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t)na inch, one insertion .* '• < $1 00 *• ‘J ench sul»«equeni ineertioh'.^bO cenw (^ikrteriy. semi-nnnunl or yearly contrncia tnavleon liUei >l terms. ” . Coni root aiivetlisiiij; is f>ayht'’.e !!0ilay» nf- f ter first insertion unless-ntherWiiesiifmUieti. No coni (moment ion will he pirhlished un less accompanied by the nam£jUi<i address of The Writer, not necessarily for publication,, but a« a guaranty of good fiiitb. Address, THH PliOPLlt, .. * ’ ' . Barnwell C. H.>5. C. Men Youths and Boys i.i -GO TO- r- COQKE’S HAlxIig raf r o — -FOR YOUR LARGEST STOCK TO SELECT FROM TI1EPIACE TO BUY YOU —13 — 346 BROAD STREET, Augusta, . Ga. |>ublic for ovef twenty yeara, and ia the best preparation ever In vented for KKSTOKING GRAY HAIR TO ITS YOUTHFUL COI.OIt Anti life. t- ST A AM) AT •upplles the nntu ral foo«rantl color to the hair glands^ without etainrhs the akl^. It will tnvreuae and tilirken the -Krtf^th of the hair, pre vent its kianrhijiif and fulllni; off, and fhue AVERT BALDNESS. ...The -Stata AleayeiJ and r-^kCkaiist I- V Wncso Ae W. Blancliard, S Augusta, Oa , November G-3m FOR J. C. Ll DtCrW Hi CO. ■Wagons, It cures Itehlni;, Erup tions and DandfwffV X*- a IIAIK DRESSING It Is very desirable, ffivins the hair a silken softness which all admire. It keeps tho head clean, sweet and healthy. of Mass. and leading Physi cians endorse and reccffi- mend it rs a great I triumph in medi cine. liowery Wagon Factory eilizens of Augdskv; J fWd to the publie, gen erally, the New Howe B, simple and light running, just out. The new Improved Weed, Homeless snd elegiftTty ftnished. The light running New Hume, with large space uitJer arm; svlt-adjusting • ucimHc, simple and dur^b'a, '1 ho very-latest improve,! Victor, with 1 sclf-«hrfia<Jing Shuttle, aiu! self-setting - Needm.—<——-- Alsu, the “5tewnrr’ Family, superior to any of the styles in the market. Each .one BACKWARD,. PIN BACKWARD. 'imy slt rLs in Baikward. p'n bavkwa: d, their night, < Make me ntnali agatn. jmt for to ; nlg1it. Hweepiok the y payemw«toa3T*^fepsiJ tl^ lV puUllCdktotu amt r ami ^ the hdi liu' the dirt from out uf tb« street. liOOK^d tit by every oho that 1 meet; Mothac, dear mother, I k bow that I a n a friirht, • , ' • -—\ Pin bank my skirt*, mother, pin ’em back Light. Mother, dear 'mother, the days are so warm, A»4 I'nv UrM of the dri s »s-44f I •(' t u"nr?‘y afitEi'Toii , ‘l Piu it hick,nuithef. v>l0 itt> Now I’m i-wndy, dtm’t I look sweet! Snil tng on »lt 1'happen to nietit. I’m in the fash oik so th it Is all light, i Pm hack tuy eklrls, mother, pm 'em back itfcht. i /. • ' is guaranteed bythe maker to be perfeH i* every re-peot;" Pay AH the above mentioned Machine.? arc of The very 1 test improvements- IToKblns h’lidonall of them without rnnnihg the machine. JSolJat low figuree und all guar- «B{esd. * JaJS. B A HXO The managing partner of'the firm, having BttCVUKGHAMS D y E WH1SKERB will change the beard to a BKOWN Bci«n; in or 15LACK at discretion. dr'ITWiBimmif it irmfry fpuwr, and -prodoccs a permanent color that w ill not wash off. — •lug n si a, €* a i-i<i:i*Aked BY R. P. HALL & CO., NASHUA, N.H. Soli tr til Dealers In Medicine. <■>< 2 ly - bsd4uoro/tfinn ten years experience in the business, is thoroughly acquainted with the leading machines of the dajj, an i wilt keep in stock only such as he knows to be first class. However, a machine of any msktt may be purchased through us by special order. - 8@U s pccial attention given to the repairing of nil kinds ef machines. Work done promptly, o,nd at Lowi Rates. AH work gmirhateed. Needles,-fbl and Attaehments, for all kinds o( Sewing Machines for sale, at the lowesf rales for tirsL-.-lsas y laiU Corrcspot;dence solicited. 100 Assorted ?izcs Two-Korsc Wa">hs In n Axles find Thimble Skeins. 200 Assorted Sizes One-Horse Wagons, Plain and Patent Wheels. 100 Sets Assorted Wagon Harness. At prices 10 per cent, lower than can le bonght»« the city, J. H. LOWERY, sepl-.dm —v romer rampbc'.l and Ellis Streets. FOR SALE. lilaekville &till Ahead. Just received, New and Choice. The larirrst and most complete line of Mtn f s, Woman’s gnd Childrens’ S55MITS AND SHOES Fre-h TURNIP SEED of tins year’s growth for.sale in any quantity desired. I would respectfully call the attention of BUILDERS AND FARMERS EVER PLACED BEFORE THE PEOPLE IN BARNWELL CO. , My ent're Stock is new, and with m y lonir experience in the business. I am thoroii- srhly is»Hle<l, and h i ve selecteri ntj stook .t*> tmtt tire tda: nest ami the most fast id ouh. Ladies and Ueiitdvmoit will H id it to their interest to call mid examine the largest and newest mdeution eyeromuieti Ip this seetton. Alt new (foods, no old stock, at un- ie*ard ol pihvs 1 handle tioihing else but BOOTS and SHOES. M v plat form Is low dpterratnatl m, 1 am positive that niy stock wnnumr Inspt'c- ilon, and that I can suit those who want a tine or every day 1 o it or rhoe, I also mske to sohii- Boots an i Shoes. My store is on the front street, opposite the depot, between Brown-aiul Farrell’s. All I want is a edl, siti-fafction «uar.iiit<s>d. Always on baml Oak and 11 cm luck Sole Leather, and a full stock of Shoe Fiudirirs. pfp4-3m SIGN OF GILT BOOT. STOt? SY lie Aiiffii "W r asliiii"top. Streets eioieiA, Corner of* Broad and Conveniently Located To Business. Willi telegraph Offiff in. the Building, and SowIeTn Express Company Office Next Door to Hotel Buying. eUMM«R RATES QF BOARD,' PER DAY', $1.50- * Single Meals, 50 cents. • [ Single Lodgings, 50 cents. julyTGm v W M MOORK Rrop’r- SAW tv - ORDER YOUR MILLS, GRIST MILLS, CANE MILLS, GIN ENGINES. COTTON SCREWS, SHAFTING PULLEYS, Hanger’s Journal Boxes, Mill Gctuiop, Gudgeons, Turbine Water Wheel, OLo Gearing, Cheap! Jn.tsonirGovemers. Dtston’s Circular Saw, and Gnmerw and Files, Belting and Babbitt Metal and Brass Fitting, Globe and Check Valves «ud Whistles, Gauges. etc., and Iron Brass Castings and repairs from Greo- R. Lombard & Co., , FOREST CITY FOUNDRY AND MACHINE WORKS, K Z A H Til R WATER TOWER, 170 FENWICK ETRF.KT, " T / . — J \ IimiWTA. CK01I«1A. FA) WIN DATES, CHARLES K. BATES, GEORGE C. SELMAX, JAMES P. GIBBS. Til OS. R. McGAHAN, I I Y R L) W A. R E , Having earned the reputation of keeping the best stock of goods in that line, I mean to maintain the same.. ? ' ,1 You will find my stock cow complete, having received another large stock of the slime.Formers conh.mplaing mak- Call and see our goods, whether you puF- t ‘ chase or not. Address. L Atrents wanict. AUGUSTA, GA., novC.tf INSURANCi The Bt. Paul Fire -^AND— Marine Insurance Company CAPITAL $1,704,881 THE SAFEST COMPANY IN TH UNITED STATES Will underwrite on all kinds of property, real and personal, in Barnwell county, in» chiding gins, gin-houses, miRs and machin throughout the county t» my .lock of. -i ^y. cotton ginned and unfitted at the low. est current rates. IT. M. THOMPSON, Local Agent, Williston*. S. C. N. B. Policies issued in beat English Fire Companies if preferred, confined to dwell* Molhor, dear mothuf. I know It’.a sin rn \r»*|y t ‘ ressf-^ rti'XTi5tuy» r T.ff frrrF'n {tiuBS But what 1s>h r»<» r gtrl gidng to do? It ad Ul« wiirM woura them, a..e musLwaav ^ • ’em tod, • s '^ ' It is only those that are thin that nre afraid -Tp bhow offaform Hut is not well naad.». You may laugh, but you know that I’m rig it, Pin baik my akirU. J tnuUier, pU -’otn baok HgUL CoUrtcalea (5<- iworn ('andidatea. Anarthdeof n m ntempomry, pub- Hebed n few days -befrrre—tbu rcrerr elect^in,In Ohio, Is tie follows; Tho twdcetitrnlflgures in t he Ohio cu.vase, Gen.Tom Ewing and Mn Ghailts Fua ter, met at, Nvwark t .Qui_', the otlfFt 1 day, not i-n-nppiisftloit wojay, but f :oe to'face mid hut d to band,-like otlici dvUttpd beings. The meet lug was ti chance one. Each stopped fur dinner ia the wailLg room nfierwan!. They smot^e 1 ntid chatted tfigether' for uu hour, inentioned t ho current, canvass quite as ndnqtter of comae, and went off together on the train to Olambur XliCiyda Qatliiiig nxtriiiitiliiiary iu-this, i>f course. Rivals urn unnecessarily foes,itxui g^utlemep will be gentAeuien ttiwnye; Lut the Newai k crowd wttlu itnpatieutly for a flstlcufl bettrem tl I'nB’Rdalc/ ^rsrrcerei'y' im.TCr The election of Cornell to the g iber- naiorlnl chair of New Y"rk Isa Hepub Heen suicide. I’ ip not a tiiumph of test ut the considerate judgment of patriotic people. On the cent!ary, it iff the victory of; ban !«£: ptunuererir from LoLh.poiUte!il caitiff, a mil t. Is a reproach to Republicanism) that tiliko- !>Mb »nd Repubiicuh eti|ircmacy in the Empirp Slate. In tlm othenvlaa star- lihis midnight that envelopes thd murirwl Bnutnn'dL') UfTftff NUrtfl, 1 - HU! succi»s of Cornell must Quant in the face (d every honest Republican the base ue.ea to which a gl and party enn bo pio<4Uutsd, and it will bo tho one hope 10 gjye pfj-Jii’Me - of .the great pivotulBiate of the U.dou hrdi g Irnhe . IK-a^erat 1c cehtmn in THHO.—-^hennA rtieTnoatinlBCbltf. Cornell been defeated and tno accept *»ble—tbbetrtt - Sr uf e - eandtrHtrtr ■ ■■Jeuted, tire RleotoruU vote of New YotiPVVduH have been reiiaenably as sured to tiie Republic,in Rreftidentlal candidute fivxi year; but with llin ncly positive Republican tilurnpli stained by ttre o.nbruci's (d Tinmminy Jobbers, Whsn the com is waving Anni\ < Tyt Jg nutVilhout fear; WnTTa tmsky voice I’ll whisper - tiwocl wui'Us In your ear. •s-XK^jtTa trilobltc ? • - The almffcy ohetse. D« Klecqdi.g cars t nor AT ~r Y’ercr hear glaee-trWate ? Who ever saw brick dust? -What does tobacco smoke? At ftbat does an oyster bay? J’Rrts unknown : 6a a bald hea l. Does a ''burning shumo” thake a big fire? - . _ . Back yards; Tho trains dies’ dresses. A tnck p< into ht ayenward when, it of the U- ■/ -r tho Di«HCiuey of the Nation will turn hopofuily to the com roiling Ooiumon. weBiftidf the Union as their reliMi'.ce f-r victory. There- nre victoriee ut, imes whieli are vasify more dlSASt roifs ‘than defeat, and the R -publieuit vic tory of lV>rnT-B t~t tnttrof them.—Thiia- dtilpkia'i imes (Ind). XV Itnl the County l*;ipcra Do. An exchange cejnbats with consld a ?- ublo vigor the argument that'the city pope is are cheaper aud better that) the country paprrn because tin y give more coluinUu and more reading umt* ter for the moffey. Do theclty papt*r»T it Kbits, vvejggive you any home newt? Ni’Ver,—j»Vffbcy way u;i> tiling In ic ing houses, storci aud contcuta. June27-tF ing improvements in their dweliings for tlio approaching winter, will do well to call as I INTEND TO SELL LOW DOWN, and to convince you, BRING THE CASH. I have also a varied stock of General Merchandise, Which will be sold low. Also SCHOOL BOOKS, those at'i- thorized to he used by the State Roarsl of Education. 4 G. E. 93.2m STEADMAN, Blackvil’e, S. C. Be.u'estite -AND- COLLEi;Tl.\f. AGEMlY 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 BlHckviliev^-Aiso— - > 2,000 acrealand in onebsdy on th* Ediato. oOO 80 IOC 134 Too 190 .XI near BlackviHe. 0. ’ Graham*. E. STKAHMAN, BlackviHe, 8, C. CRas C. Leslie. EDWIN BATES & CO. -JOBBERS OF- DRY GOODSCLOTHING. ‘ Nos 122 and 124 Meeting St., Charleston, S. C. ROBERTSOIST» TA.YLOR & CO.. SuccetBors to GEO. W. WILLIAMS & CO. tSTTOl FJCTOES, WIDLIMLE ElOClll ' \ '' :"■ i r- ’ '' : - ' 1 -AND- 7 ( COMMISSION MBRCHAKTS, 1 AND 3 HAYNK HXRKICX. CjilAR1-.1CHXON, 8. CONSIGNMENTS OF COTTON SOLICITED.-®* c. 90 3m Wholesale and Retail Dealer in Fish, vl 'ame. Terrapins, Oysters, kc. Stalls Nos. 1 & 2 Fish ’ '*r Charleston^ So. Market, Ca’ Having made large additions to my hueinee*. I am prepared to furnish Fhn, Game, Ac. at short notice. , All orders promptly attended to. Tertiiscishor cH.y acceptance. oc1C-3m AND A LARGE COLLECTION CE F XI AM Kg at moderlU price*. .. 174/ T 1 an*- it EL- M H > o & i* » O* 7 S’ , . o - g* C3 » 2Sr-5 ? ^ ^<1 r R l H -1 to W- O ol » S3 Ci. (RJ rs p o S y i w X 99 =3 Pe « c. » * E ca W 9 3 w P 2 « £ .* ►o 5.* !> ® /, c -e » S i* ob o cr ~ * • ^ 5- w of wards, und were u-rrlbiy dlsappoiu!- ed that nothing of tha kind gc* uhv+L- Th* Ignotant Newarkerf, who tfilmt that opposing candidates everywhere are ready at any minute to fail upon each other with the edge of thirswurd, should have visited N uttr Carolina dm lag the gubernatorial campaign of 1876. The candidates, Qov. Vance uml Judge Settio, not only went from point to point on the Ratue trains, but in the mountain distiiets they traveled to gether fr< queutly in the s-una vehicle. Meeting upon the stump, they lather ed each other in good style, and when the speaking was over imbibed out of the suruo bottle and pioceeded bn their way together. When th<y met in debate in Charlotte, Governor Vance’s home, that gentleman’s filends called with a pbee'ou, drawn by horses with plumbs in their heads to curry him to the speaking ground. He stopped at the ' hotel "for bis competitor—"my honorable competitor,” they called each other in debate-—and the two were drawn together to the grove; nor did they fall out on the way, nor fight narfotl ouTdfTho pliiefon. Aintdsisiu I ha Houth, "the solid South,’’.where a Republican Is not uly oelraeiaed, bot where a Demo crat aeyer looks at him except to draw a bead on him. 7~ gar JO) your county ? Nothing. D- they ou.itaiu notices of yeur sehoolx < bbteht-e, t«eetb>gs, 1 mpr>tv»-mtoUtiitd iMA ^ Sunday rvliglqu l«. gap'l.aa.Iar as U. goes, but suppose a man uies oa a wi-ek day ? A man who smokes anything but five-cent cigars at the .present time, U looked upon as a suspicious character; a iTSs-paMtlng strange that amld^aH. the ffilstakeo-oHbe world,nobody»vei pa-sed a quarter for a t.venty-cont piece. * , . ^ They do^’4peB ! ll lb(»in- .‘‘«-'Mt” young men now ; the dUtrcsstully |uilltething is to s«y, ’They are the down of eeeletyJ’ . 7 It was an Ohio mm who discover'd that no tiewspgpcT proprietor ever died from* swsUowing a twenty dollar gold piece. “Prof. Tlc^,” eajs sn exchange, ‘’preiilc’a ttmrMhe tUatte-»t by far !♦ yet to eome." TbWt ie what our preach er sajs,.too. . . . Mr. Hpnrgmn will not come to'this country after all. Yet if ho <Md come. hf wesuppese be would ho couii get.- ' " ' come “alter ail'* wl.P-h y ivir |niprr publtsheH withuui pay? Not an iie.n. D) they calculated word attefitpiu to vour t to county ah 'Tits drag utmi- croua thriving towriK, nn I aid in their progress and erdei j)i ise.T’ T N'it a word. And yeithejo at e men who take sqcli coutrasted iiews of this nutter that Tkc I*ancuHter Tru^cdy. There was the most heart rending tragedy enacted in Lancaster county k few days ngo that bus ever staith-d a cunununity. A man named James Adams, living about slXdtaUe^Tqjiitb of the Court-house, with hU-wife and tlvu . c ?^2 >1 tf o 3 05 c 5‘ S3* zo I sinnU children, the eldest being thir- j teen years old, and the youngest'thir- GEO. 3. HACKEK & SON, f teen months. On ! last Mr. Adams went off to visit bis father, leaving at homa his wife ami cbihlsrn. About 1 o’clopk on Sunday morufug, Mr*. Adams appeared ut the unless they are getting as many equate Inches of reading matter in tlreir own paju r as they du iu a city paper, they iliink (!u;y aremot getting the worth of their tnooay. It reminds us of a poison who took the largest pair of ooois in the bos, simidy because they cost the satno.aa Lhff pair much awail- er that fltt< d liim. A Clkveii Trick.—A negro waa haR- ed by at un-down wbHe man with a bad kink in his left eye, and asked if ho intended to visit the fair. ’’Yt o, sab—Izb gwfne up dar at least f0* times,’’ was the reply. “Boy, are you up to anuff?” whim pered me stranger. “Well, sah, I know* a trick or two,” “Good—I thought you did. Now then, I want ten Cbm* to get a drink, aud I’ll tell you how you can make your way through any of the gates without the least trouble.” “WoulduT I bocoiched?” -trot ad? one VV hen his wife rrtka hlm for a dollar - of two for current d'-rnacds, ho emPeff—— >.>1: -1 becks no (ditfm:^.’ 1 “A tpil rhat PrA“lW. ,, femarksd U10 r—when im odnnht W tiomu TTl Warrant you to without a word, aud 1 cents for telling you any' go through only want ten how. I wouldn’t give It away to body but a sharp keen man tike you.” “Well, I’ll take dut iu,’' said the ne gro an he handed over a dime. “Now, den, how kin I pits* do gates?” The white man put tits month close to the other’s ear and replied; “Pay ’em il f ty cents I” It would havo been a pretty even Saturday evening fight, but an officer carntFIIbug and “ ‘ ‘ squelched it lu the blossom. bythe cmdtirttcti, while he made lh« .rkler pay iris fare. A good name Is nlh»T to be vheaeq than great tP hea, as the book keeper remat ked when he adopted bis cm* plby'ei’s autograph. -• Boy with a donkey : “ Go for a ride, sir ? Jones : “ Nice ttarger I’d look on a donkey S’*- B >y: “ Yes, sir; cut out for a donkey, I should say, sir.” A.Philadelphia barber refused to color Ecb In^ rs H’h tuu^tuche, on the plealtuttir never tbould be said of, him Tiitt ho dyed an Infidel.” W« I el tv« that if an angel should call Into the saictum of the nvernga sdssojR fie'd. that be would dip its wings ar d pass them off as his own. The son or a coffee and spice dealer was ask* d at school where coffee came from, and the rep y wn*, “ Father said I musn’t te 1, oui ball lick mo if I do.” First lad (pplto'ullv); “Your moth er’s got i rd hair.” Becond lad (argu mentatively); “ Well, my mother’* hair Is her own, and your mother buys hers.” You might hr wall back a mule np agatnei a b< ehive and tell him not to kick, as to t 11 a woman about a wed ding und uot set her under Jaw in *• -V-'k MASl’TACTVREGB OF DOOES, SASH, BUNDS, and Building Mateiial Of every deseriptiqn. Home People and Souihera Enterprise. Prices as low as-any Establishment South, and all work first class^ CJLurleaton, H. C. aplIT-ly H- M. LANIER. —WITH— 8.P.BAYLEY&C0. ntroRTans ef CROCIkFRY, * GLASSWARE, LAMPS, rf-c. 27 IIABTOVER ST, aug21-3m BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. PLASTERING AND BiaCKLAUNGL J. O. C. Callalian OFFERS HIS SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE of Barnwell and surroundlng^oantry in the above busin ae. With a large experience in the above business, I am satisfied that my work will prove satisfactory. Linre, Laths, &c„ fttrnished if desired. Estimates furnished on application. Work done at lowest possible rates. “ Address : J. O. C. CALLAHAN, eeplS 3m Barnwell C. H , 8 C. US. S’.F'STOESS, ■.1. Druggist 1 Apothecary, BLACKIILLE, - y, - S. C., on Wffil CHEMICALS. EKY, TOILET BBIC-A-BUiC, PATENT MEDICINES and Druggists sundries, all of which he offers on the most reasonable termafor cash or country produce. Profeealonal c-Hls ia town or country promptly attended to. > oct2-iy house of a Mr. Crenshaw’s, about two hundred yards from her own house, compfctcly nuked, calling upon Cren shaw to come to her. but not to come with a light, ao she was naked. Cren shaw . four,^ that, her clothing had ail been burnt off her back, and that she was evidently at the point of death. Tho Woman begged him lo take an axe and chop off her head, Crenshaw aud I,is wife wrapped her in a she*; and carried her back homo, where she died iu a aboil time. Site was esked where her children were, and shb re plied they were In Heaven. After her death it was discovered that all five of the children had be*‘u murdered lu the house, aud were all placed in a bed, two at the bead, and throe at tho foot, covered over with a sheet. Their throats had been cut with syme sharp instrument, and they were lying stark in flesh and weltst ing iu gore, present ing a spsctacle that was calculated to move the hardest heart. An inquest was held on Sunday and the conclu sion was that the poor woman had been seiz'd with insanity and bad murdered her own eftspring, and that, to destroy and punish herself, she had set ht^self on fire, which caused her own wretched death. They were a!l burled„lu one grave, a scone that will be renlenubered by the witnesses to thslr toot breath. —' —• ReyTnor afth.ii Eourtken Yeatw.— Our fellow-townsman, Mr. Moses Benclnt, lu I860 was captured by some of Kirk’s bushwhacUeiB, and Rube W. Green, who bad deserted the Confed erate army, was the guard. While acting iu the capacity, Mr. Beuuiui one day asked him for a vhew of tobacco, which was answered by a gross insult and a jag of the bayonet. Mr. B. told him be would, see him again. The two nevor merBtnf-e until last Thursday, when they collided at Statesville, and Mr. B. retnln<lc(J[Green of the incident, iu such huigungelie to call for a muscular rejoinder at the hands of Green, who went for him with a chair. Mr. Ih-ncloi,. however, radied and “went for him” with a will, aud gave him such a. thrashing that he considers the debt paid, wKb Interest.—Sadfcburg News. —*- BcTcau have been tflBca-Btngtbw mat ter and have at 1 ived at various opin ions as to the cause and effect of the seige. Home of them believe that the oconUat-km Y^nttff to-thr^bad more A Ctlass C.unt;» WTck. According to a German trade pfcper a new keroeeno und splilt lamp has beou Invented, In which the wick la made entirely of gh|B8. Several advantages are claimed for It. The flame dings closely to the wick, so that lighted lamps may be carried about without fear of their being ex tinguished by sudden draughts; no sparks are liberated from It. AVitfr an equal amount of this wick turned up, ‘ ‘ t is a much brighter and clearer light obtained tLma,v\here 'cotton ones are used. *■- . The smoke Is greatly reduced, and at least ten per cent, of oil Is saved. There is scurely any waste of the wick Itself, and the troublesome trimu 1 Ing and cutting to which lamp burners at e accustomed arealtogether needless, for so portfod of it fs carbonized. Ua*d in spirit lamps it greatly increases the heat of the Same, and, finally, It is claimed that It can be produced and sold atra cheaper rate.-Ex. A Skvkri Winter Ahead.—The heads of the Weather Bureau have been Such a general and prolonged siege of hot weather In October has not been known since 1847. The scientists of tho Smithsonian and the weather prophet* ^of tho “Old Probabilities” motion. Smythlrios, whose wife frequontlr slags, “ Oh. for a thousand tongues,” can’t imagine what she wants wltn tKrm. us he can h^ar her now all over Jfhlrtjl-ftcie farm. A young laly’e bat blew off Satur- fDy morning and woe run'over by a broad-wheeled cart. The ribbons were somewhat soiled, but the Let is now the very latest fall shape. In seeking to litvent a troche to take away the odor cf mlon*. a Quebec druggist h.vent* d something which re moved his breath altogeimr. 'J bo man who gets abend of an pnlon La* got to peel his coat. Wbe* n woman carefully slides out. of bed in the dead of, night, and by tl<o 1 >a\e light.of the moon goes through ter husbands pcckets, why does she always take the small chance and leave the bills? Answer; Because she doesn’t* - Wilch a man enters church during the singing of a hymn, and sits down i> benr the sermon, only to eeo the contribution box passed and find that the services are just over, his feelings uSI'' are only equaled by the man who I asleep in ids pew, tind'ln a dreamy stars calls to the minister to“cet’eui up again.’* ** How much shall you charge f. r % or lees effect on the rK thents. All acre© pretty nearly, however, in-the belief that tne coming winter will be a severe oho. Not that It wiH be particularly cold, but more boisterous .And' disagreeable than usual. Optioe-Skkk irs.—T It ere is nothlrg mors demoralizing to the country than the Vast horde of office-seekers which, like so many pcrasltiee, are preying upon the political vitals of the country. cal Jut* at this juncturs in our politic hlstcry. lt really sooms es If, since Radicalism is in abeyance, that It would be best for all loyal cltl»*as to solidly unite ia acampaign against any man whodesjree to run for an (<<11' e. Let gentlemen thoroughly understand that office U to seek a competent offietd, aa4 not the official to seek the office. and be la a coward In lire’s great battle who ia obliged to seek an office to make his daily bread.—Clarendon Press. t balogna sausage ttmt sball reach from one of my ears te the other sekol a eeldlcr in Berlin of - a deafer. “ Fifty kreutz. rs,” wag the repiv’ " I take the offer,’-’replied the ftoldler; “one of- my ears wsffTUt off in a battle a thou sand miles from here.” There was a compromise. . A gentleman traveWag on a train of - cars recently said to the conductor, “Hupposo the brakes should give wny, where would we go to?” The condiwh tor remaikM jlbat U was Imposstbte for them to give way. But tbegmtle- man again asked the same queeth n, when tho conductor replioli “ It nil de pends on what your past life has been.” The drought whlch.bas pr< v died to such an . alarming extent in Yirglni* •during the past rhree months, is caus ing great anxiety and. uneasiness. Wells and streams are drying up, and in some adjacent.counties peoph* are compelled to travel mtics In vehicle* hi search of water for family use. I a several of the churches prayeia wtie offered for the much needed ralu. The Radicals are making prepara tions to import enough North Carolina negroes to Florida to overcome the Democratic majority iu that State at tho next election. , '- .u ■. Many a disordered liver by a nicely-lronod shirt. The Memphis App**! declares that In two year* that city has lost eight miUK-TiK of dollar3 and six theuttumi of her people, la coyered I gutters, bad drainage and I ted garbuge were the cause of B. 4 Tp' - . - - -