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UHF. A TRBK.
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A man is very like t tree.
For instance: crooked limbs has h«.
He has a trunk; he trows somehow
And when he leaves he makes a bough.
He can bo cur, will often lean;
Is always sappy when he’s green.
He la aboanl when on the sea
And oft a-shaving, too, la he.
When he Is frightened quite a lot,
l.ike trees, he's rooted to the spot. r "
If he is a*ed too ntueh he’ll lie
And often will, like trece, gethigh.”
He has his lumber in the night
Is sadly warped and feels the blight.
He ”chips" for stakes, though h« should not.
And. h** hi* chppe, swnctluics a lot..
We gels ^ dead wood ” en him. Is wob’d.
Is knotty When he ahould be good.
And when he dies he’s sure to learu
That he, like trees, has got to burn.
vruo rmrcuBB the coma.
A reporter asked Jamee N. Sampson,
the rite ran detective at ,the Bub-tretan*
tj, to what the Government detectives
attributed the andden increase in the
n«uftl>er of clipped and punched coins,
Which has attracted eo much attention
of late. Mr. Sampson said that it was
Perfectly well known that nine-tenths
of the punching was done in this 6ty by
Cubans. A number of silver coins were
damped together in a roll, and in lem
’ than it takes to write an account of
hole ia drilled through the whole
The value of the silver obtained by
t • bqfe of usual siae in a rain
to about one-twenty fifth of
i e( the cote, so that for every
d
• °f «*e quarter ■doilst ia ditawed
by raaning a drill through
the roll. Mr. Haaimou aaym, alao, that
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VOL Ys NO. 22.
BARNWELL C. H., S Co THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 2. 1882.
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Um.u made ui liberal teraa. ^
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dsy* after first inoruoa. oi'c« other-
wise •tipulsta.f.
No noamuaiestlou wilt be publish «i ^
unless acompaoied bv lbs n •«■ aod ad
dress of the writer, not neesemiily for
pubilcatim bat as a guaranty of good
faith.
A.ldress, TJE PEOPLE.
B trow«i| 0. it . V
T
ARTHUR AS A SCHOOL^
, TEACHER.
How th« Prtoidmt Organized Himself Into
• Committee of One to Bnforee Order and
VUeipUne in a Country School, • (
[From the Troy Timee.)
In the year 1858 tha writer attended
the district school at Cohoea. The high
department did not enjoy a veiy envia
ble i eputation for being possessed of
that respect due from the pupils to
teacher. During the year there hsd
been at least four teachers in
partment, the last one only remaining
ope week. The Board of Educa
tion had found it difficult, to obtain a
pedagogue to take eba^s of the school,
until a young man, Blender as a May-
pole, ala feet high in his stockings, ap
plied for the |a engaged at
once, although hsvi^g Been previously
informed of the kind of timber he would
be obliged to hew. Promptly at 9 o’clock
whe would net do anything the tetwhar
asked. He was beloved by all, and his
quiet manner and cool, dignified ways
made him a great favorite. -He only
taught two terms, and every reasonable
inducement was offered to prevail upon
him to remain, but without avail His
reply was; * I have accomplished all I
intended—namely, conquered what you
thought was a wild lot of boya, and re
ceived the discipline that I required. I
my charge, for I have
> love them, but I am to enter
a law office at once.” That teacher was
Chester A. Arthur, now President of the
United States; the teacher of the pri
mary department was his sister, now
Mrs. Haynesworth, apd the first of the
three refractory boys wss the writer.
if
TAKiira cake or bahikh.
you wiah to have a healthy and
come the man who said he would "con
quer the school or forfeit his reputa
tion. ” ^Having called the morning aee-
skm to order, he said that he had been
engaged to take charge of the school.
He came with his mind prejudiced
sgainst the place. He had heard of the
treatment of the forme, tear her* by the
pupsk, yet he was act at all em 1
tor he felt that, with
good child you must bathe the baby
twiee a day. There ia, perhaps, no erom
and irriible man or woman who goes
without a daily bath but would be better
if ifwere regularly taken. Tour infant
will be so much more quiet with dally
baths as to fully pay you for your time
and trouble ia giving them. It will grow
up stronger and will be more likely to
have cleanly and genteel instincts all
through life. Begin with water that is
humble garb. To do good newspaper
work requires not merely pecuniary but
a reasonable amount of morel encour
agement One ought to feel that the
reader does not measure his mental ef
forts with the yard stick. Precisely as
vulgar rich people purchase the largest
painting with the finest frame, and pass
by with contempt the genuine gem be
cause it ia only a few inches square, so
ignorant people are apt to judge the
Aw«paper by the siae, and the square
yards of reading It oootaina, without
regard to quality.
of the future will be
BVITOBIAL WOMK ABB WBiTUTH.
As with private letters, so with edito
rials ; sometimes it gives one real pleas
ure to write them, whil# at other times
the question uppermost ia " What shall
I say next? " Usually the professional
writer, like the well-bred lady who may
be compelled to entertain a bore, can
conceal his disinclination and emptiness
by a well-selected stock of words, and,
as papers are read with very little care,
most .anything will past master. The nered nugget of tin-tag tobacco
fact is, newspapers are too cheap to be
highly regarded, and yet the brightest
gems of literature and the mightiest
thoughts have first appeared in this md sun than anything in the way of a
tub nj.vieuk Bnoieuno.
“Did you ever see them buckskin
bronchos of mins that I used to drive,
named Yellar and Taller ? " asked Back
Bramel of Gen. Worth, while he looked
out across the green billowy divide to
ward the eternal whi toners of the snowy
range. *•
“ Why, no; never heard of ’em.’*
" Well," said Bnck, as a tender light
came in his bine epe, and a three-cor-
stowed away in his cheek, “both of
them same cayuoe pings oottld scoot
over more mountain road between son
boss I ever see.
“Taller wss pretty middlin' rapid,
but Taller was an Imparted terror. You
ought to see him gather up his legs in a
wad and vanish. One day I waa out on
hoard of Taller, tryin’ to round up an
American cow that had strayed away
bom the eosral, and over weal of the
divide 1 worked up a long-lagged, buck
antelope.
“Imade a little ahaaaay over toward
ti>e antelope to aea him tight hut, but
he fimkpranoad akmgkiadof
Saw Orleans Motyune gives a
serious warning to praotioal jokers. At
2 o'clock on a recant morning a gentle-'
maaltfi hie dub in that dty with a
friend, and, the latter returning for his
cane, the former concealed himself in
the bottom of tha Mg box that holds the
balancing weights of the elevator and la
called a “lift case.” The friend came
Back and went away, disgusted at find
ing no traces of the jolly joker. The
latter, as he entered toe Mfl caae. had
dosed the door. He tried to open it,
but oould not, fot it opened without a
key only from the outside. He laughed
heartily to see the biter bit, but pres
ently he heard a noise which ha oould
not misinterpret The lift wss slowly
falling down from the fourth floor. Ha,-
in groping for toe door, had pulled the
tope which aat it free. Death stared
him in tha face, tor that immense mam
of irem would kwritably aruah him aa
fiat as a pancake, and by a slow torture
that would make dying seam an agony
of horrors. Ha became frantic with
u, Ha flung ttoaelf against the
door of tha lift aaaa at
I da He shrieked lor baip.
ks were heard by toe janitor,
It goes against toe grain to pmMeii
corn and wheat *
Aw election. Him a areas, is generally
carried oa mktor a camam.
Whbx a girl rejects an offnr of mar
riage she goes through a alight-of-hasd
pwrformance.
Tbc man who was “rocked in tha
cradle of the deep * must hare slept be-
seen sheets of Water.
Air advarthm lit
oat whoa tha lift waa
ran <
industrious man, at
5,000 head of ahee
Spanish fluently."
"Xaabiaou,” said an unfortunate
husband, is tha oh arch yard of lovers.
“And you men," replied his wile, “are
toe grave-diggers."
War is paper money more valuable
than ooinf Because yon doable it when
you put it in your pocket aod when yon
taka it oat yon find it tocreaaaa.
Samons frequently mutiny for an in-
crease in thsir aitowanee of grog, and
bat tha only strike far water on record
ass whan Moaaa smote tha rock.
▲ Tome widow waa ask ad why she
was gotac to wad ao aaoa aflar the death
of her flmt hnaband “Oh. leT aatd
•ha, “ I do it to prevent fretaag mjmR
tilH*a»«afl«tilof dear Tom P
of Mrs Twaaama, sahmhaabaad
laaaflt- “Tsry wall, toen; yJlI
rf*- jaaa its if yw r> r «** *• srreSy aa-
Oh. that’s
ATt
llrvthal
inftoa*
In some of tha richest districts of
England tha harvest of 1881 mak<« tha
seventh had one in succession. In tha
. Booth, in addition to bad croia, a heavy
misfortune has fallen on tamers in the
shape of liver rot in sheep, so that since
1874 the flocks of six southeastern coun
ties have decreased 13 per cent. , while
an abstract of agricultural returns for
all Great Britain shows a diminution of
as much as 20 per cent, in the same
period. Everywhere except in Camber-
land and Westmoreland agriculture if
at a low ebb of prosperity, and
from the Tyne to the Thames, according
—to-the London Timet, and ftom the
Bevern to the Solent, cornea the same
story. From the fertile flats of Holder-
uess and the light chalk wolds of the
East Biding of Yorkshire jo the broad
vales rif Somerset and the sheep-walks
J of Wiltshire: from the fens of Cam-
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bridgeshire to the hop-gardens of Kent,
the cry, only varied in degree by cir-
cumstacoes, arises of distress and ruin.
The chief causes of this distress, aside
from successive bad seasons, are set
down as follows: Excessive rent, un
fair taxation, want of security for cap
ital, injury from game, increased coat of
labor and heavy losses of lira stock from
contagious disease
SraaTAwn al progress has base made
in the work of boring tha tunnel
tha
n dteUnoa of 1,800
English obb of 1,400, or ^400
aii, which i
of tna retire dials nos to bn
•4 tua jnrkataa 4 to raisa him
Tha lad
'Wad with, and ba
“Follow toe. aw,
ba lad tha way to
hall, white tha boy
if tha teacher was r sag to
lake him out and kill him. Tha
tor of tha
rare ha Ud the young
fuming to his sister, ha said : " I hare
a pupil for you ; select a seat for
let him remain bare. If be makes
any disturbance whatever
Turning to the boy, ba said : “ Young
your teacher, and do not
leave your seat until I give you permis
sion,” and he waa gone. Tha lad sat
there, feeling very sheepish, and, as
misery loves company, it waa not long
before ha was gratified to see tha door
op m and observe hit seat-mate eater
with the new teacher, who repeated Uie
orders previously uttered, when he
quietly and with dignity withdrew. The
number was subsequently increased to
three, tha teacher returning each time
without a word to the other scholars
concerning the disposition made of the
refractory lads. The effect np6n the
rest of the school was remarkable. As
i
no intimation of the disposition of the
boys was given, not a shade of anger
displayed on the countenance of the
now teacher, nor any appearances of
blood were noticeable upon his hands,
speculation was rife as to what ho had
done with the three chaps. He spoke
kindly to all, smiled upon the scholora
who did well in their classes, and seemed
to inspire all present with the truth of
his remarks uttered at the opening of
the session. At recess the my story that
had enveloped the school was cleared
away, for the three lads in the primary
department were seen aa the rest of the
tMbolMg: flfod by tha door. While all
the rest enjoyed the
obliged to
a, and, whan school
the forenoon, tha
primary
with tha young
like a
the three
in their
di»aiaeed
A homo tha inmates of a Western in
sane asylum ia a man who ia often per
fectly sensible, and when accosted at
such times ceases visitors to wonder
why he is confined there. This inmate
entered into conversation the other day
with a caller whose dress proclaimed
him a clergyman. Said the madman :
“ It was too bad, wyt it not, the killing
of Grant at Chicago?" “It was,” said
the minister, who followed the accepted
custom of assenting to the statements of
lunatics for peace’ sake. “ Hayea was
assassinated at Cinciimati, was he not?”
again asked the lunatic. “Yea,’’replied
the clergyman. _ “And was not Quean
Victoria mnrdered in her palace ? " To
ttais query from the madman the clerical
visitor once more answered in the affirm
ative. Tha lunatic named one after an
other a dozen living royal personages,
all of wh6m the clergyman was led to
admit were pat out of the ifay.. Finish
ing his catechism, the madman turned
on tha clergyman and said fiercely:
A'Your dress would show you to be a
minister, but you are tha wont liar I
aver m* i"
■*«-A ■ J *' -
Witzs small boys seek to imitate tha
example of their elder* in some thinga,
disastrous results are liable to fellow.
In Norfolk county, Ta., a couple of 16-
year-old boy*, named Jasper and Carey,
want out hunting, and on their way
boms eoodudad to amuse then.* !ve*
a mock dual, baring, no doubt,
diacorerad that tha real article waa re-
popular ui the oom re natty.
•lory
Tha Duka raflaetad a
thaiha
Ilia
’And oo tha Borrow ha rent to
ia abox of
and mother-of-pearl, a small mirror.
“ Those who know Elisabeth's charac
ter can imagine bow deeply this bit of
flattery most hare touched bar."
TOO LITBBAU
Tha short-hand reporters of Sidney,
New South Wales, having been found
fault with for their method of reporting
the speeches in the Legislative Council,
retaliated by giving the speech of one
of the Council exactly aa it waa spoken,
as follows: ,
“The reporters—ought not to—tha
reporters ought not to be the ones to
judge of what is important—not to say
what should be left out—^but—the mem
ber can only jndge of what ia impor
tant—.
“As I—re my speeches—sa the re
ports—as what I say is reported soma-
times, no one—nobody can' understand
from the reports—what it ia—wliat I
mean. So—it strikes me—it has struck
me certain muttons—things that appear
of importance—are sometimes left out
—omitted. The reporters—the papats
—points are reported—I mean what tha
paper thinks of interest—is reported.”
This waa taking a very cruel revenge,
but then, even a reporter is human.
Lirrme rum tbil. —.
A superstitious parson, desiring to’
learn leas of tha future thag be already
knows, visits the seventh daughter of a
seventh daughter and explains his mia-
franea t That’s pretty
any bueftaua aaaa i area saw, Td go
•way to sosna lonely spot and stick my
band into a prairie-dog's hole and Me of
— Viffinia (Are.)
1
TBICBB UTfDBB TBB COBBBDBB ACT,
A friend sends ns tha following circu
lar, and writea : “ Provisions are high
now, bat they might be worse; far ex
ample, note tha inclosed:”
CesrsoasATs Biaids or Aiomoa,]
SCMISTMOS DBIASTinST,
Bksmosd, Va, 8*VL M, 1861.
The following prioea, totaf the svsrsge of
late schedules established by Commissiomn
for States east of the Mississippi river, with
cost of transportation iaeladod, will be charred
for subsistence stores sold to oftoer* under the
act of Feb. 17, 1864, and amendments, in Vir
ginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Florida
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi and East Loui-
tisna, until further orders s Bacon, $Xb0 per r
pound ; fresh beef, 70 cants per pound ; door,
$10 per barrel -, corn meal, 04.60 per bushel of
60 pounds; nee, 60 cents per pound; peas,
00. 8 per bushel of 60 pounds; sugar, 08 par
pound * coffee, 06 per pound ; soap, 01 per
pound; candles, 08.26 per pound; rinsgar,
02.60 per gallon; molasses, 010 par gallon;
salt, 80 cents par pound.— Co&mhia (A Cl.)
JU jitter. /
-A stout of heroum cornea to us from
the English steamer Edgar on a recent
trip from the Senegal. The entire crow,
except tha Captain and his wife and the
mate, ware stricken with rioknesa ao
that they could take no part in the navi
gation of tha vernal. The Captain sug
gested to hie wife to taka tha poet of
“tha man at tha wheel," while ha him
self and mats acted M engineer and
Urn three brought tha vernal
of Afttoe to tha
mug a
“Tee, asr,
with a si
gone I leal that fata haa bare unkind
to me. It ia simply frightful to a aaaa
who ones oould hare a lantern stow
.through him. And what do you think
waa tha oenae of it ? Nothing but aa aa-
cident Yea, sir ; a miserable hone be
came frightened at one of tha dammy
anginas and throw me out of tha window,
injuring my spina, hipa and ahouldar.
From that day I began to piclaup in
flesh, and now I’m no card for even a
5-oent show;’’ and tha shadow of other
days glared savagely at his unprofitable
legs. Bnt Battorsby ia still a gainer
from thesbow business. His wife, whom
be wo^dand won during museum com
panionship, ia still on exhibition asa fat
woman.
Mns. Db. Edsok, tha lady physician
who helped to none the lata President
during his prostration, is now in Cleve
land, where she was graduated at the Ho
meopathic College in 1864. She said to
a reporter, who asked her whether the
President realized that he waa gbing to
die, " Oh, yes. * The second day after ho
was shot he said to me: 1 Wall, it’s oil
over; it’s,/my business to ba ready foe
death, and I have always bean ready. 1
had work before me, but, after all, per
haps it ia better that it is laid down
wbrre it is—unfinished. It is a great
and trying work, and I am retiered of
it’"
“What’s thatr asked Mm Parting
too, looking op at tha eotumn on
tha Place Vendome, during bar recant
visit to Paris. “Tha pflkr of Napo
leon," waa tha answer. “Wall, I n-vrr
did f aha aaoMimad “And that’s kus
pdlo* I Ha waa a great man to nas
that I but ft’s shore hks a
it’s mate of bun, I do
’ aaa wtmt it is to ha
ha head m
ttrtto
tar atoll»'
that Mrs. GarfisM
the btography of has Lata
will of eouna fire an addihm-
uniqoe in tenet to ii She will
not undertake to execute it barealf, but
to superintend its execution. If ana
may tract tha storica of tha materials for
It, ft will ba a vary valuable as wall »
interesting work. Large numbers of
boxes are said to be (Wad with letters
received by him daring his political life.
The letters era all ulaaslfled, briefed and
arranged after a systematic method. In
addition to there lira. Garfield has
copies or drafts of many of his anasrare
to them, as well as large numbers of
diaries kept and indexed. Soma of there
are shorthand notes, ao that it ia difficult
to imagine ciroomstamcM more favora
ble for tha production of a biography
and a history of tha times. It ia not
surprising to learn that the publishers
are already competing for the opportu
nity of publishing ft. Mrs. Garfield’s
sympathy with her husband and all his
plans, aa well aa her intolligenea and
literary ability, ought to result in a work
more intereating and quite aa famous re
Mai tin’s life of tha Prince Consort, of
which Martin wss the nominal, Quaeo
Victoria the real, author.
Tna heroic cure of snake bite is pub
lished by Mr*. Mary A Mansfield in tha
Sanford (N. 0.) Journal: “My
James and Mr. C. W. Thigpen
on a hunt, when Ja
log. below the kaea, by a vary large
tlrmwkn Being fire aaire from
be bound aeord tight
and then split hia lag to
at A
part ha
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