The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, March 16, 1882, Image 1
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written in a clear, legible band, and on
only one aide of tbe page.
4. All obaaneo in advertise manta moat
reach m on Friday.
HEWS GLEANINGS.
Mississippi has 1,738 Indians.
i The cabbage crop of Mobile county,
Ala., sold for 1200,000 this year.
West Virginia makes 21 per cent of
all the nails in the United States.
There are 282 females and 184 males
.in the Mississippi lunatic asylum.
H. .C. Hamilton, of Dalton, has
a meteoric stone for which he has re-
fnae<rf300. : —T
Sixty-five thousand dollars was sub
scribed in one ‘day in Tuscaloosa, Ala,
. for, an inr. factory.
A turpentine farm near Hawkinlsville,
Gw., is composed of 800 acres, and Will
be increased to 1,600.
Hon. John M. Bookwalter, late demo
cratic candidate for Governor of Ohio,
has purchased the old* Atlanta Scofield
rolling mill.
Ninety-one thousand eight hundred
and eipbty-sii pounds of manufactured
tobacco was shipped hi bond frocrVe-
tenburg Va.. last week to foreign ports,
of whisky
•m for a city jnanfcaJ, and arc
tag the
Imnatic
Waltoo imagined that be was directed
by Ood to oAr ap bis wife as a 4krifi<w
VOIy V. NO.
TOPICS OP THE PIT.
Thx stenographic report of the Gui-
teau trial cost $7,000.
Thx telephone in now in operation In
portions of Cental Asia.
Ex-Vicn Pbksidxnt Whxxlxb is in
Florida catching alligators.
Ths Ministry in Ugypt consider
ilavery in that country a necessity.
A CufABUir Conrt
validity of divorces granted in New York.
Ton bridge over East River, «t New
York, is to be completed the present
Twxlvb female doctors in Russia are
now officially engaged in teaching
medicine to women.
Iv a man adulterates food in China
be is pat to death. In America the oon-
is pat to death.
It m safe to conclude that cranks with
missions to destroy rnlem am becoming
entirely too abundant
are making war on those members of
Council who voted for the ordinance tak
ing saloons. Mr. Bribe, baker, says he
has lost many customers, a Mr. Stout
haa lost several thousand bushels of
coal, and a Mr. Oaylor intimates that he
is out $1,000 on ioe by the irithdrawal
of customers.' So it goes, v r , »
A litkbaby erenius doea not believe in
writing a legible hand, because, he
argues, if the manuscript is legible it will
be put into the hands of the worst com-
> IkA imi | fcmaa Irulj# _ _ _
TV 1 i V wr tl Ixltux*’ RJcUt
:er en tly it will be pat into the beet hands
and the wprk well done. He overlooks
the probability of its going into the
waste basket instead of the printer’s
hands.
were made, on May 29 and May 80, by
John Ifrancia, who was transported for
life. July 3,1842, a hunchback named
Dean attempted to shoot the Queen, but
the pistol missed fire and was fonnd af
terwards to be loaded with powder,
paper and a clay pipe. Dean was sen
tenced to eighteen months' imprison
ment A for yean ago a half crasy
young Irishman pointed an unloaded
pistol at Her Majesty, for which he was
‘' whipped." No political significance is
attached to the attempt of a few dayt
The Lime Alin Club.
“Several letters have oome to me
doorin' de pas' week axin’ me to define
my poaishnn on die question of amuse
ments,” said Brudder Gardner, as the
lamps were turned ut>. “ Ebery once
in a while dar’ am a yell for reform, an'
sartin men An* Aomen weep an’ wail
obar de gineral wickedness of de world.
De ehuroh pitches into de theater, do
prayeitmeetin’ whacks away at dancin’,
an’ de Sunday school-teacher tells do
leetl# boys dai de circus am nex’ dooh to
perdishun. It baa bin my opiayun far
de las’ fifty y’ars dat die was a wicked
world. It was created Bit a wicked
Thu Old Fellow haa come at last, sure
enough. A Belgian, who landed at Cas
tle Garden, a few days ago, haa a pair of
horns an inch long protruding from his
forehead. The doctors aay they could
not be cut away without great danger, aa
the indaioa would probably reach the
brain. The fellow, however, doeaat
eve, as he seems to be proud of bis pe
culiarity.
A debate most novel ih its native has
occurred at Newark, Ohio, between
Professor J. 0. Harteler, Superintendent
of the public schools, and Bev. Adam
Pfenger, a Lutheran minister. The
subject was “ Resolved,
has no motion, and is the center of crea
tion," the minister taking the affirma
tive and backing his argument by quota
tions from Script nr# and an unlimited
faith in the doctrines taught by the “
•pin'd " writers. “Johns commanded
the son to stand still or God
a lie to be handed down
to generation. M In 1 it is
bnakward,” and
God’s reputation for truthfulness is at
His
world. De Lawd wanted it dat way, an’
ay, ai
Scrii
>ta-
ted F r , ‘ er *’
. teaolm^.
He made it to please Hisaelf. De Scrip
ture state dat wickedness shall abound
In ebery oo’ner of de land; dat men
shall murder an’ rob an* women go •
astray; dat chill’en shall deny deir par
ents an’ brudder turn agin brndder. All
am preddotedan’tobe’apected
an’ looked fur, an’ nobodv has any
grounds to howl an’ weep. If die war a
good world we should have no need of
deacons an’ Htiuday -school
Preachers will tell you dat
imperfect, an’ dat de lawd
made him to go astray, an’ yet day will
tom aroun’ an’ wonder dat he aln not
goodness biled down.
_ “ Deed, gem Ian, but de only better
world dan die am haabeo iu-H. You
• rot to hunt fur winked pass to fin’
You hav# got to prejudge de ease if
oaa make wickednraa out of de jokes
of a efreoa elowu or de plot of da ordi
nary drama. U I bad to praiae Ood by
findm fault wid de w.rid He made an’
Be put yer», I’m afraid it
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eaal *o to
■away If
TaeerSauy ■to’ dauda reat of oa.
Wmmf
kf
ate’r nimwaienm fur family
We kte aet down to kamda aa’
tebeheae*
Wekia go to a
When the Russians under” Gene:
Skobeleff started on their eijn-dition
against the Turkomans at Geoh Tepe,
{/Donovan, of the London Daily NevJt,
applied for permission to accompany
them, but was refused. Upon receiving
General SkobelefTs final answer, the de
termined correspondent telegraphed his
thanks for the courteous wording of the
refusal, and finished his meaaage with
the significant words, **4% revob.
General, a Merv.” “Till we meet
again. General, at Merv.*Ll —
O’Donovan then started upon his jour
ney. He reached the northwestern
boundary of Persia, and succeeded in
safely crossing the frontier, riding 120
miles in twenty-four hours. Luck, in
addition to his native shrewdness, fa
vored him, sad he reached Merv in
Arkansas women love
And what is more lovely than <
blown f
Tairani light aa hair sometimes
the whole coarse of a man’s ay-“
aaya the New Orleans Picayune."
An Illinois girl’s toast: “The young
men of Amerioa-^thetr anas our
porters, our arms their reward;
men, fall in.”
Jo bats that the beat lip salve in area-
tton is a kiss. The remedy
need with great care, aa iti
an affection of the head i
A BALTntORN man . remained la a
trance for three days recently, and they
finally had to yell “dog figbt v underwm
window to rouse him to life. ^ _ ?;&
Mas. Harriot Bkkthkx Stows 1
b. informed hb -,d«m ol hfo En^bh
nntkmality, and hie wit and
plcaaed the Turkomans that he
in a sort of honorable
his statement could be
iafeetory information
was at 1
he was
O’Donovan’s
fnrroatinn, and
ing the almost
English Empirs, eanu
to look upon him aa a i
until
Bat-
him
ft-herao, and
thief is simply a stake at the 1
C d and a sign reading: “It'
cheaper for him to |
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(key have
they ply ear
The aapiala ef a
has barn Uadiag in Wright’s river as
I earn for mitral days
ia ths vteiaity of bis
Net aLms off the mouth of eeteware to
ths Bsvaaaak river are these dtaiaras of
rliams to be fouad, but
n all the way down the Georgia
A few days since the wbaliag
Gpldsu City, Ospt Anthoay,
captured a mvcnty-barrel whale outside
tbc harbor nf Brunswick. To-etriks and
auks a good ban! out of a shoal of 'hern
creatures ia t “ lucky find,’* and when
we consider that the one captured near
Brunswick, though not considered any
thing like a mastodon, yielded seventy
barrels, or about 2,ISO gallons of oil,
valued at abont $2,600, the business can
not be else but profitable.
Tollable Hints.
When ioe is required at night for a
sick person, break it into small pieces,
and if it, be scarce and care must be
takqn to prevent its melting, put into
a soup plate, covex with another plate,
and put between two feather pillows.
Never wear a good woolen dress intc
the kitchen without the proteotion of a
large apron.
No i
i flannel that has not been carefully
washed, and ia not perfectly soft and
fleecy, should ever touch the skin of an
infant.
We never had. any patience. with a
mother or 'nurse Vhi) would stick pint
carelessly into her dJhss, collar, or rib
bon, thereby inflicting painful wound?
upon her innocent victim. Not a pin,
excepting a safit/ pin, should be used
about a wild, and when buttons will per
form the office of pins they should be
made to do aa
To mothers, aunties, or aistera whe
do up the school luncheon for the young
sters : pray make it aa attractive in ap
pearaaoe aa possible. There ia trnlv
nothing very attractive about a thick
pieea of dry bread and butter and t
cookie, all rolled in a pieea of coarse
n paper, waaked down by a drink
from ths cup that “goes the rounds.’
a luncheon will often impair the
Appetite of a‘
and be will
ii A Uttls ears ia {h. eat** of tbs
broad . tba doing ap of
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fo-Mw-S 1 * » I l.Ttt h... gn.1i t. ■■ 'm Hill. ^|A I **—
••As Mm ia 1 nadna cf a 41.000 bank tksir iavsateas aay P—til Csil^kaa tkswarb Is ad inas, wkarsrfli . tarn W ttelm. Ba mptted, “I u3 s» ^
aois if ba wiB tall Us aambsr wkita it a anawrar *-—a,. .i gnaroatee that Urn ArM "k^" soil aM ^ tarn wksn I am asM Laab In jau." It ■ ■ ■ rn—wsm
t. a asated H-» ia-. T* by the kitekrn deaoUl. amt make of tbr mamM lhaa m»S to baanm So ^ tbrni a swgsaal npmat na
rsoaim ia a ssami savampa Iks bsta of a moaqwitn tejmte ialo Ika bik v»t«l a —s- Mm.» bngk bMM M Mk . IfcM te .. » _ _ ’T"" ^ A tsa Walt
Kara Field ooutributes a
to Our
md for laak of
■ays aha will puraoa the subject further
{p a aubaaqpant number. Bettor lot
men’s clothes alone.
A la bob dry goods firm of Boa too pro
poses to its employes that each shall
contribute $10 in weekly installments of
fifty cents, toward treating one out of
every twenty-five of their number to a
trip to Europe, luck to decide who
shall go.
A contemporary suggests that a gen
eral bankrupt law is of far leas import
ance than a law regulating marriages
and divorces, which shall be applicable
to oil parts of the country. That seems
to be n pretty sensible idea. Matrimony,
above all thing* else, should be well
regulated. ’ ,
Canvas-backed hams of American pro
duct, imported into Germany, are here
after to be taxed as cotton goods. This
seems a little queer, but it iaea Per
haps when some person gets one of the
hama off io himself and goes into the
bowels of the thing he will find it to be
pretty meaty. ' j • '
Destitution on the Lower Mississippi
doea not only continue, but seems to in
crease. , Numerous break in the levees
are reported and the whole lower country
ia completely inundated. Ip consequence,
the greatest disprees prevails among the
inhabitants who are left without skelter
ok the neoaroeriee cf Ufa
■P the bail bug.
hisi
teal
___ may be cf
or mercury in the system by injecting s
rich fluid which has been distilled in the
petorte of the bog’s body. This may be
the reason persons who live in boarding-
are not generally rheumatically
Wa axpRODrca the following from the
Detroit IVee Prtt without comment:
“ A Boston correspondent writes : * Can
you give me any reason why General
Grant shonld be pnt on the retired list
at $12,000 per year, while the widow of
the brave General Custer, who lost his
life in the country’s service, receives
only $30 per month V We regret to say
that we cannot oblige our correspondent
with any reason. We would very cheer
fully if we could lay our hands on one;
but after diligent search and patient in
quiry, we have been driven to the con
clusion that there ia none. ”
The Toronto Olobe relates the follow
ing : “A well-known Canadian lumber
man, in making his way from Midland
Harbor, Lake Huron, to the mouth of
the Muakoka River, preceded his team-
atera to sound the ioe. Getting beyond
the islands along the east coast of the
Georgian Bay, he fonnd himself exposed
to the full force of a northeasterly gale.
He was thrown down and blown toward
Colling wood. Nothing would stop him;
sometimes on his knees, sometimes on
his behk, sometimes on his aide, he was
driven along with fearful speed toward
the open water, aa he supposed. For
twelve miles he rolled, tumbled and
slid, helpless, till he waa driven against
a small island and his life wea aaved.
He haa scarcely aafled ■boa’* ~
iy the
Urk twri »
But white Ibis te
<4 «ohm's w Ike nty,
of a kuxl which ikry
grotewl. As aJvcrtwrm at ter aeopywl
sf
apply st tbs shots
_ merely
Mi esaty
on her books fifty or arreetj-
five names ahead of seamstressea, who
will take work at any pries. Every Indy
of infloenoe has in ’ her acquaintance a
doaen women who hover on the edge of
destitution, almost crasy from their own
halplSMMM
It seems strange that the one work in
which every girl has a little training, and
for which she may be considered to have
an aptitude, ia the one thing which aha
would never consent to do; and the
Question arises whether there is anv-:
thing really degrading in kitchen work,
or anything disreputable in the circum
stances of it which should make it an
unfit business for bright, industrious
girls who must support themselves.
Surely there can be nothing lowering in
cooking and housework. Any of these
young women will look forward with
pleasure to doing it in her own house.
The most elegant women must needs
have a practical knowledge of it, or their
establishments will never run smoothly.
Placed oa ApproYkl.
A stranger enters the store of an oblig
ing grocer:
Stranger—“ Owing to the extortions
of the gas companies I have abont deter
mined to light my premises with candles,
only, you see, I «m at o loss to decide
what sort to select. I want something
really good, you know,’’
Grocer—“Certainly, air! Step this
way a moment, Mr! You can see for
yourself, air!” (Lights fifteen different
aorta of candies and places them on the
counter.)
Stranger (after having walked np end
down before them for five minutes, with
his chin in his hand, immeraed in deep
reflection)—” Well, I guess on the whole
I prefer gas 1 Good afternoon !** (Exit
hurriedly f
tar better, that she rrsssia ekSa. The
majority of aid mania are beipfaL teva-
bte and swot tempered, and fill their
Are they not ma
they would have
lerely ter a bos
this subject They feel
almost diagrimed if they have to arrive
Ma mature age, and are not ywt able to
write Mrs. before their names. Their
whole ambition is to get a husband, by
book or by crook, bat got him somehow
they must. Consequently they take the
first man who offers himself, whether he
really suits them or not. Now, girir,
do not marry in haste. Get the best
education possible, help about domestie
affairs, and enter upon tome trade or
profession for which von have a taste
and master it. Skilled labor ia always
well paid. Do’nt spend your time re-
ling because you cannot aee the corn-
man. If von never see him, you
live useful, happy lives. You think
if you had a husband you would have a
strong arm on which to lean, a sharer of
sorrow and trouble. Alas 1 many a
slender woman haa had not only to
stand alone, bat also serve aa prop for
children and husband, and verv few
wives find in their husbands all the
sf hipathy and companionship they de
sire. If you are good for anything you
will not be hurt by remaining single,
neither will von be elevated by becom
ing “John’s wife." Do yonrdntyin
life and you will count for one in the
world, whether married or single.
Gaol* Moss i
, which be roaris
la ia rather alow
so Old Moss
visit Just
:h the rent aoOl
k pastoral visit
r awav from the
C i
out, but one of the
ik coming up with tbs
had to make him
as be waa earning sway
Old Hose met Jim Webster.
•Jim," said the old man, “ which am
de fastest trabbeler you eber heerd t*U
about?"
_ “Doy any dat de ray of light trabblee
jufife den MO,000 mile* a second, but I
nebber timed it myself.” replied Jim.
“Dar’a a man in Galveston what con
a de ray ob light fifty yards start and
tit wuat kind.”
Lyin’ is katchin,
vaccinated since de
* ^ - , - *• -_v.. “
i wuat kin
1 G’way, ole man.
Apples m Food.
An exchange states the benefits of
apples to be aa followa: “A raw, mel
low apple ia digested in an boor and a
half, while bolted cabbage requires five
hours. The most healthy deeeert that
oaa be pteeed on a tome ia a baked
apple, u eaten foeqaenfiy at breahJaai
with coarse breed and butter, without
meet or flesh at aay kind, it hea an ed-
and I hain’t been
wah.”.
■ “ Hit am jeea so as I tote yer. Gabe
Bnodgrass, what owes me four aaumPs
back rent, can onttrabble de light.”
“Did yer see him do it?” »
“I went to de front dooh, and jeea aa
hiawife opened de front dooh I seed
Gabe slide ont de back dooli. • Is Gabe
at home?’aayaL ’He’s done gone to
Houston,’ aaya she. Hit am fifty miles
to Honston. and ho must hab made de
trip while JL was a-lookin’ at him slide
out de Utik dooh. Jess fetch on yer
ray ob light, and ef it don’t hab to hump
hitseff to catch up wid Gabe Snodgrass
when I comes for de back rent, den lae
a fool—dat’a all.”
Pkltesopkers akd Poets.
The St. Look Globe-Democrat Haa a
long article In. a late issue, the gist of
which Is that women had bettor marry
philosophers than poets, aa their chances
of ooojnga! happiness are greater.
The reason of this is that the former,
living in a world of logioond fact, allows
Ma ideality to develop around his wife,
while Ihf poet, on the contrary, dwell-
of anj
of the waifs o
of the tnoi
littte i
by
his i
attempts fntite,
adopt the child, to'
eof “By the
aval school, i
Hksed the navy. By a happr*
denoe the first ship in which
the one which had aaved Ma 1
infant He took to hie
and during the Crimean \
guished himself at the Island of'
where he earned the Victoria C
the decoration of 0. B. Late
-tTvicea in India gave him the <
lonship of the Order of the 1
pire, and he retired from the
with the rank of Admiral—a <
tion little dreamed of by the kind-heart
ed officers who rescued and educated
him.
An Ingenious Swindle.
A pair of swindlers played off ha Bulk
the following ingenious trick: A mB*
dressed man entered a f
on the Boulevard Bonno ]
after purchasing three cigars gave a 1
franc gold piece in payment; bul l
receiving his change'he *
waa a twenty-franc pieea wl
given, and on the wosaan
served him asserting the
added that it waa a
the reign of Louis
bearing the date dt i