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1.* la writing to tbU cfle* on batiiwa* alwnf* girt Jonr name and Paat eflea _ 2. Baalam Utten and oomaianioc Uoaa to kopabllahed ahonld he written on separate eh* eta. and the object o'each clearly iadieated by neoeMary note when required. 1. Aitielee for pnbHoation ahould b rftten in a e'ear, legible band, and da nly ene side of the p*(?. 4. AM ebangee in adTertitments mnat reach at ea Friday. THROUGH THR CLOVER. The air w»| glad with a eweet perfume In the etllly, twilight shadow; And the nodding clover w^s all abloom. And the bine grass swayed like a waving ploma. In the heartof the fragrant meadow. '■ And my soul was glad with a wordless song, That it whispered over and over; And the light grew dimhnd the shadows long, And my heart leaped high with Its passion strong, As my eager feet strayed the blooms among To meet my own true lover. Angthe moments sped, and the start looked dows From the deep bine sky above me; And the earth was bright with ne'er a frown, For my fancy wove for my life a crown. With * brave, true heart to love me. . And my lover came through the stilly night— Came down through the dew-wet clover; And my heart stood still with s strange affright, And the world grew warm and glad and bright. For he kiaeed me there iw the dim starlight. My nanghty, nanghty lotef. Perhaps twaa wrong, bat I coaid not pass Throngh the nodding, dew-wet clover; And the path ran narrow among the grass, And I waa only a foolish lam, And he a persistent lover. Perhaps twaa wrong, but I could not move, As be whispered o'er and over; A tale that was sweet with the tones of loeo. In a voter that was sweet as acooiug does; And Btjr face grew hot, but I could not move PT» the arms of my saury lover. Perhape Iwes And the blue grass aaddsA over; And the stare peeped eat with a gilt 11 eras* And ha At # No onmmUQicalioa will be publish*! udIcm nocxnpaalod by the nunc cod Ad dress of the writer, not pa Met illy for publioAti >n bit as a guaranty of good faith. TOL. V, NO. BARNWELL C. H„ S C„ THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 1882. tji rcorut, Birnwsll C. 1 Whether he issued private orders to them outside, or whether it was a threat ening glance from those commanding bright-gray eyes whenever an incipient rebellion arose against the teacher, cer tain it was that the troublesome urchin* behaved much better than before the advent of the " big scholar.” now, as she thought over the paafe :ih« Igno- at the end of a month perhaps we could not ascertain it more easily than by glancing at this portion of a letter writ ten by her to her bosom friend in. the city: “ You have not forgotten my ignora mus, of yrhom 1 wrote you, Kittie? Well we still have the honor of his at tendance at the school, and I will frankly admit that I ahould hardly know, now, how to keep the same school without him. HoW or why he does it I do not pretend to know, bnt he seems to have those old-time ' iatractables ’ under such a spell that I do not believe one of them would dare disobey me. if he felt so in clined. “ One other fact is unquestionable to my miud. Were be only blessed with the cultivation and gentlemanly, social polish which Mr. Arthur Hog bee P»- Larry Farnsw<rth would be mv eau ideal < of a man. Often, aa he rite paring hopelessly over the mnltiph- aatiaa-tsble, in his homes pun salt, east, 1 catch myself with its broad, i ■uv open ing when the splendid-looki ramus had walked beside her down the long lane leading from the school-house, and the low-spoken “ good-nighi” of each, as slje turned to cross the narrow field in the direction of her lodgings. She remembered, with-a thrill of won- As for Miss Olafle’s opinion of our hero dering pleasure, how his awkwardness had tiUnqst entirely vanished in the un conscious devotion which lie paid her. No, she reflected, with a deep sigh, as she turned to go, U would rieveTdtf for■ j t them to meet again. She must go back to the city and forget Forget the low ly y6iith who had power to stir the very depths of her soul as no other mortal man had ever done I Yet her heart bitterly rebelled against the fate which made such renunciation necessary. Glancing through the open door, she saw a stranger coming up the path—a tall and handsome man, well-dressed and elegant There waa a something strangely familiar to her in his looks, and yet—it could not be 1 Ah. but it could 1 for the next mo- mam bar hands wees clasped in those of the tall stranger, and her unbelieving eyes were gaxing up into the handsome, saury face of Larry Famaworth. / “ 1 came to bid nay little teacher good- by,** he aaid, looking down upon her miachi/’vonaly, a sly smile qutvchng uutler the alight dark tn Qatar ha. •• Larry !" It was all she could say, for, unable to hear a certain new eiprrauoo in the <>f lh<ae*T*T eyes, and the THE CHINESE BAMBOO. ^ A bamboo, lie it said, can he put to more uses than any other thing of the vegetable kind in the world, l^hat would our opposite neighbors in the Ce lestial empire do without it ? It is em ployed for every conceivable, beside some inconceivable purposes, on land handed him. and water, and even in the air: for kites generally be are made of it, and so qro the queer lit tle whistles bound to the tame pigeons to frightenjjrows from the grain fields. used in the whole cane7 in Two mu engaged in a petty swindling trick have victimzied numerous business booses in Ohioagolately by goingintotlw stores and purchasing a small article, valned probably at 75 cents. The sales man in attendance would make out a cash CHEAT SMOKERRS. The Hollanders are more given to unoking than any Northern people— " dreaming with the eyes open.” The boatman of the Treachkrit, the aquatic diligence of Holland, measure distance PLEASANTRIES. Too much cprn whisky makes voice husky. Thkbr should few roughs check for 75 cents, and afflftbill wouldtsa by smoke; from one place to another, with a change, not to can be strips, in segments or in threads, and amiss. The talios arc suitable for water ffipes, and so it an swers for aqueducts; it ia so strong that foot bridges are constructed of it, and light enough for rafts; so available that The package would handed back to him $10 MB and $9.20 in The customer would seem tike it, and would walk —' “* " e fumble in-his pockets and ask the cashier to please give him a $10 billfor the change. He would not find the 75 cents necesMiy to complete the $10 in change, however, ao he would call to hia friend to loan him the sum, laying cot so many miles, but so many pi] Entering the house, your host offers a cigar, often insisting on filling your cigar case on leaving. Borne go to sleep with pipe in their month, relight it on be very among the Polish people. Mom isn't exactly tight, but it is perhaps s little exhilarated.- . What kind erf robbery is not danger, ous ? A safe robbery, of course. It is safe for women, it is said, to use s whole house can be built of it- the ' so much small change was s nuisance. frame, the thatch, the lattices, the par titiona—and it furnishes material for the tables and chairs and aome of the utensils and decorative articles ; it ia sc hard that knivns are made from thin slices, and so delicate that it may be carved into daintiest of boxes, and even thimbles and necklaces; so elastic that baskets are woven of it, so fibrous that «i may be twisted into rupee and oord- age. It supplies lining for the cheats of tea, straude for fishing -Beta, stripe far fens end canes stiff enough fur oars and spawn and palanquin poles. It ia ooa of the fowr things wilhuat which China would be China no lung— ; nee for food, tea for drink. aiU for wmt and The cashier would hand out the' $10 desired, the man would take it, and then in a modest, hesitating way ask, “ Or would you just aa aoou give mo the $20 bill for this $20 in change ? " pushing the bill and change toward the oaehier. The latUg would probably think the man was s “c^pnk ” but would, through courtesy, indulge him by handing out the 100.* Is the confusion t would not see that he had hr iaed out of hk own $10 juet for the exchange of the small A rmos has I of ai for the ' lira Council tivus of the of being able i fas all tea. It to ing before getting out of bed. Diderot says : “ A Dutchman is living alembic." The cigar ia not the companion of indo lence, bnt the stimulant and aid to labor. Smoke ia called their second breath, and the cigar the sixth finger of the hand. A Frenchman tells the story of a rich gentleman of Rotterdam, Van Klaee, aurnamed Father Greatpipe, being old, fat, fad a great smoker, Aa a merchant in India he had amaaaod a fortune. On his return ha built a palace near Rotter dam, in which he arranged, as in a mu seum, all the modeja of pipes from lit countries and of every tma. This was open to ate angers to whom, after his dis play of smoking erudition, hs give s catalogue of the museum, bound in vel vet, with pockets of cigars and tobacco, Myntwvr Van Klara smoked 180 grammes of tobacco per day, and died at M; from IS yean of age be Mokcd 4,333 kite- black line of tobacco of twenty Imgnm to length. | d-.l 7 (alt hie em foe tea teutary, a —alter ef have jockjaw. Yot’xo men ahould be careful about dropping remarks. They am/ he picked up by a bigger man. A fisherman's occupation ought to be the most profitable because hia entire gross receipts are net profile. Wa hear s great deal about " Men of the hour,” and “ Men of the day," but what about “ Men of the night l ” “ Empty to tbs cradle, baby's gone, dmith baa it,” waa the way an nnobaerv- ing New Haven I 'How i r your thtte boy talks r Mrs. Smith. “Yes,' Mrs. Brown, " ha ham’t bam m Tai aye: M Oaem WOda to aaU la I 1" That to probably tea n TpheT^ ptpai " My good m mr own , I am H» km wtU, of tea af bto te. Aa a bj all Uhor- hslJ of anas, and the data erf rey da ■th. 1W IMwof tbw dfotnrt aha shad hdtoamy body te tire grave ehrtl aaai tivft, each man, every yaw an the anal' reraery <ti mj death, a large penal erf tel laaaa Ta all than who eh tit be preae at at the erf trawl Mteey who i will, that Ik 1 Msnm the i ia a msm Mjbady•»-»»* Cm i * orf his inno- her Dors called her school after approached her i visitor with a very evident sir of embarraeament. " Do—do you intend to remain in the school, torf" ~y f For the life of her she didn't know how she ought to address him.. .. - ‘‘ Yea’m.” answered the new-romeq with s meekness which, contrasted with his fine, powerful physique, made her strongly inclined to laugh in his face. " I calkTate to come afternoons. Can’t pome muen mornln’a, bein’as I hev to help Unde Jake with the crops.” -** Oh I” said Dora, gently suppressing s smile, "your name, please7" “Larry Farnsworth. Squire Jake Farnsworth, over yonder,” jrith an awk ward nod of his handsome head in the direction of the squirm's .mansion, “where I’m s stayin’, is my uncle.” “ Yes,” said Miss Glade, with polite interest “ And now please tell me what you wish to study, Mr. Farns worth.” “8’pose ys call me Larry, Miss,” said this great, fine-looking fellow, with the and l«uw and snowy throat as she ibared certain thrilling from s pair of bright gray eyes ? And why did this worshiper of Intellect mur mur to beraulf with s kind of fierce de light f 1 He lovea me I I know RI I know it I bashfulness of s child: “ I ain’t much flhi P of one who could not, at least, keep used to bein’ mistered, an’ anyhow I reckon I’m one of yer scholars, jist like the rest” “ Certainly,” said Dora, somewhat re lieved, and determined to put a bold face upon the matter at once. “ Aud now, Larry," with s rosy blush, in spite of herself, “ let us proceed to select your But the verdant young gentleman soon disclosed the feci that what he did know of books might be comprised within s very small space, indeed, while a modest hat of what he didn’t know would form • record as voluminous as the Whittaker During the summer days that fol lowed, her thoughts often turned u> Kit- tie’s letter and the tempting possibili ties it suggested. But she quickly put them from her. It was exquisitely sweet, this city girl who was well used to refined and cultivated society could not deny to herself, to note the electric influence of her power in the dark flush rising to a manly cheek, the quick thrill of his powerful frame at her lightes, touch, and the passionate light sho sometimes caught in the finest eyes she had ever seen. And perhaps her own heart responded to every sign. But it could go no further. _ Dora’s mind was one of those which ever unconsciously reach out toward all the richest treasures in the world of art and learning, and she knew that it could never be satisfied with the oompanion- " But i Dors py team, to I thrilling | to s future, bright i lovely bouse where Dora Glads loved her ignoramus. played pace with her in all the finest charms of intellectual life. She resolved never to make such a dangerous experiment, even for “love’s sweet sake.” And we think that she was right. It wastha last evening of her stay. Her pupils had ail received their little tokens of remembrance, had said good- by to their pretty, girlish teacher, and were now gone to their several homes, leaving her alone to gather op bar few effects and indulge in s parting reverie upon tbs events of the pest three months. Larry F A BN EES ING SCENE. Probably one of the tricks that was ever played on Mary Anderson. Tt will be bered that, in the play of “ Ingomar,” Parthenia and the barbarian have sev eral love scenes, where they lop on each other and hug aome—that is, not too much hugging,but just hugging enough. Ingomar wears a huge fur garment, made of lion’s akin, or something. One day he noticed that the moths were get ting into it, and he told his servant to see about the moths and drive them out The servant got some insect pow der and blew the hair of the garment full of it, and scrubbed the inside of it the beta broke, up that sapling At tost thebold sad the old darky want like s sky-rocket. He (or over aa boar before eided to give up the tee home. Aa the heart vanished in the distance John yelled after him : “ Fa a member ob de church, but ef you tinka you can skeer me, you’a big fooL" LEARN TO RR BRIBE. Long visits, long etoriea, long exhor tations and long prayers seldom profit those who have to do with them. Life is short. Time ia short Moments are precious. Learn to condense, abridge and intensify. We can endure many an aohe and Ul if it is soon over, while even pleasures grow insipid, and pain intoler able, if they are protracted beyond the with benzine. Ingomar put it on just, ^ts of reason SMd convenience. Learn before he went on the stage, and thought- it didn't smell just right, but he had no time to inquire into it He had not got fairly into his position before Parthenia came oat on a hop, skip and jump, and threw herself all over him. She got one lung full of insect powder and the other full of benzine, and as she said, “ Wilt always love me, Ingoqiar ?” she dropped her head over his shoulder and said in an aside “For the love of heaven, what have you been drinking?” and then she sneezed a couple of times. In gomar held her up the best he could, considering that his nose was full of insect powder, and he answered, “I wilt,” and then he said to her quietly, “ Dam-fino what it is that smells sot” They went on with the play between saeeses, and when the curtain went down she told Ingomar to go out and •timksk hvvn**M MnA Ka AiA It —am nsv. to be brief. L6p off branches ; stick to the main fact in your case. If you pray, ask for what-you would receive and get through; if you speak, tell your message and then hold your tongue; boil down two words into one, and three into two Learn to be brief.—Ithaca Express. Judah P. Bxsjamin, (Jueen'ACounsel, is said to be the wealthiest practitioner table, a few musty law books and an army of ink bottles. His clerk’s room adjoining, though plain, is furnished with princely splendor in comparison with the den ai the great barrister. Hs gives sway great sums in charty, while hia personal expenses are almost noth in*. Knurr, the great cannon manufact urer ai Eurooe. a few weeks aeo had in the reli ef Ike of of the world show that m EaciaaT of ruuaiag ia 52 4 par eeal of ia Germany, 54 per 8K« per erwl: ia 55-4 per erbt; ia Italy, <1.5 per cent, and ia the Uaitrd Htetea, <0 per .cant The gruae ivocipta per aula in England average $17,600 per an num ; in France, $18,COO; in the United Bfotoe, $7,200. IThe density of popula tion and the short lines in Europe make the diffe at ear ofla Mdepaaitad lathe vault, emt mptm it the eebea of hfoplpa." The will wae< The m ei Thai to a DOGS AS SENTRIES. A curious experiment is being tried in several corps of the Russian army. This consists in the introducing of dogs in stead of men aseeutrie*. For this duty the wolf dog of the Ural mountains is found most suitable, as this dog will growl at the presence of an intruder instead of barking outright, and thus inciting all the dogs in camp to do likewise. , parent, idltiy Bayabd Taylor’s venerable Joseph and Rebecca Taylor, liVo quff-tiy and comfortably at Kennett Bquare. They have now lived together as man and wife for sixty-seven years. _ A short time since Joseph passed his 85th birth day, and xaore recently Rebecca reached her 82d anniversary, which a number of friends recognised by sending her a handsome birthday cake. JJxw Yobk laugh society laughs a over an ambitious ‘ young good man in England. His law office is s shabby.. ..worth any number of millions who has back room, furnished with two chain, s proposed to and been refused by nb less than three socially-conapicuoas young ladies within as many months. He declare# if some one does not accept him before the dose of the year that he will go to Europe end marry a Princess. CHORAL IS tVITCDES Rev. E. P. Tenney, the gea witty Presidaut of Colorado College, was at one time tbs beloved pastor of the Congregational Church in s sea- oosst town in Msaeachneetta. To eke out his salary, his people gave him s donation party, among the presents be ing a fine new drees-coat for the pastor, and s tarty bon net, for his better halt the following Sunday, aa they walked .sislc-ih #»eir new habiliments, inadvertently struck out with the voluntary, much to the diagnst of the sensitive clergyman and his wife, Who are these in bright array 7” At the s^mc church, not long ago, the funeral ol a prominent and spectod citizen of the town, by the name of Knight, occurred, oh which occasion, by a singular contretemps, the choir sang as their first selection the 1 usually fitting hymn, “There will be no night there.” The effect, as soprano, alto and tenor successively took up the refrain, was well calculated to excite the risibles of- these who had gathered in in any but s humoroos spirit.—Harper's Maaazine. it's u)4 Strangs I How enough I I had two etas drowned to it." Mms Ha ms Borax, of LeOcasa, vest to Europe to pursue studies, sad while abroad a wonderful change of aaaaa comes back as Signorina Tarriaa bill*. She mute have had he mashed by an earthquake or and in rescuing it from the debris frag- _ meats of other cognomens stack to it.— Eorrisismm tieraUL BBS stood upon th* twftoh sU wslehsA M svaHw Asd In b«r )*r*e ukI i ■trongc •moertn. teoU, Bbs .topped .ad SIM • wster pen.' • do«ms N, btM'd got tbs rbsusMtii sod awd teases \ A Northkrnrr traveling in the South saw s harnessed team in the field and SMR l RANT BUSIN RMS. They sat together ia the lamp-light ud read the advertising eotamns of If^Mr, whem hs ‘Look! < the negro hired man sifting on the grass and gaxing steadfastly toward the top of stree. “What are you looking at7” the stranger asked. “ Does you b’long 'bout hysr 7" was the negro's response. The traveler assured him that be did not. “ Watt, dak, boss,” said the colored la borer, “I waaa’t’sactly lookin' rt noth’a' up dat tree; I tree just tryia’ to hurry up A girl, aged 15 years, was sitting in hey house, near Memphis, the other day, when s tramp approaching insisted, in spite Of her remonstrance, upon en tering. “You better not,”she said, “or you will get what you do not want," Bhe laid down her knitting and took bar six-shooter from her work-basket, The tramp entered—so did the bell just be low his shoulder. A neighbor, rushing in end seeing her quietly knitting with the pistol reposing in the work-basket, •eked if aha shot him. “Yah”aha an ewered, v snd if he kept on Mating, I would be shooting until girl is pronounced by s “tobs worth bet a fore." bnt wbrtbsr this m a her estate, «r af bsnelf aa a euata* tiMme ti nai