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VOL. V. NO, 21.
BARNWELL 0. H., 8 C., THURSDAY. JANUARY 26, 1882.
THE TEARS TASS OH.
** When I’m a womin, jrou’U *•« what I’ll dot
I’U ba great and good, and noble and true;
I’ll vlalt the ilck and relieve the poor—
No one aliaU ever be turned from my door j
But I’m only a little girl nowvf’
And eo the yean pain on.
“ When I’m older I’ll have more time
To think of heaven and thtnge roblime;
My time la now full of etudiee and play
But I really mean to begin some day;
I am only a little girl now.’’
And so the years pass on.
“ When I'm a woman,” a gay maiden said,
“ I’U try to do right, and not be afraid;
I’ll be a Christian, and give np the Joys
. Of the world -Uh ail-its darting toys;
But I’m only a young girl now.”
And so the years pass on.
'* Ah me I” sighed a woman gny with yean,
Her heart full of cares and doubts and fears,
“ I’ve kept putting off the time to be good.
Instead of beginning to do asj
But I’m an old ’
And so the years pass on.
Now is the ttaaTto begin te do right;
To-day, whether ekiee be dark or bright;
Make others happy by good deeds of love,
■ Booking to Jesus for help from above;
And tber. you'B he happy now.
And ee (he yeers peas w.
r/lU BLUE SATIX BOOTS.
There wna a church fair and /catlrtl
oo hand at Wajneavilla, and all the
young ladle* wars in a aUte of feptinina
Ptatty brown-eyed Jenny Oanon had
> of the fancy tattlea. She had also a
* for tho oeeaaion. The ar*t,
folds of dark blue nilk
and Jenny
Jenny laughed, and, happening just
then to catch a glance from Drl tlhoator,
who stood near, blushed with pleasure,
while the gentle heart in her bosom
throbbed tumultuously.
Jenny had a very busy day of it.
There was much buying and selling, and
Jenny’s table was very popular. But,
as the new church was large and not yet
finished, it was .not very warm. The
girls at the table were chilly all day,
and by the time evening came Jenny’s
feet were so numb MMl Mid that she
could hardly stand ^
A hot supper, however, had been pre
pared at the hotel just across the street.
Dr. Chester waited on Jenny at thw
table. -Glad enough was she to get
something warm and be near a fire.
But Dr. Oh as tar, though wind 'and
polite, was not what he had been. He
seemed strangely cold and distant, and
Jenny felt aa if bar bright day was
spoiled. Bat girls know how to hide
these things, and Jenny was the gayest
of the gay. She had to return to her
■tall again immediately after supper;
and oh 1 how sharply the cold struck
her as she stepped out into the night
Dr. Chester left her at the door of a
nail room designed for a vestry, but
now need by the ladies as a dressing
Jenny ran in to put off her
wraps, but while doing this, heard her
spoken in the
PAnfEULT
/ • ei ’ ^
fully
DYIXG
Our own observation fully accords
with the opinion expressed by s physi
cian, that m all ordinary oases there is
little physical pain in dying. A previ
ous correspondent had said that, “as a
physical fact in ninety-nine case out of
100, the act of death is suffering and
agony which only those familiar with it
can understand.” To which the physi
cian replies:
“ I beg leave as a physician to object
very decidedly to this statement.
1 began my novitiate on the battle fields of
the Sonth, I have been a freqnent ob
server of the passing out of my fellow-
beings, in the army and navy, in large
hospitals, ftivjl and military, and in pri
vate life, and hence cannot help feeling
that what I have seen most be a fair
sample of the methods of dying peculiar
to ofur race. -
“ The result of these sad observation*,
covering eighteen years, is that the vast
majority of persons do nok find death
* suffering and agony.'- Many suffer
more from the various illnesses from
which they recover than moat do in the
article of death. A vsky large propor
tion become unconscious and hence paas
away without distress to themselves.
while, aa. regards those who retain a
good measure of intelligence till hie m
extinct, I have been greatly rarpriaed,
considering my early
to discern in them almost general indif-
I have always sappoasd that, in
THE LITTLE MAN IN TOE YELLOW
COAT.
t ■ .
Two hundred yean ago, almost at the
very moment when his soldiers were en
tering Strasbourg, the Eoi SolM started
out from Fontainebleau to take posses
sion in person of his new conquest.
The day before—that is to say, on the
29th-of September, 1681—Louis XIV.
had announced to his court, in the pres
ence of the German Ambassador, that
he had made np his mind to go to Stras
bourg^ in order to receive the oath of jjOO that in its present ccmditioa is fit to
fealty which the treaty of Nimegne gave
him the right to exact from the city. It
was a coup de theatre and no mistake.
But how happened it that the King was
so well informed as to the actual condi
tion of affairs at so distant a point?
Well, the story runs as follows:
One evening the Minister Louvois
sent for a young man who had been
recommended to his good graces, and
■aid: “Sir, you wiU get into a post
carriage which you will find at my door.
My servant* have exact instruction*
what to do. You will proceed to Bale
without stopping, and ywu will reach
there about 2 o’clock to-morrow. You
will proceed immediately to the bridge
which croaaee the Hhiiici Yon will re
main there until 4 o’clock. You will
carefully notice all that you may aee
there. You will then again get into the
carriage and, without losing a minute,
will return and report to me wtist you
HOW TO MAKJS **■»•
Hard water makes the most delicious
tea, as it dissolves leas of the tannin and
gives the cup a more delicate ilavor.
An.d even with hard water there is a
wide difference between wells located
near together. But given the same
quality of water, and a difference in the
manipulation will make to a sensitive
taste a total change in the character of
the beverage.
There is not one city tea-kettle out of
boil water for a onp of tea. Let our
reader go home to-night and inspect his
own outfit, and he will verify our state
ment He will find the interior of his
kettle incrusted with the mineral de
posits extracted from the water boiled
in it frotti morning until night of each
succeeding day. As tike water is t
“ dean,” the oook but empties and fills
the kettle, never thinking of the grow
ing crust that must now ba scraped off
if the kettle is to he deaned. Water
that has stood after boiling will not
a good oupof fea, and yet how
the thud laboser, mechanic, mer
chant, doeSsr m lawyer has triad to so-
Uce himself with a beverage made from
water containing the, debris of that
which has stood all day ou the range,
being only filled * often * any additam
Ihkfft
for anything alee, HD It with fresh
; boil quick-
a nr Ice to those using*'
Men engaged in UterarjM'pursuits
should read liiont by diy end write most
by night. It is worthy of note that
reading oauses more strain to the eye
than writing, and that copying work in
writing makes a greater demand upon
the organ of vision than off-hand compo
sition. Twilight and a mixture of twi
light and artificial illumination should
be avoided for any kind of work. 'Die
pale cobalt-bine tint is the beat that can
be employed when protection for the eye
from intense glare is sought, as in tbs
case of traveling upon snow-fields in the
bright sunshine. The green gtasa that
is so often adopted for this purpose is
not by any means so worthy of-oonfi
donee. Reading in railway traveling is
objectionable in the highest degree for
a very obvious reason. The oecilli
of the carnage continually altera the
distance of the page from the eye, and
so calls lot unceasing strain in the effort
to keep the organ in jlus accommoda
tion for the ever-varying diatenaa of the
dancing image. The exact fitting of the
framework of spectacle* to the face and
eyes is of mere importance than is
erally conceived. If the center* of the
k-Mfe of the spectaelee do not exactly
coincide with the renter* of
of the eyaa, the consequence ts that the
images in the separate eyes are a
ought to hold, aai that •
FLEA 8AXTRIE8.
Pnom furaitare for a doctor's <
Bone sett
It la the clean table-cloth that catches
the early grease-spot.
all, the hooka of Euclid ace
rather problematical.
A ononx’s nock is like a ball when
it is rang for dinner.
It looks suspicious to aee a man al
ways take a clove before answering the
telaphe—t
" Lattno down the Isw”—The Judge
on the point of resigning. 4 ' ~
“ Know thyself” may be an excellent
sort of proverb, but some people
wouldn't know very modi if they obeyed
it implicitly.
Ws an told that the evening “ wore
on,” but we are not told what the even*
ing wore on that particular occasion.
Wao it the dose of a summer’s day?
. “I tax* my tea' die morning,” said a
colored preacher, “ from dat portion ob
the acriptur' whar the Poetic Paul pints
his pistol at de Peaiaaa.”
It was wrung in Pag,
to say to
that he had made a poor job of that tost
pair of boo*.
“ Wnat is the best attitude
f” add a]
i)te<
a dril tongue in
’•3
gmitv.
However, ehe did mean te buy a pair
of warm kid hoots for everyday wear.
She hoped In get the Mae oaee for a)wot
$4, which would leave
the other*, and for
But when she stood in Turner’* store
and asked the price of the dainty, shiny
thing* offered her, the clerk promptly
answered ff7, Mias Canon.
“ Oh, dear I I was in hopes they
cheap,” frankly confessed Jenny laying
down the boota.
" Indeed, they are cheap," said the
clerk. “ I assure you, Miss Oanon, we
bsve sold those right along at $8. This
is the last pair, so we offer them for
lees. They’re very fine. ’
- “ Yea," admitted Jenny.
“ Nothing sets off a dainty foot like a
pair of these dainty boots,” punned the
wily clerk, with an eye for his trade.
“ Very few young ladihs could wear so
small a shoe—just your size, you see,
Miss Carson.”
Poor Jenny sighed, thought of the
thick, warm boots she ought to have,
cast a longing look at the blue beauties,
recalled what Dr. Chester said, and,
silly little puss, for once let her vanity
run sway with feer reason.
" HI take them,” she mid. After
the boots were paid for, there was Lately
enough left to buy her gloves and a
ribbon or two.
The next day, the great one, was clear
and cold, with a sharp wind. Overshoes
Jest os otie
• bo
bar a pair of
anff ik
Mms Jenny,
too cold a Right for
s jew vsar.
Poor Jenny ! Her face was scarlet with
Hhe made oat to ntti-r a
Thank yon,” nod pat on the
offending overaboe* without another
word. Then she took the doctor'* ora,
and they went out together.
Jenny'* heart was beating so fast that
it almost choked her, but she was aa de
termined as ever. Before ten steps had
been taken, she said :
“Dr. Chester, do you think it right
to condemn a person for a single fault ? ”
“Certainly not,” said the doctor,
promptly. —
“Then, why do yon condemn me ?’’
“I don’t understand you,” said he.
“I heard every word you said to
Fred Somers to-night,” rejoined Jenny,
qhietly.
“ Miss Jenny 1” He stopped, startled.
“ 1 did. I don’t blame you, Doctor ;
I gave yon reason to think me only a
vain, silly girl. But please hear my
defence and how sorry and ashamed I
am, won’t you?” And then Jenny made
her penitent, little confession, ending
with, “I don't know what you think of
me now; but, indeed—”
“I think you the dearest, bravest
little girl ip the world, and ’tis I who
am the fool.’jcried the doctor, ardently.
And then—but then. I don’t know that
outsiders like you and I, reader, have
any business to listen.
When Jenny got home she took off
luckily for Jenny, the ground was dry.
But it was frosen hard, and when she
reached the gayly-deoorated room of
the new church her feet were like ice.
Jenny preaided at one of the fancy
tablea. She made a lovely picture i«
th% beautiful blue silk ; her throat and
wrist* shaded with the softest lace, and
would ruin the dainty satin boots, buti^j ^ blae ^oots which had so narrowly
coat her a lover, and flung them under
her wardrobe, saying:
^ “Lia thare^ you wretches I
Bnt you’ve taught me a good leaeon.
I’ve done with you.. PH buy my wed
ding boota before tong, and they’ll not
be bine one*, either.”
THE MIOMATIOM OE MI,
Ducks are reported to be able to fiy
1,500 milea at one time, and the pace of
the swallow and martin is pat down at
900 milea in twenty-four hours. Lin-
other seed-eating birds have
been known to settle on the mast and
rigging of ship* far away from land out
at tea. They will take their night's reel
on the rigging, and when leaving „tbe
ship know exactly in what direction to
continue their flight. It is said that the
migration of birds will foretell severe
weather, and it is well known by the
bird-catchers, when the. larks and other
northern birds appear, that snow and
hard weather will follow the flight.
These warnings, of migratory birds,
though apparently insignificant, may bo
of vast political and even national im
portance. If the Emperor Napoleon,
when on the road to Moscow with his
army in 1811, had condescended to ob
serve the flights of storks and cranes
passing over his fated battalions, subse
quent events of the politics of Europe
might have been very different These
storks and cranes knew of the coming
on of a great and terrible winter; the
firds hastened toward the south,
Napoleoh and his army toward the
north.
»»y
SOME PEOOMESS, ANTBOW.
“Shekel, I understand that you are
going to get married; is it so?” asked
Gabbleblock of his friend, as they
sauntered slowly up the street
“Well, that depends,” answered
Shekel “ I am trying to get a woman
that’s an beinas and the owner of a bad
cough."
And what progress have yon made?"
the next query, to an
of not guilty was
yar tor toe
hr hie
partieularfy
a jury that would not ahow partiality to
decauoii. The proeecubag attorney, r
young and inexperienced man, agreed to
every juryman selected by the
and the Judge, although be might have
thought the defense stepped over the
bound* of judicial courtesy, said noth
ing. The arguments were concluded,
leaving in the minds of the jwopie no
doubt aa to the verdict, for one of the
witnesses, a man whose word no one
could dispute, swore thst.be saw the de
fendant when he stole the animal The
jury retired, and, after a few momenta,
returned a verdict of not guilty, in
exact opposition to the charge of the
court
When the court adjourned the Judge
approached the lawyer for the defense
and remarked:
“ Look here, my friend, I never heard
of snch a verdict I cannot, as an im
partial dbuminator of justice, allow so
flagrant an outrage to be perpetrated on
this community. That man is as guilty
os Judas, but, if you will tell me the se
cret of the acquittal, I’ll allow the ver
dict to pass.”
“You see, Judge, some of the jury
men was rather young and some , rather
older."
“ Yes, but what does that signify ?”
“It signifies that I run in the old
man’* twelve sons on the jury.”—
Roc k OosetUL ^ ^
PBACMAL AMITHMETIC.
* Yon can't add different thigga to-*
gether,” said an Austin school teacher.
“ If you add a sheep and a cow together
it does not moketwo sheep or two errwa’’
■ A little boy, the son of an Anetin avenue
milkman, held up hie hand and seal:
“That may do with aheap end cows,
' but if yon add a quart of milk and a
I was grants
tit me
oataly) by a gentleman to a <
top boots and a sheet Nothing
“Good God T I mid, "is he deed?"
“ He is dead, air," rrjoined the geotie-
“a* a door-nail Bat we mast all
die, Mr. Dioksna, sooner or latei
dear sir.” “Ah," I said. “Yea,
Very time. Bat what did he die
of ?” The gentleman bant into a flood
of tears, and said, in a voice broken by
emotion : “ He christened his youngest
j child, sir, with a toasting-fork." I never
in my life was so affected as at his having
fallen a victim to this complaint It
carried a conviction to my mind that he
never could have recovered. I knew
that it was the most interesting and
fatal malady in the world, and I wrong
the gentleman’s bond in a convulsion of
respectful admiration, for I felt that that
explanation did equal honor to his head
and heart,—iMten of Charles Dickcnt,
For. HI.
THE SUNNY SIDE OP DEATH. ^
Take the sunny side of death. Sooner
or later it most come to all, and at the
latest it is only a fsw swiftly-passing
days distant Kings and potentates
have no refuge from the summons of the
dread messenger. Death is the great
levelur of man, and dust to dust the
heritags of all Why, then, should
shrink from its contemplation ? Why
with a shod-
permit death
nor is it rational
what must as
•ws son. Thom
banish it from our
der? It is not
to shadow our liv<
to turn in terror
surely come
•ho'are suddenly chilled day after day
by the thoughts of death either shadow
their Hrm by misdeeds, or reject the
philosophy that should make every well-
rad life watt serenely lor its end.
TVs rational atfrehcuoton of
not thgt ba Bay tall too
in tto
sad outim if jitom bat
of society to
the old Europe through
influcams; the pmmanout triumph of
the industrial over the predatory spirit;
the successful amertion of individual
freedom against the paralysing absolut
ism inherited from the Roman empire;
the overthrow of ■eeerdoteliam, and the
Christianization of the world. It would
probably be top mueh to assert that
of these desirable resnita might
not have been attained, so far aa the old
Europe is concerned, even if the lands
beyond the sea had never been explored
and colonized. It is unquestionable,
however, that the progress would have
been much slower and mueh more sub
ject to interruption. The part per
formed by England, for example, in th«
work of European civilization since the
age of Elizabeth has been so immense
and so complicated that noelaborateneaa
of analytic description can do it justice
Yet England in Elizabeth’s tune was
hardly a first-class power, and but lor
the colonization of America in the seven
teenth century it is difficult to see in
what way she would so surely or so soon
have gained the.commercial supremacy
which gave her in the eighteenth the
dominion of the ocean, and thus secured
her the foremost position ij\the world.
To those—and there art many luch to
America—who are to the habit of re
garding American history as a dry and
uninteresting study, ft may be a profita
ble matter of reflection that since the
to
no nicety to
aay-
aboard
might
after
voted the
and tbs women allowed
their morals. Aa a rule they a
thing but fascinating. In fact,
en butene—a Woman who came
at Cape Prince of Wales—who
perhaps have been good-looking
taking a warm bath. She’
Esquimaux belle, and by way
testing this fact, the received from appre
ciative blue jackets numrron*
under the chin with the seme air to i
ifted vanity that a popular beauty <
the attention to half a dozen young fel
lows at german. To add to
pnlsivenesa, the female* tattoo
chins; their dress is to the most
coming style, anil the smoky,
fishy perfume diffused through
atmosphere in their immediate
is anything but agreeable
nostrils.—Cor. Now York Her aid.
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