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T T t tt>r *m*~m*- —- 1 Butinran l»t>rt Mid e>>aa«f1«r. tt*M ie b* rah^khtd ihoitrt Ni vtHifd « ■ MhMU tnd Ih«a. j ct o'Meh ebarly iitdict<^l by nrcwiry nute wh^n required. •8. Arllclti for pubMoti’on thou Id b riiWn in • c «“*r, lr|in>n hind, md on • 'nly,i ue ttide of the p«K •. 4 A 1 rh»nfre* in rdrert i in ‘'Ht. iuu*> teicn u ® ,F i J»». ^ 4> ICbv I m i'jxg im run corn. ■ j, Blttlnf l>y th* Window, Looking far iway • • Owr fioldi* and inoudowa Sweet with new-mown hay, And o'er 'be etreemiet sparkling Id the sunny morn, Saw I litlle flgurea r Playing in the corn I Brown and flaxen tie-see Floating freely back; Litt c hale discarded Near the well-worn track, While the shapely fo eheads Clover wreaths adom— Chubby, childish figure* Playing in the co.nl An encllkntfd forest v 1 Is to them, I weon, With Its golden iree-uree Hid In shining grwen; W-th Its tiny people On its leaflet born ■» Brtgbt-cyed, bonny figures ‘ Playing In the corn. Sadly bad I risen, ■y cold care oppressed. Worn with weary watching. Filled with rigne unreel, Bui coeu pie ley v.nlehed ■ B»*ry thutighl for om. Watching lhahs wee flgnM Haying m th* aaeal mm* * ^ tariff, iaa.U Me4dM UMr«i C/« r»st ads I days n* *r In*. ta< • SiitlpaUtst. VOC. V, NO. 8. BARNWELL C. H., S. C„ THURSDAY. OCTOBER 27, 1881. w .* . ■ * $2 & Year. Che saino plmomonon wan witnessed; the next, it wo* the name. I Was pleased, yet annoyed. Miss Silkstoue gare me innuy a private lecture in her own apart ments. Mademoiselle, us-we wero taught to call our French governess, was de lighted ; the girls all langhsd; and, to make assurance doubly sure, I hart been informed that one of the maids had been asked by a geutnman the name of the new girl, whom lie declared to be a * regu lar stunner.' . ° “ Now it was clear to mo and all the rest of ns that this inquiry could have come from no other than from the gentle- mtm whouo optica Inul boon eo re<rnlarljr »f» s//.PNM»A/f ms rbihL** mt i—' bMBoUMWfsar What n deitml« way of 1 CM mmim I «*• noitn k-ww, bwt, ftH bke, | wee gUd Id Uuak tMmt -Jm* at (Ms Um I had Id • law day* ; nl Ike name bf® moment recommenced his amorous strain. I grew quite frightened. ‘VOh I do let us go,* I whispered. " * No, no;' said Mademoiiol’^ ; ‘ try once more.’ . “Agiun fell the leaves, again we list- , U . ...f eued, again tlie accordion ceased. There was a pause, then a cough, then another 'cough, as if tire serenader was impatient, and expected to be addressed. We strained our eyes, and justsaw the dim yutline of .a figure. 1 . , ~ “ ‘ t'ome ! Tionii of that \ re ! r wils his exciamaiion. ** I could scarce believe my ©ftrs. t 3fy v rHirte<V4«wer—imialging iu t.tmTi vulffsT- md commonplace hmgunge 1 I scarce knew whether to laugh or cry. How- und, os it seemed, irresistibly exercised on myseli I’rcsently another symptom . of hts admiration was manifested. Every did neither, but said, os calmly^ evening at a ceitain hour, under the walls of our garden, were heard the dulcet sounds of an acotrdidb ; all said it was my church admirer thus renewing on weekdays the homage that he had offered me at church no Sundays. I thought what every <e>e «ud must be true, and listened with peculiar pleasure to ‘Annie Lsuhe,' i*nd * My Beautiful Star,' and JeaufietTe and .f muot,* and * I Dreamt tnat I Dw.Jt in Marblellall*,' aad other popular airs, *1] of which I had heard, it ia true, ptayed Iwfhrr. tart uwvar, ao H to me, with . THK TA tlLK jritOTK A BHO ID. BriU'tfrutt on-dho continent always means only bread and coffee. To the tailoring people it means a liowl of broth and a bit of bread,' or of bread alone. The American, however, will find him self served with butter and eggs, or meat, unless he has previously ordered “a plain breakfast,” when he will reepive the usual bread and coffee. The noted table d’hote is perhaps the least suscept ible 6f change. It is Usually served at 6 o’clock—an hour when the day’s work is over, and when the meal can bo taken at leisure. It is the social meal of the alay, oiitTall tka guuata of the hotel are* as my excited feelings would allow me : 1 'Thatdid you say!’ < " ' Why; none o’ that ’ere, to be sure I Pitch iug lots o’ dirt on to a poor fellow. What do you mean )* _ “There waa aome terrible mistake. My friend came to my rescue. Sum moning up her dignity and pccrit-t over the wall, abe said, aevenly ; " ' Young mau. who are you f' * Me, martu ? Why, Joe, thctmtelt- «'• boy, lo be aww !* “ ‘Oh, mdaedr Mil MaiViin i Ms 'And what do net IktsT “ ‘TMaM.’ban plied, ‘I habiT gal no place at borne to pTr*ic- la; m> I nmmwMty nigULbirv, ‘rause tl« waits keep the wuwi off; apd a»w it’s tip^. for MaftnbaaC* < •41 wh»Laif. of my hm- 1 a^yonly add that I Mkdatr 1 an will* twmal pang wboa, a ab*e i Uasa -*•■ f ■ I f wn I tiM tbaeyaa thel sl*a>d *i mm *i j tWw | ba«< a*4 kwwa qm** m> h«*t •A OiiSaK I Hi •#. V* f |% r * M , Maw hw I.3iwa ti leia^ m *•. aa4 wasw daww Uu> cws.mm*. ~ Hmm 0u* fee 4a Ml k» eba ew t^**ahe4 Iba %k «h*w. A* • —I • rt*v* • Mb th* myHle P—M A bxwe I •huk* ui ^ ami M ew* Web •S» 9 M k4» «b* feewei iam «*■ as as /Tmt anna eml a ba*nd *4 b»# h as and ami hat w*a * Mm at brr <4 yonug aarxcrptswalde qamU. Hha frw|uenfiy advrrtiaiid in the n«n*«, ami always had a vaenue; for ana or two. Bat yun know as well aa I that there never wa* a school for a lim ited number that had not a vacancy for a genteel and wcli-omuccted pupil. I waa that, and more. Why. thou, was 1 sent to Miss Htlkslonc’n aalnbrioes abode? Well, the truth ia, Dr. Holus, our family phys ciait, hinted that a little change of air aud ao occasional bath iu the sea wonld not be amiss. * The sys tem requires bracing, ma'am,’ said he to mamma. ' We are getting,' added the dear, fat old mau, as ho contemplated my growing figure, ‘ a little pale and thui; our roses are not quite so red as they might be.’ Girl as I was, I had read Lord Byron’s ‘ Corsair,’ and his line* in ‘ Childe Harold,’ bidding the deep and dark-hluo ocean roll on, and had by heart Barry ■ ComtvaH’s songs; mitt I loved, as girls of 17 do love, pa»- sionately, Tbe m»1 the we! the open m*1 The ever fnob, tb* ever free! and made no objection to the amnge- ment which for awhile transplanted me from the paternal roof. It was not re luctantly, then, that I journeyed to the scene of my future residence. I was not bad-looking, and I knew' that I had a love of a bonnet which would set all the girls wild. I had not lived at Clophum lor nothing, you may he sure. “ Arrived at school, I did *» the rest On Sunday we went to church. Now the church service is mther long ; aud, bow- ever piva and proper uue mnvhadia- piwed to ho, one onnnot ha always look ing at the minister or at turn's prayer* In on* ct my BBsanonfel paopa at I louaid tha oyan at a lonma. It wm all IbnmM of t wM are th- r W>> *1 »i»ifv * a* fee sv > pt Li« 1 oiss I luktrMkrM, ami laid In Mfer Uft aur't an-1 lie twa Sthsl •«*** ail (be feme ami tay* ami purt*me *4 ba» Uewrt. I Iteh-w-d afelu a« WW* f »t Ikst ihrtltaj my whnL* hewtr TW«v* Ur | uuity- • s«, Uagn^ittsg f r mtr ; ttrosaoug I'twl || I was siuuiar «*u Km lost. Tr-VJ rtmU ‘ • Mtrrvly Is* sii v d ttb*. luat I w. # the luau* Lsurm lor wtamt bn w.mhl lay ; him down aud Jm 1 I waa his ' Bnsattf J lonw of Um wind, although. Star, up in heaven ao high,” no leva cer •* ha vs bnau lainly. What waa I to do t Dal not kba humoanes warn vary dm tractive, sack touching low dca*rva some grace- tha ona at Marshftald having out down ful recognition ? Was h* to. milisa the mournful fate of which lie sung? Waa I, sovoung, to be a cruel murderer, .om! all through life to liavo my heart tiowed down with a sense of tlie fearful shock of it\ck a crime ? Tet would it not be imprudent to uddreas a gentle man to whom I had never lieen intro duced ? I was in a frightful etate of agitation ; I could feel my cheeks get ting red, and my heart jumped right up- to the top of my throat. What should Ido? “' Why, speak to him, of course,’ said Mademoiselle, who was getting very cold; ‘ or he will be laid up with influenza for a month ’ “' 0b, dear,’ said I, ‘ I wish he would not come playing here.’ “ ‘Oh, uonsense 1' said she. ' Speak to him; it will be capital fun.’ “'No, no; anything but that,' ex claimed I, in an agony of fear. “' Well, if you won’t speak,’ said site, ‘ send him a token.’ “ 'A token I’ Ah, that was a capital idea 1 There could be no harm in that. He was just Itenealh me. I gathered ^a few ’naves and let them fall. ” “Hush r said Mademoiselle. •'The accordion went on aa usual. The leaves evidently had produced no •-fbcL “'Try again,'mid aba. “I did ao. Weh-teoed—noacknowl- The aeeordkm want am vig- everyUna^along a path forty-six miles long and l.HOU lest wide, killing 250 poo- pi*. Mi. bmilh has lonued Um cun- elusion that, notwithaUmiuig these ex amples, thirty pounds per square foot is sufficient wind pressure to allow fur in a working specification. As reasons for ' this conclusion, Mr. Smith axpreesea doubts aa to whether a direct waul or gale ever exceeds this pressure. Whirl winds may exceed it, bui the width of the pathway of maximum effort in these ia usually very narrow. Mr. Smith has only found one example, already quoted, wherein the path of pressures over thirty pounds per square foot exceeded sixty feet wide. This press ore ia in itself very unusual, and, referring more p rticularly to railway bridges, it is stated that a loaded passenger train will leave the rails at this pressure of wind, and oonse- and they called put the engines and got quently not much could be gained by making the bridge strong enough to re sist a storm which would blow a train off it.—Scimti/lo American. There are 111,887 illiterate person» in Maryland. Of this numl>er 90,17V are colored. The State has 2,020 ele mentary - schools, and 390 schools fot f colored children; these schools are oou ducted by 2,602 white teachers and 88V colored once. The average salary pmd is 181.80, and tbs average numbervd months during which the te*cber« are employed is 11^ Td 81 Lewis puy of expected to meet at tko table. It re quires never less than an hour—oftenor two; and unless your company is enter taining it is a long and dreary piece.-*. lYrhapa-you have been told \hat there will lie hal or fifteen courses; and, if uninitiated, you have your mind made up that for once you will have your usual “ aqnare bmuL" But when the waiter, with necktie and shirt-front of unmaoutate whiteneaa, brings you a small piece of bread, and a dUh uf slightly-colored srater called soup, yow proceed with qwtsl iweignatioa, in the In hnf that you wifi have Um dinner pros imUy. Tour cariosity is <«Jj the im ti ff uiiyrrTytTrt&r •ft. '* ■ Flaii'ii f/vrt'itini. ’ Robin, In Hi* olierr) new Slag • little (vng t<> ii>*; . Tel) me, Retllireaft, »litre vou go ■W jien tbugrooud le wli t* with enowT Wl.rn tlie flusere lie Imned deep. When tlie timoke are all ulcep.T _V, - Robin ItedlntMl, tell me tfiie, . - When 'Ue winter, wtiere ere you t To some fell-lend do yon fl/. Where the flowrresiever ^le? Where the brook-ltt* (tently flow, -Where the eoftert breexti blow! In • dliUut tunny clime, W here 'lie elwtye emuiner-tlme, . He you tirg your eweeteet >our— Bing Slid ting the whole day long ?*• j t . . TeH me, Robin Redbreeet, dear, How you know when rpring l.-hereT Mow Jon know Tlie time hae ooma For your airy voyage horn* To the deaf old cl-trry tree, Tu the be by and to ujeT Btng and tail me, Rolan, ting. How vou know when it la agrtag, -—4m«-1—--a— Po the falrVe at lb* flnwai* Whi. h have bloomed In eummer hours la Ibetr tnug homae underground Haneyeuckle-tnilB|-eta eounIt* ** Do they nag th* Uiy-hgK Making me.le owort, eh** HIM Ail the gritty Mid* that eing ■retag w eanaing merry >prtagt — rearfA'tCWe be felt -•r • kuui And Will tuU lbs abrati ttarttiSt I-! 4 , “ Isn’t it bxy Imd, Will, that our now cook, who makes such nice cake and pi®, is not honest, and tn.tmma has got to dis charge te r ? ” said his sinter Jennie, the next morning. “ Yes, it is a pity. What has aba taken?* ' • t “Notvery much; but,as mamma says, .it shows that her principles arc not good. Hhe.orsome fairy (for there was note per son bnt her in thoioom from the time you went there until mamma went in and dia- ctrtered it) took a qnartor out of Aunt Mary 4 # room. Yon put the change on her bureau? 1 ' —— — “Yea, on a little blue mat” “ That was where I saw it,” said Mrs. Farnliam. . *V^' * • • “ Then it was luoky for your parse. Aunt _Mary,” raid Will, with a laugh, *' that I liorrowed a quarter of you, or you would be 50 cents poorer instead of 25.” “ What do you mean ? I lent you no quarter 1 ” waa the »urpri*ed reply. “ Vo ; but I borrowed it” “Did you lay but one quarter on the baivau T” a*k<-d bia Bother. “Yee, ma’am. I burrowed th® other.” “Oh rexetaimed Mrs Farnham. with b aigk of re*k f. “ Then tha rook Is not I have unjustly ■* No oomassigsttea will bo yabiskbad aaWm sea >mgeui*4 by th® asm® aad ad- dmeof the writer, act sewamitiy far ^nhietti but as a gaxraaty of good ▲idlest TJK PEOPLE, - Barawsfi 0. H . 8 0. - v f A var is known by tbs keeps out of. Wmuf he same home tipey ha told his wife be had been out aherrynadinf. To macx a sucoesafuli run for afka a ian must imitate • down occasionally. “ I wish I wss a pudding, Why?” “ ’Causa I would hava a lot of sugar put into me.” ‘ It is only after long refleeHon that I go to an entertaniment with any yoang man,” said tbs maiden to hsr mirror. Whar a woman leaves a man who has not earned his salt for years, ha immedi ately advertises that he will pay no debU of her contracting. A cert air gentleman must have been very proud of hie wife srbam ha 4sa* enbed her ae “ beautiful, dutiful, youth ful, and an armfuL” Eu Pknaixs says Texas is tha largest dtste in the Union. Now tha Btate wilt have to be asrvqysd all over again to ascertain if that is an— Texat .Vt/Woge. “Tam is a sad noastrd civilisation,” a ’"“a.*— t roddsITV aw* ’ Wnat I '« « wes fees ! j “aC.F^srmM4 -Ob. fe*tp >• maa » has I'm! r*f *i m eA>* ii* eas. Pee V wm* a geety few luoa TV* y4*W| at •wda'fe «■*, aad la 8m*. H* rwwo urns ad * et eft bws • WMh '•Wl H i i| an pe They ft d lh*e bvn e® ft he »*v 1 a Kwiaefti He e® thtiw was *i-4Sl fcely cate <* '* *•* D«d», end ma thev wrr«- all •hd fte-1 ti.eu him, fcowling Um mutrn wee»**u. lit ug ftarfai. ao that K4ka m the vkwuIj who bMod It wm® '«mml and ha>l oil »*e .U. The rate rsHitinuod to tear around and yell sc •bat it cuuMu’t b > i-ml-iAl. Mr. MoU- key and otlicragot up and vent upon Um ruufit with didst. And at first the •dgbt of tlie fit ry cat frightened th< m. and one lady who *aw it roreiuiu-d ami full through a aky light and nearly killed a man sleeping bem-ut it, and mads him think Mother Sbipton was right Finally, Mr. Monkey and hia friend* made a desperate charge on the fiery cat, and the poor cat took a flying leap to thu street He hit on a policeman, Having his life, but nearly soaring the officer out of hm, as he thought he was titmek by lightning. The cat jaoqted to the ground, and an astronomer came along and took him for an aerolite and tried to pick him np. To his amazement Jhe aerolite ran. Then ho was scared, too. F inally, tho cat got into a haymow and somebody thought the barn waa afire, seven streams turned on him. He fought well, but they fixed him. And then investigations showed no fire, but only a dead cat And they told the stableman, he was a cross-eyed fool to mistake a cat’s eyes for a fire, and so they left him. And all the West End is talking of the B<T*terioas cfct, and only yoang Monkey .understands Uu mystery.—Bottom Pott America has for years been sending ougro nnoatrele tu England. A reitlia- -i fMMia about to be madeby 8«fe Hogue’e ^ : oompany, of L v. qsjol, who will male* tour of this country next winter. — an*—te<4 t» fmi f ** ft | ted fwyw efewnft^ hftE UTd few fes* eUpt-wteJ IT “F*hawl Hum*4msff ft awep ft up I few* y w swa nr* •» y m f ▲ twsunuk kb* fe «a fewt fee tee I *> ■ T«Ui ?tefere WWW m hftft fewy a, II*■» ttw*fa p4 mnusy,” ** ll fen kwta 1 fen«% fe*|ft | la. KbnaamHhnft luwwl I * • , Hwl hwly wars lee* • II UM. feuymctl “A J.4W I o*l.d ( feollM. IA “TW..1 mine; IPs gave me s duller th e m* tu |wy 50 orfcU that Jt uniooti, Um 81m wiU nut I evening ; ami in the up to gr.iiulma's and gut a qnartcr *h<- uw«* me for some eggs I sold her—mv UtUe Iwntam's eggs I Aunt Mary will not mind, if I do tiorrow aquartc* from her for a little while.” • Wo the troasury of marvels parsed into Will Farubam’s poeeeasion, and the three happy boys made immediate ar rangements for reading it aload, tarn and turn aliouL At every street comer they paused to look at “ just one more picture,” and it wss with a violent effort that Will tore himself sway to “run up to grandma’s. ” “ But yon boys may look at it whilo I am gone, if you’U bring it to me before tapper,” he remarked graciously as he left them. Unfortunately he got to hia grand- Mother’s just a little while after she had left home for a two days’ visit to one of her sons; so the" little bantam's eggs could not be paid for then. “Oh, well, it can’t be helped now,” Will said, to himself. “Grandma is certain to ^ive me the quarter in a day • ?* saga F* m it wm. fea to a O A. II—“I wmimA r I or two, and I'll tell Aunt Mary about it as soon as she comes In.” ' ■ . " When ha got home hia mother told him to put his a&nt's change on her lAiroeu, anil then run to the grocer’s end get some sugar far tea. After supper he betook himself to his n«w book, aad aooo was s thousand years sad a thous and autos away. H« dimly beard some ooa ask him about Aaat Mary's moevv, father had to epask to him three tunas twAme fef nmlmod M waa bad (m* • Of enwras h® hw a “Father, Ism very sorry I did ft. I U?It ®u *ur* at bring aids to pay U at cues I But I can uuden tend now why you say tburs is aurb a little stop ba- kweeu borrowing without leave and stealing. OI mamma, did you accuse th® cook?” “ No, I only suspected her. I waited to bo very sure.” “ There it is, WiH I You eame very near being the innocent cause of gruel injustice to cook, and of great trouble to your mother. It ia easy to commit an apparently trifling fault, but difficult, nay, impossible, to foieaee what calami ties may result irom it ‘Abstain from all appearance of evil, 1 is a good motto for boys aa well as men.”—/Vance® E. Wadleiqh, in Christian Begitter. a nsH-PitoPAQATisa company ot Coli- tomia is experimenting with a frog farm. New Brunswick furnished the material to start with, 130 frogs being sent from thcru packed in fresh moss in a box plen tifully supplied with perforations for the admission of air. Tho moss was fre quently moistened on tlie way. On the arrival of the box at its destination only 110 frogs were found, and of these ten were death It is supposed that the 1»K. aad at tha at ttft.tM autos at about #19,1X10,000.0001 Tbs tmemel globs at that date to as follows: b**«. ••••*•>•••*•*•■ tmartm. >u tr» U aaaaaaaaa eighteen that were missing had been eat en during tbs journey by their compan ion® id ConflnenMWt. ‘ The total poputaUuu of Asstna-Hun- gary by tb® tots oaoso® is 87,741,418, or 1,000.000 larger than that at and 2,000,000 larger then that ti Great Bhtaan. Tha mntaaa® to Ham •*•••••••••*•• ®®9 The estimate, if brought down to tha present time, would undoubtedly give the full round number ol 140,000 mike, ^ or ten tune® the (urcmaferaoce of tha globe. Oou Hkrrt T. Tims, who died a4 T tusville, Fla., a tow days ago, had ft remarkably-adventurooa career. He waa born in New Jersey, and in hia youth went to Florida, when ha joined the Loptez expedition. In a hand-to-hand encounter at Cardenas ha deft the skull of a Colonal of lanben at a single blow. Ha eaaayed another landing to Gotot but was unsuccessful. He was to th* thick of the quarrel in Kaheaa in IM^ and once had a scuffle with Oasawatomia Brown. H® served in th® Oontodorato army, joined the Walker expedition to Nicaragua, tod a wi£d Ills to Arisona and Ootorada, and to hia old i lou uded the Sncn 1871 the i York —104, er FT per t