ...$10 00 The same per month..-. 3 00 Instruction in the English branches, Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography, Gram mar, per quarter. g-ffiO 1 The same per month 2 00 W. G. TYSON, Principal Music lessons given by a competent lady teacher. Board on reasonable terms in the village. ^ _ 74-85 SAM L K. MARSHALL EDWARD C. MARSHALL. ZIL1US J. WESCOAT. SAMUEL R. MARSHALL i Cl IMPORTERS OT Hardware, Cutlery, Guns, &c., and Agricultural Implements, 314 KING ST., CORNER SOCIETY, (Sign of the Golden Gun). ALSO, 55 and 57 SOCIETY STREET, Claarlestoa, S. C. Agebts tor Celebrated Watt Plow’s sepl2-lyr s. ILiEIBMAlSr* NOTARY PUBLIC, Collector and Adjuster of cuias. 118 East Bay, Charleston, ami OFFICES: Orahaou, Barnwell County, 8.C. AU business promptly attended to. References —J. H. Parker A Co., Mantou Charleston, 8. C,^ 1 * Co , Gee. W. Williams A Co. noTl4-‘Jm NEW ABVERTlSEttENTS. "■ PET EH KBBEAK Has How For Sale a Stock or BOOTS and SHOES UNRIVAXtE# BY ANY HOUSE IN' THE S O TJ T Hi R N ST .ATE S. 600 Pairs Gents’ Sommer Shoes for 600 Gents' Hand Sewed Shoes for 1,200 Ladies’ Serge Hotise Slippers, $1.50 to $5.50 4.00 to 4.50 45 1.40 to 2.06 85 1.25 to 1.40 85' 50 to 75 1,000 Indies Opera aud Newport Ties, . 000 Ladies Lace Gaiters, 3 to 7, ... GOO Ladies Kid Spanish Ties', ..... 10 Cases Mens’ Whole Stock Brogans, 10 Cases Chtldiens’Philadelphia Shoes, ALSO Agent for EVANS' PATENT FNPaNDI^G and ANATOMI CAL Hand Sewed W’ork in all Styles. The height of Perfection in Depart* ment. Circulars and Drawings with Prices 8fent on Application. The Custom of th6 good People of “ OLD BARNWELL'’ and the whole of South Carolina rbspectfally asked for. Shoes at retail exchfcn&ed ,in 3 moutns or money Refunded.’ Express Charges paid on Orders of $10 and over. PETER KEElSPAlSr, Opposite the New Monument, AUGUSTA, GEORGIA. D. L. ALEXANDER, GENERA.!, JOB PRITS^TER 1-7 3 EAST B A Y, Charleston. S. C. ALL. KL>'D* "I OF Job and book av o’ r k execute!) with neatness AND’ AT LOWEST PRI CHS. Orders by Mall will receive Prompt and Careful Attention. Briefs Printed Neatly and Promptly. Specimens at PEOPLE OAhe. feb26 3m. „ T. CAMPBELL & CO. Meeting Street-, Ohfeirleston*' S. O., (OWOSITE THE YAVILIOX HOTEL.) SELL THE FAMOUS Iron King Cnok Stove, ALSO, TIIK NOBLE COOK, ELMO COOK, Lily Cook. STERLING RANGE, FAIRY QUEEN R AISTOE TELEGRAPH COOK, AND Several Other "Patterns Wc carry the Largest Stock of Stoves in the State, at the lowest Prices; Send for Pictures and Prices of the above . nov28-6m EVERY ojste interested. ;0: TIE IMMEESE CBOCKEBY BOISE -6P- E. D SMYTHE & CO 258, BROAD ST., AUGUSTA, AfcT4NISH CITY AND COUNTRY BUYERS THEY AT THE LOW PRICES ARE SELLING CROCKERY, CHINA, GLASSWARE, LERY, TIN-WARE, WOODEN-WARE, LAMPS, LOOKING-GLASS WARE, Ac., «fcc. CUT- Their Store is acknowledged the CHEAPEST, LARGEST and HAND SOME8T in the State. Do not fail to visit it when you go to Augusta. doortoE. lt. Schneider’s’ Tis easily found, being next aprii3-2mo. 1 ORDER YOUR SAW MILLS, GRIST MILLS, CANE MILLS, OIN ENGINES. COTTON SCREWS, SBAPTINO PULLEYS, Hanger’s Journal Boxes, Mill Gearing, Gudgeons, Turbine Water Wbeel, Gin Gearing, Cheap! Jndson’s Governers, Diston’s Circular Saw, and Gumera and Files. Belting and Babbitt Metal and Brass Fitting, Globe and Check Vi and Whistles, Gauges, eta, and Iron Brass Castings and repairs from 7 alves i Geo* R. Bombard & Co:, FOREST CITY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, * ■ i ■■ NEAR TM« WATER TOWE*, 170 EBEWICK STREET, ACGiiMTA. HF.ORCilA. Augusta Hotel, r 0 __ A Corner of Broad and’ Wa’shingtoii Streets AUGUSTA, GUOSGIA. Grand Op4Mln§ Of the Full Campaign No Successful Opposition to my Run! O; -j_rf Ready- I am just from the Northern marffeta, where I have spent fully selecting and purchasing one of the fullest and most ot General Merchandise ever brought into this Slate. Tguan one and all ahd defy competition in prices, styles and qtaality State, Call for ybnfselves and examine my splendid stock' Clothing. Gents arid boys "rigged out" ib the latest Parisian styles hA ho; quality of suit from the “every day go-about” to the handsomest “weddln) outfit” and at prlti^s tosuit all. My superb stock of Boots and Shoes for Gents, Youths, Ladles"and Childre cant be beat an/wnere. Ib fact I have a full and complete assortment of so; and everything you went to buy in the way of Dry Goods, Uata, Cape, Hosier] Yankee Notidns, Showcase Goods and everything else besides. A choice line of Groceries, Canned Goods and Liquors. Can set you upi housekeeping from the nicest bed-room and parlor sets o furniture to the frying-pan in the kitchen. V •” .y- r~ You will also find a choice kit of Mules and Horses in my Sals Stablee bought in person in the Western markets at bottom figures for cash and wll be sold to your advantage. When you have purchased a horse or mule I ca then supply you wifh as good a set of Harness or saddle as you desire and 01 the easiest terms. . • ’ : m~Juet call in and look and we guarantee to give you satisfaction. aug22—tf SIMON BROWN. BLACKVILLE, 8. C OTTO F. WRITERS. t > Wholesale Grocer, —AND DEALER IN— Segarsv Liquors and Tobacco AGENT TOR THE CELEBRATED Monarch Whisky. Also, I. T. & JtO. Frost ft Go.’s Self-Raising Flour,- and Thorn Brothen celebrated Butter Crackers. ’ r,t ft sep26 ly Nos. 108. HO. 112 asd 181 East Buy, Charleston, 8. C. THOMPSON & HIEIDEl, CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS, MA.NTJB’.A.CTIJKERS ok Doors, Saab, Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Newels, Mantle? Balusters, Verandas, etc. DIALERS IN Dressed and Undicssed Lumber, Paint, Oil, Putty, Window Glass Builders Hardware, etc., etc. PL A NINO MILL ANu LUMBER YARD, HALE STREET, NEA1 CENTRAL RAILROAD YARD. declS-l y OFFICE AND WARE ROOMS, 43 JACKSON STREET, ■A.UQUHTA.. OKOHOIA.. LEROY MOLAIR —^—AT THE Old Stand of M!rs* Hull, KEEPS CONSTANTLY ON HAND A CHOICE STOCK OF DRV GOODS BOOTS, SHOES, HATS. ETC IN THE BAR YOU WILL FIND n v i BEEM FRESH LAGER On Dranght or in bottles, Ale. .Porter. Ac. ALSO THE FINEST AND PUREST BRANDS OF KENTUCKY WHISKEYS. ■:o:- Country Produce Hw been Thoroughly Innovated, HemodelW and Newly Furnished Office of the Hotel will be open during-tbc night, and guests, irill be received,' or called at any hour. PER DAY. oovl 6m' RATES OF BOARD, $2.00 W M! MOORE Ri-op’r- Edwin bates, CHARLES K. BATES] GEOROE C. SBLMAN, JAkES P. OIBBS. THOS. R. McOAlTAN, V EDWIN BATES & CO. -JOBBERS OF DRY GOODS an» CLOTHING, Nos-122 and 124 Meeting St, Charleston, S. C. r-fen TAKEN AT THE HIGHEST MARKET PRICES. <r ». % the mn attached is now open’ for the abcommodation of guests and will be a comfortable resting place for weary trav » ' - ♦ * * * raftchl-tf elers. E. JI##ERSON,. Johnston. f M. MIXSON, TYiBfetbn, S. 0. Fire Insurance Agency AT OTWOSTOH. S. «. We will take only flrtt-clase risks, and onlFa^ter a dareful personal sur vey and valuation of the premises or property to b« Ihsured, thus avoiding th poeeibllity of litigation in th«'event of loelC Captain E'. !$. Jefferson, reeidin) at Johnston’*, 8. O., will attend to all the Agency buelnVflV ta Edgefleld, New berry, Lanrefna add Lexington counties. Robert M. Mixaon, of Wllllzton, wil give personal attention to Aiken, Orangeburg, Barnwell amd adioinlbg coiiutlee We expect to make this our permanent bueineiee, and will wrick poHd loir rotas as can be procured in any first-class Companies. poMdes at ai jap30—1/ JEFFERSON A .'■•Bi ,a.«- MIXSON, iLinroif, «. WILL C. J. H. PARKEE & CO. * Factors and Commission' Merchants.- COTTON AND NAVAL 8T0R£& Accommodation Wharf and Vender Range, Ckarbflkon, &Mth Carolina^ Liberal Advances made on Consignmaata, janfMj