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NEWS GLEANINGS.
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Eighty-fire thousand tons of fertili-
sera were solcHn North Carolina for the
year 1881.
Sttk culture in Lrniliana baa of late
become a thriving industry, and to-day
promises an abundant production.
More money u coming into the Texas
State Treasury froip the sale of school
lands than from taxes and all other
sources. <
- - In-1885 Florence, S. C- contained.o^ly
ten houses. It now has a population of
orer 2,000, and last-year over 10<J houses
were built. — _ f
A Florida paper says that vastrjuanti
tles of blind mosquitoes arc caught in
the swamps of that State for fertilizing
purposes.
Nearly every day from 100 to 150 per-
sono pass through Chattanooga, to*
West. Thoro are from Western North
Carolina and Foutbeast Tennessee.
Owing to the crowded condition of
the Alabama State Asylum, Bulloch
countr ia at the expense of caring for its
iamne paupers at the County Poor-home.
The
yauisi
of Choctaw county,
inmate; «M fins <•*
. It is an old negro
is stated at “ 1SS
Atlanta OonetitaUost The hirer n
of M^nsdar mtr~ giwws richer with the
•Mtiaaal digaing- The or* has assay ad
as mnoh ss 1*4 of silref to the ton. and
the imd la the ore Is aha tn tnflhfi
qunathy to be mlooMe.
Home buatrrs near Dengheeilh. Ou.
last onek. ohrie los ebaaina. ran
•trnoc* aounol to Me den. wbkb peered
They found a mother
i til ef oboh gpt away
lea for three ^eee Meet
■1 and iron eelllng-tntfi
s hare heca started, am
foil eansothm In I
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yOL V-'- NO. 28.
BARNWELL C. H., S. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 30, 1882.
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TOPICS OF THE DAT.
Jay Gould owns $53,000,000' In
stocks.
jEsTHBno Eaater oarda, it ia said, wHl
be the rage.
Pittsbubo has sereral colored polioe-
men on the force.
Edison is recuperating in Florida and
giving electricity a rest.
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Whkn lunacy is no longer an excuse
for crime, crime will perceptibly diminish.
Tramps may now be expected in the
sole q{ •• Mississippi overflow sufferers.’
Victor Hugo is of opinion that if the
Caar will not spare the people, God will
not spare the Czar.
Ths woman who rode a bicycle 600
in six consecutive days, at St
Louis, is a Chnadian.
Aooononia to Cardinal Manning, it ia
an indictable offense in England for a
to
Express Company
organised a mouev order si
than that of the
A Rcwmaa Ins
third of Asia and a
■aye that cue-
pert of
A Cncauo Grand Jury lead
me Idee
geration Is not stated. Perhaps itwi
all exaggeration.
Four Women in the vicinity of Rich
mond, Ind., and a Methodist preacher
and two women at North Lewisburg,
Champaign County, Ohio, have gone
insane over religion the past two weeks
and been placed in lunatic asylums.
Thb beautiful Mrs. Langtry would
like to come to this country but her
agent wants so much that she will prob
ably be denied the privilege. Aa a rule
managers endeavor to make contracts,
with a view to making something for
themselves. , - ?•
Dr. Gbobor H. Lamson, of London,
tried for the murder of his brother-in-
law, Percy Malcolm John, a mere boy;;
that he might come into possession of
his property, has been found guilty and
sentenced to be hanged. The evidence
waa circumstantial, but conclusive.
I youni
lot thee
Twa outlook on ths Lower Mississippi
is everything but promising. The whole
oounfery is flooded, without any prospect
of the watsr receding at aa serly day.
In tl^ Ticinjty of Helena,
mde of the river, ia like aa <
Ax rrau to
Louisville CbmhmsJomnml: M A mao
who detected a piece of berk ia Us
of ths real of
I give him o^ty a part of th« I
. Jwiafia
One of the most rikyatenona pben
ena of human existence ia the large per
eentage of mortality aaong young chil
dren. A fearful proportion
everywhere are those of l
have hist begun tojHve. Even
dne allowance is made for faults of. nurs
ing and training, it appears hardly possi
ble that anv improvement can offset
the inherited weakness from which so
many children suffer, and, aa yet, science
has taught little oonoerning those epi
demics which find the majority of their
victims among the little ones. Still, in
telligent care and favorable surroundings
ran do much/ -The English statistics,
much more full and accurate than those
of our own country, show that in the
conn ties the mortality of children
under five yeara of age does not exceed,
and often falls below, forty in the thou
sand. . In the cities ahd towns the aver-
S e ia much'greater, ranging from about
ty-nine in the thou
to over n‘
Sheffield,
three ig Liverpool, pi
towns, containing an aggregate of a mil
lion and nearly twenty four thousand
children, the deaths for e year from thsfr
number were 82,360. This
number, and no doubt tbs
d, and to over one hundred and £iwagh 9*??
Force Exerted In Plane Playing
Ths celebrated pianist, Got tsohalk, <
highly amused on finding his performs
studied very closely by a scientist who
had published a treatise on thennm-
m oscular efforts that may be made
given time, for this learned
found that in one brilliant pieee
exoeededfgreatly the estimate
after careful consideration,
of consecutive percussions
out were found to be quite natoo-
lottsohalk pretended
to be gratelv entertained by his critics
and their widely differing points of view,
he must have already Known that his
yaioal sirmigth was great. - Although'
all appearance delicately constituted,
he wwetied with the mnscnlar runts
who were engaged in moving his heavy
concert pianos, and with a success that
astonished them so greatly as to make it
a subject of conversation to the present
have been avoided. Still,
thing been dons, the Httie
have been eon
things are, it b
a
on his concert tour
Germany and Austria he met
RubenstriR at Vienna They ware both
playing on ths Boaandorfsr pianofortes,
but Bulow would; ndt play co-Ruben-
stein’s instrument He would have an-
Tis* a fearful I o4h * °P e P r °vidad far his use. Prof.
w I *»<*, examined ths •’touch M of each in-
1 not have
wiD
and the weight
to the • '
an avenge weight of
S gram being equal to ;
graiasi, while Buiow’s
avenge of 106 “
keys of II
Te Curs 8hss» Eflllag
TWuuHnu of how to pti
Tn Pnttas
of Haiti *
I whiah has
Mug mdeaUy see
Mr Ts
He Parget Ike Bullet
It is but seldom that ths comic ele
ment enters .into attempts at suicide. A
diverting exception to this general rale
is afforded by the anicpdal enter
prise of a Hungarian engineer, resident
ef Temeevar. who, being a steadfast vo
tary of BaccnUs, bad drank himself into
so unsatisfactory a state of mind that a
few days ego he determined to put an
end to his existence. Having provided
himself with a pistol, and locked him
self up in a private room of a hotel in
the town, which apartment he had spec
ially hired for the porpoae, he pressed
the muzzle of the weapon against his left
andjprtlntUhe trigger. .The usual
explosion followed, and the would-be sui
cide fell to ths ground, where he lay per
tiently for several minutes, waiting for
death. Dissolution, however
set in as promptly aa he had
he presently arose, left the hotel
walked home, with a view to dying
fostably in his own apartment A
later on, perplexed by his
vitality, he sent far a i
the wound. Beyond a
of the skin, no injury
and, while the surgeon wee vainly search
ing for a mortal hurt, his patient anx
iously inquired “where the bolkt had
lodged?” “I f
“that you must lets forgotte
into ths ptstoL” “Give ms mv wmm-
cost’'ejaculated the intended self-alaysr.
fat
“Don’t ■
e vary sweet girl f
yes, very sweet, i
to say, she ia well
falbarto^b ma!! 4
well. “ Net 4saf
n- asked Fogg.
? JL , £?Z-Z'ZC1'ZL2
r-.r- rri*
i *wvy-
ta rwt*a by the
the i
V. D OsayAse. a farm** ef Huh
sue! gsuand M6 galh»neef ■■tea
niAm putitag same af the subs an
artel mvtag ASM stalks ftar mad
narv tag ahunt eas ikuumnd MMki
by bts family.
_ >«ws and Charter A Mia
r. wtfa bar three shfldniu, la su us
waa gvtug bams trass Perry, Gr
end they travelsd yawed ihraugh
raak wire grew whkh had hsea
U hasty
m *
aa lash fatgm Is
and a me
way ths <
have
p and ths ftar svsrtssk
ri le death. The wumaa
eps with her infest, bat
ai*ht Are and she sad
were so badly bemad that they,
si ace died.
Head Eat lag and Head Writing.
Ia old monastic days good eating waa
aiyt—’ * he« It was imagined that the
brain could best be kept clear and vigor
ous oa e low dial
Romantic young ladies in our tune
love to think of their favorite anthers as
fed on a divine ambrosia. It brings
them down to a common level to associ
ate them with roast beef and mnttoo.
Poor Charlotte Bronte was once disen
chanted of her hero-worship. Thackeray
was her favorite author, ana in her lonely
home on the moors, her imagination in
vested him with all ideal graces.
On a visit to London she was lifted to
the summit of happiness by an invitation
to a dinner where Thackeray was to be
one of the guests. She was introduced
to the great man, and sat next to him.
It was a red-letter day in her life, an
memory was on the alert to retain all
iaf su 1
l A-wwats.a, af ths i
af 18TI, speaking af
is opposed to batting,
bars to lay a wager.
the time will
will be vary
. Aa Bcanar
s is no ohanca
Tn visit of General Sherman to the
West will probably result in the abandon
ment of several military forts in Texas,
and the establishment of poets at San
Antonio and Fort Bliss.
and
his
them to her
bright skyingi,
sisters.
Thackeray, however, did little talking,
bat much eating. He had recently re
covered from a severe attack of typhoid
fever, which left him with a ravenous ap
petite, while the dinner was exception
ally good. Charlotte looked on in won
der at his feats, and the surprise gradu
ally changed to disgust. One more idol
had turned to day. If she had known
the modern law of the conservation of
forces, her charity might not have failed
her. _____
Delays Are Dangerous.
Ifrs- Daguerreotype B. Watermelon
celled on Mrs. Americas Yeepucius, u
very fashionable Austin Indy. The fol
lowing conversation took place
‘Bo your son is going to gat married
pretty soon, I beer.
“TeThi will get married in a few
Hallo Hutchinson, a little girl nine
yeere old, is probably the youngest tele
graph operator in the world. She is
stationed at a town in Texas where she
has entire charge of an office.
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Ths indications are that Mason will
jtoally be pardoned. Petitions ask-
^ for his pardon are flooding in to the
President from Legislatures, societies
and dtisehs u greit BQiBbeis.
This is the question which Mormons
ask our Congressmen: “How do you
know it’s bad to hsve s dozen wives?
You haven’t tried it We have.” That
may be regarded as a clincher.
Archibald Forbes has discovered
that an American audience’s estimate on
a ledture is to be discovered, not from
the applause, but from the number of
people who sit till the lecture is ended.
It is stated that the Czar, having re
ceived convincing proofs that the Nihilists
are determined to abandon their policy
of assassination, imperial dameney will
ooMeqoantly be extended ta politics
I fa pay
! has $476,0001
[the 11uatry.* Bsayei “Lei
oath fa the wfafar,
• go Nosth fa the
■er, end lei the young of both eee-
fallia love with eeeh other and do
forth to vierithe
win naturally come upon the some, that
will naturally end all secisoual feeling.”
Thh Paris Fiffaro says of Skobeleff:
This General has not changed during
the last four yean. He is now thirty-
seven, or thereabouts. He is very fall
tall that in a campaigning time
ie can not stand upright in his tent. His
face is exceedingly intelligent, his eyes
bine and i keen and quick, his forehead
oil, and iris beard brightly blonde; at
ibe very first glance his person reveals
the energetic and loyal soldier, ready to
dare all and sacrifice everything.”
Thb Galveslon Newt suggestively
says: “ When a President is shot, every
thing in the United States can be turned
topsey tarvey, and the occupant of al
most every office, from Secretary of
State to the humblest tide waiter,
changed. Had MacLean succeeded in
his nefarious attempt on the life of the
Qneen, hardly a particle of difierenoe
would have occurred in the Government
of England; not an office would have
changed from Prime Minister dowp to
letter carrier. n #
Thx most dangerous element in this
country is the inspired crank. Henry
Remshaw, the “embassador from
heaven aent by Guiteau to shoot Dr.
Gray ” of the Vale Lunatic Asylum, at
Utica, N. Y., when arrested, bad upon
his person two navy revolvers, one single
barrel revolver,'’one repeater, one dirk,
cleaver, <ma bottle of chloroform and
thirty bwadles of
aneoal he was evidently prepared to da
asms killing. Dr. Gray,
fa- afame nmmnsw
Bel tang eg* I went fa
ami mkodlf U* agasakaag asaki I
»iamd fa mj sfawa I waefadi H
be wry msvy, ead N wee dme by
H —mg m ps
ease fa bwee I
ami Ihva
3J?2l u I
fa put a paw al
\ (Bherttoc) between every few Isy-
erv*
■*; 1 paeehaaad a pair ef
wtoek . mx .
mg. Boon vary hot days m I
tamed them ep to the danet rsye ef
sua and part oa pvsee*; aa fast ae it
>lned ap I applied wars, nntil they
would take no maev, end they have sev
er troubled tae siaoa. Oar own plea is
to »tand the shut* ta a halloa pirn and
ll» a pour in lukerarm water until tae
notes are nearly
enter an nearly lukewarm aa poaaaDie
lor teenty-fonr Hoorn, and put oa the
whSta ’* * “
irifail
i be bad a <
i alM Ri
Tke bfaaka ase si ef fan
srSis*
Xj
m i**»i*—* * i ~ * T?
fa s
It Is
cmr el
kIiom while the
Hiev should ntd
Keep the
e possible
.ut oa the
are still damp.
m wet inside.
ployed fa imitate
.but
ef CeaaMeratlea.
I believe you are oconeefad with
the church in Elm street, ere you not,
Mr. Dickson ?“ said the customer.
“ No, sah, not all.”
“ What! are you not a member of the
African churchr’
“ Not dts year, sehr’
fou leave their communion,
Mr. Dickson, if I may ba permitted to
ask?”
“Well, I’ll tell you, sah,” said Mr.
Dickson, stropping a concave rasor on
ths palm of his hand, “it was iea like
dis. I jined de church _
I gave ten dollars toward
a or any actual
heir effect soWy
. color and vain of the
which 'were contrasted. It is
believed that fio piece of fragment ef
ancient aectile work imitating a subject
of any kind has yet been found; end if it
had been so employed we most hsve had
examples at Pompeii, where the student
may find all varieties of mosaic pavement
known to either Greek or Rocnan. The
mart noble specimen af aectile work now
extant is the splendid pavement of the
Pantheon at Home, where the prineipel
marbles are arranged, each
i on Band Is am
UMfa
and raemvea aa wages snou»
a day. The paper ordinarily Mad to
white, and af thabeotquality, although
a yellowish kind is al«D aada uos of al a
reduction of twenty am ssat oa the sail
ing price. The boohs are bound in ths
osual Chinese stylo, sod fsetanad with
it was jes lik<
in good fait’
ird the stated
red, each of meal
alternate round apd
i building of the
square slabs. The building
Pantheon was finished about tfiriy years
before the Christian era. This kind oi
my business being not so good,
gib only five dollar*. That yeah the
people call me ‘ Mr. Dickson. ’ Dis rasor
hurt you, sah?”
“No, the razor goes tolerably well”
“ Well, sah, de third yeah I fell berry
poor; hod sickness in my family; 1
didn’t give noffin’ for praaohin’. Well,
sah, arter dot day call me ‘dot old nig
ger Dickson,’ and I left ’eml’*
te employment of ooe^ly
remains of it'
ess sty Island
white silk thread They
peannea which satisfies t
most fastidious native. Ths leaves are
printed only on one ride.
Lave Led by Lgere.
-He
it have been
discovered in any other country than in
Italy.—Pottery Gazette.
^ Ah ieferaes’ Ambition.
Mrs. Bara Jewett, the octr
asked whether she did not tire i
ing the some roles. Bheaaid :
* t great deal upon hqw
re to bor In * The Bonk-
Commerelal Statistics.
Uncle Naoe and Jim Webster got into
i» dispute on Austin avenue. Unde
Naoe ia one of ths wealthiest colored
property owners in Austin, end puts on
j style accordingly, while Jim Webster is
comparatively poor.
“I kin sell yon out forty times befoah
yer kin sell me out one time,” said Naoe
“Of course yer km.
tar make me an offer for sich
Who am gwine
a wnffiess,
I fall a little wearied of
knock-kneed, goggle eyed moke aa you
to."-!**# AVtoaga. ^ —-
1 c*
fae aa- 1 It Is
She said, using
^ which he was known among
the wild, reckless set with which he ae-
sociated; “I can never be your bride.”
“Pansy—Miss Parkins,” said Regin
ald, in those deep, thrilling tones of his,
“ I cannot—indeed I cannot let you go 1
Stay one moment—only one moment!"
How that rich voice nag in her ears 1
Despite herself it moved her strangely.
“Very well,”she said, “I will stay."
Darting hastily to the hat-rack in the
front ‘ " ’ '* ** * *
his overcoat ,
of white pap«r s Returning to the par
lor he knelt beride the fauteuil on which
Pansy hod thrown herself in "
of gnef, and kissed away the
of pain and sorrow that were welling up
into ths beaatifnl brown
“See, my darling,”
rr
m
p ■ % ft p ■
zun
rror by
phrase of ths >1
fro.’.-n during ths'
berg, sndtesA
with water fa
lobs, rines if they
their son by frofa,
ftdual starvation —
_r. It ■ doabtteas
during the brief summ
explorer gives Hash*
land is prcpuctivS, r
difficult to readi a<
regard to it in the
scvcraJ inehes under'
Letter in Cincinnati
Ths great
in ten years from ' . _
first blow, had risen to i
over s numerous end
Timur (also called
Leng, for Ms I
among w aaveni
hod sucoeoafnlly —-
Kalmucks and the tribes 1
turned hiit
sr-. 101
— Mr — 4
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