The people. (Barnwell C.H., S.C.) 1877-1884, May 25, 1882, Image 1

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i% K+ovMMta t l • vrifiai ■ * •44 Aa a mm ••4 IW u^n But'rrn Ut'Mt sa4 o^mmi to W pal^Ukod flMMld b* * r It* •' MU. »r■! tke )«g|jl •Wn; iMttMtod by irr—iij not rvquirod. ti Arlblea (or pobllotfon *bould bo writtro io • cbar, logiblo hand, and on on!/ cno aide of tbo 1 THE 4. All chaojcM in adverli.t menta muat n« oa Frida». VOL V. NO. 36. BARNWELL, C. H., 8. C., THURSDAY* MAY 25,1882. li.'" TOPICS OP THE DAY. G«bthot7ND bloo—o dog color—ia bar* ing a big ran (or traveling dressea. Nihilism and Fenian ism seem to ba entirely too prevalent for perfect equa nimity. c Cat.ifobxia rejoice* over the Presi dent’s approval of the ten-years anti- Chinese immigration bill Ton Irish Republican Brotherhood publishes a document justifying the as- Oavonish and Burke. remarkable family promises to offer new and attractive features as often as may be required for the perpetuation of a money-making notoriety. The whisky business in Ohio can hardly be said to be as rooy as irhaa been. Saloons that were not forced to close by the Pond tax bill ore worried beyond all measure by the Smith Sun day-closing bill. In other words, the man who conducts a saloon in Ohio now has several sumptuary measures to sub scribe to not exactly to his predilection. *and million of dellar*. Thl* wm baaed npon a decree which offered to the Anders of oom-otled church property (at a time when it waa all eon- & Heated) one-third of it* valne. Thau there waa another claim, alio of a Frenchman, named Laudrcan, in connection with the actual finding of the guano depoiits, and thia claim paaaed practically under tha control or manai went of Mr. Shipberd. It waa, however, on] for a email amount (anywhere between seven millions and three hundred millions.) It had ooroe into American hand* by the fact of Lai drean having a brother here, who waa partner with him in his contract, who became naturalized and who is »ow in the aerrioe of the United State* as Consul at Santiago do Cuba. Mbs. Wm. H. Vaxdbbeilt pays her cook (a man, of course) 17,000 a year. It is even something to be a skilled pot- alinger. Wb jtbvbb hear of General Butler any more. The General has the facility <4 going to sleep when an interviewer calls upon him. A National Brewvra’ the National all panic Capital, de i who favor Dc his It k Opnekal John McDonald, a mcmoei of the once notorious 8L Louis whisky ring, and who, on conviction, was sen tenced wad served eighteen months in the penitentiary, is now earning a living selling his book “ The Secret* of the Great Whisky Ring.” How great a de cline—from millions to the position of book agent. Indeed, the punishment of the wicked is gilmin than (hey cun b. wr. Tn glory of hevtog Arctic regions may has intrinsic merit about it, glory lies ia bring foam a poker It woarid be I The House of Romanoff. Tfan Romanoff* rath irt on the antiquity of their family-tree, claiming that it is known to have been planted by a Lithuanian prince in the fourth century.. It ia certain, however, that the family did not make their ap pearance in Russia until the fourteenth century. In the yeaur 1341, Andrew Kobyla emigrated from Prussia to Mos cow, and entered the aerrioe of the Grand Duke Simeon the Fierce. The of Kobyla held high poei- , and the fifth in direct descent him was Roman Junevilch, who in 1343, leaving a son. Nikita Jonef, who by ms mnr- wilh the Prioems of Sued* I (a Cram a brother of BA wdl la the ramk of UMCLE JOB a 1 BA Karon* Alio*. BT AMZIB B. LANIER Old Joe, so hoof at old darkey, finding hi* dny* were drawing to an end, «umiboned al of his child ren nbcut him to imi art ) i< lt*i word* of advice brfore entering the *' haven of reH. 1 ' 8omeof hi* female admirer* being present ako. The old man had already lost two wire*, ilia mind teemed mostly occu pied now with hia children. Towing rest- leraly on hi* hi* bed, hg cried : “Jake, come hyah! now, jea fix dis pilkr k’curaly neaf my head, For I’** tomefiu far to tell yon all joe afo’ I'** dead; J I 4jh Tjnnv rlmrlrlv a Ixamix «’/vemP TiT^nCT wfF TTmOU▼ j r§w9m VivwVr 1 hi* word*. Far proplei slUr* talkin’—my dey (its it fom de bmrd'. Jake, ynn’* my el’estcblio; eon take kser cb nil 4* re*; J Au’, chilnn, min’ yet btudder, fnr h«’a anr* - to know th* bea. I’.* raised him up n good bey, an larat him Dat raja 4* good Ola Mah’ar know* yo' eh’- re torn and crook. I’m teached him hew to plew, koe, pi«k sn tin de eetton. He krewy «te name ef «h’iy weed gtewiag In dat hedem. Ober jaier, MamdssfWk »her dat'a eern fbn flpwwis* Urena’* • >«lma U le*ka m ef *twenM neh De l*re sm tell eh rieterksr.ds mttlm la' •e sleek; Dm’* todSWn la 4e ( ikMirsS.W •m h^Te^iSS 2^ wtee tea deed New )w' “Neon There.” M I believe you are taking quite an in- . terest in spirits just at presentf” said a rather seedy-looking old party, aliding into the city editor’s room. “Yea, we are devoting some space tc that sort of thing,” said the city editor. “ Got a communication ?” “Well, no," said the seedy party. “ But I can give you a good deal of in formation on the subject. You see, I’ve worked the medium racket myself. I used to be on* of the best materialize™ going, and I’ve seen the time I could set a whole set of parlor furniture dancing a Highland fling by simply slapping my douT you forget it The; igle the whole business, and give iry thing away liefore f commenced a sitting. 1 ia cheek, and plenty of il Don't cave in because a crank happens to ask yon troublesome questions. Just get up an infernal rapping under his chair and i him into ailen-v, or get your eseiet- ant to—’’ it f ashed the editor. “Thao •a a I have aa Mkaf ««l ha At Wa rj mlaowid. ami ha-m ■44 lew A. ' Pto^hB fadma Tmnamy «v a r« k*swma*l' ' be ham a 1 Warn hmT he • i sa toi Mahyl maaMM«m* dm )m« pea Mm aea. to* *i**e af It* have* ahm *A>y aapl* am* Stories of Talleyrand. Talleyrand waa the only Bishop •euiug a benefice iu Franco who the nqw oath required by the Plate. Miral>ean early desciu <1 the talent of this extraordinary man, “who dressed like a coxcomb, thought like a deist, and preached like a saint.” Perceiving the wide range of bis ahilitities, he distin guished him as one of the most power ful and versatile of the mcntfkf genius who then abounded in Europe. Through everything Talleirand preserved *tang- froid which was inimitable. It was SMB alike in small matters aa in great. One day, aa he wm mounting the steps «f -fcAr«arrift;. r e, he spoke to an mmduai whom he hnd hitherto prrtend-d rot to reooguiz-*, but whom ho knew very well. Thia person be had seen for days near his door. “And who are yon, my friendf “I am your coachmaker, my lord.” “Ah, you are my coschnmker; and what do you want, my coachmaker ?’ “I want to ba paid, my lord.” “Ah, you an my ooeehmaker, and you want lo ba paid ; you shall be paid, my ooch- maker.'* "JMlBiylor 1 ?” “Too era very inqaiattivs,” mid Urn bishop, as he arkdad himself in the new oar riage whieb be had not paid lor. Many weM tiM SOeoae which took bitTsaa him sad NsooUne. On NspuhniQ hevtng mid that owa likslv, ha wan'd taka ears (bat his Wor-Otaad KWriiir sbaaM aafi aaniva hum TaiWy- rmn i quwtljr replied that ba dm aafi d*- 4re ihet reaaaa ftsr bopdac that id* might long ha by M. M^a: “ At iba aad ^ toB Omm- >-i'(ff HtaSs. whiah too* |d dMSff T iphthi manufacture of rubber i Thb delicate perfumes of melQol and woodruff are made from coal tar. Coloring matter known aaeauHna has been obtained from the red cabbage. Diluted in alcohol, in the _ of one to 100, nitro-glycerine can be kept safely. A biter moving with A velocity of two miles an hour will move pebbles as largo as hens’ eggs. Thbbe is no organi* reason why fishes could not breathe air If the gfim OWdd be kept moist and Bed.' Th* daily movement of tha Swiss glacier, tha Mer da Glaee, is seven to thirty-six inches. It har been calculated that til* gold of gold lace is not mors than s third of • millionth of aa inch thick. In thb Kaga ware the red is fini baked in, then the gold added and the poroBlsfai again Mihmitted to the fire. Thb ordinary week of a home is l st 22 500 pounds raised oos foot fa a a inntr far sight hears s day. Tn fogs at Ixmdaa hare a pma* ia- id ha i • r bsas I *4 toe A* aeaa* aa ore ffkai «* asms i ksre red he amse IreM tom ^ws* V p*mat la aa aimmdmd f «*as si ga a a • toto» , ^' t — hat lift, toal ht t «pto #i Iw*. I 4to to da hair I i da sBgslBtod kavyaal ta km MaasMisto dm Bto* » I • •has Mto re i •-* re tit Tsa laa I .to 11 damhato tomatobwmBto dto^ Ui to a to a mm* ssaresi toe* IkaS i to TW ■toff bat might res m Am*< aad toal mantok T m firem i 9mm 9%U mh Ms shsga mgM sf aha bto Busday • Asa*rm, are* •*gM re* < tof* Ssto*. aa tola dret ia* r* m** a < r a a a* aw mas aM a* sdah mas da* Lreh here rea reogm res a • daar, | sa »•»*•» are »• psashre fire' rm Are* ere* .are *-* hrer* mm T•• sail (Am ere to»a la. rehai i*4 Tea am •••I freshre ratoiam .let? f al ■ ire wm haph mwias mb'ams fmmti faa< a y*’ rym i •* r*a toMa. dsr'V Vs fre ai realrtU.' la gto re util tha law gore lata stout oar ahetaa will ba flooded with oooliaa. It ia that 24,000 will arrive at Victoria i batwaao this and tha 1st of August Ossraal Has sn, Chief Signal Offlcar. says the escape of Captain Howgste de prives tha Signal Corps of its best means of answering the false and vicious ’JBOHriSHnPAdd against It,’ and In a letter addressed to the Secretary of Wax, demand* that every effort be made to effect bis arrest Aa tha trial of the Halley boys and Blanche Douglass progresses at New Haven, Connecticut, charged with ttie murder of Jennie Cramer, the testimony adduced leaves little doubt a* to their guilt The girl was first outraged, and then poisoned, and when cold in death, the body was thrown into the river. It is estimated that thus far .the United States Government has given away to railroads 200,000,000 acres of land, and none of it has returned under isrureitoqssMvof lh* ram hy thayrasl juo- mm *f ths mrtn vsl of the Ittsto Th* wm •aa hs So then, that whieh is necessary to the sustenance of the rich is not so to the poor 7 It is pretty hard to subscribe to that doctrine, but still harder is it to agree to let hanger end death enter the door* of the poor and lay waste their homes “ to raise the quality of the race by the great process of the survival of the fittest" Is there not something monstrous in this suggpetiuo t. Thb Washington Republic presents tiie history of the Peruvian claims iu the following brief, intelligible style: M A long, long time *go there dwelt in the Republic of Peru s poor but enterprimnz Frenchman named Alexander Ooohet He had of mind, wa* eoraething of a and made lome acieutific disooverie* *a to the um* and quaUUo* of the guano de posit*, which are the principal product of that country. He likewim made limilar diacoverim a* to nitrate*, which are alio found there in great quantitr. Th* Peruvian Oongn-e*. on bia petition, awarded him a* % rseompenae for hi* guano diaenverie* 6.000 toM of the article, bat on condition that ne would reveal ail that be knew about the nitrataa. The condition na JOehst returned la Is g behind him aa untabrVd -ilunataaoa aimed OwlaeM in Fnuwa. aad Ostade alaBasd to ts ths iatortb* of anything to vains tokeofiog to Iu* fitlrer ia Farm. Ths erja e to * that k, attacks by opre reany's sbig^to aa saamv ( ^ 1 '* brilhsariundpictaraaqae of ' Tha small Mtokt fngtoa blockading another frigate of about equal size in ths harbor of Porio Cabal lo, on ti.* Spanish ">*1" The idea of “cut- ting oat” the frigate from under ths Spanish batteries by means of his small, open boats, maonea with only one hun dred men, inspired Captain Hamilton, and, when communicated to the erew, was received with three hearty cheers. The boats, commanded by the captain himself, left the frigate at night and made for the harbor, not unobserved, however, by a Spanish launch "row- went to the.barn to milk. I noticed the ing guard” at the entrance. This did — oar beto dairymen that a oow toasted to a polite, gentlemanly manner, aa though she wm a companion, would give twice m much milk. Tha plan seamed feasible to me. I had bare a hard man with •took, and thought maybe that wm one reason my oow always dried up when butter was forty cents a pound. I de cided to adopt your plan, and treat scow m I would a lady. I had s briudle oow that never had been very muck mashed on me, and I decided to commence on her, and the next morning after I read your devilish paper, I put on my Sunday suit, and the white ping hat that I bought the year Greeley run for President, and went to the. barn to milk. I noticed old oow seemed to be kMbful, and fright ened, but taking off my hat and bowing politely, I said, ‘Madamc^excu?# the seem ing impropriety of the request, but will you do me the favor to hoist?’ At the wftme time I tapped her gently on the flank with my i l ig hat, and putting the tin pail on the floor under her I sat down on the milking-stool.” “Did she hoist?” said we, rather anxious to know how the tdvioe had worked. “ Did she hoist? Well, look st me, and see if you thing she hoisted. - Say, I tell yon in oonfidenoe, ABd I dom’t want it repeated, but that cow raised right up and kicked me with all four feet, ■witched me with her tail and booked me with Lith home, si: at ooor. and when I r = ££ i a* *■« * » r »re~* Am _7~ »- xmm. re| rTS sga L i Axqte not deter the gallant assailant. Two boats proceeded to cut the cables, the others attempted to board at different points, two only out of the six succeed ing at first The Spanish crew, number ing three hundred and sixty-five, retired before the headlong attack of probably not eighty assailants, and two boats’ crews remained to tow the enemy out if captured. For some minutes the issue was doubtful, but while the deadly struggle proceeded below our lithesome sailors sprang aloft like a flight of night- birds; the gaskets were cut, the sails dropped curtain-like from the yards, the ■hip gained life, and floated out like a summer cloud or a vision amid the roar of guns from the battery, tha continued fire of auakatry, the loud curses of the sad I got up out of the bedding m the stodl^ Spaniards, and tbs measured spUto of and Iba SMtoJ lay auff _ in •* •van then, ths ex-sokUar can ate tor himself. This care i have but oas of two meanings: It st be the intention of parties buying ■noh copies m they can obtain, thereby to locsts land; if that be the case and the aoldient’ claims remain uuim- , ain'd, tli<- government,ig»> bo defraud ed. Or cb*) it meanatoW these copu s of the discharge are tu'teT used in some way so as to invalidate ths claims of the soldiers who rightfully deserve recogni tion, and have the privilege of the home- steed act. Soldiers should remember U-And dishonest men need not be told— that “ in making final proof on a ho ire- stead entry under the Soldiers’ and Sail- ore’Homestead Act the party will be r.-qitir- <1 to present to the proper district land officers a certified copy of his dis- , harge from the United States Array during the war of the rebellion, or in the absence thereof, ‘satisfactory evi dence’ of service, which mav consist of the party’s affidavit of the facts, cor- roborated by the testimony of two dis- i uteres ted witnesses, will be accepted.” The intelligent soldiers of the State of Iowa and the Northwest will at once see the rsa*nns why parties want soldiers to give up their papers for a considera tion. Lai such person* unde ruts nd that •u'-i> practices will he investigated, and that the v may haw further on the sutv ) -x-t, sod their Sfhamre will ba dropped of his the sew* r through tha I stream «( water soil offal, which i m one might imagine the tweaking of a menagerie, and by light ba saw plunging toward him a monster dog, with sym bloodshot and emitting sparks of phosphorwoent flie. The animal wm about two and a half feet high, and wm heavy act, of the bio-idboatid speeiee with a cruaaing of mongrel blood, and probablv weighed m much as a deer or a oolt. He was howl ing madly, and his white, gleaming fangs were bared in a manner which evi dently meant business. The beMt wm covered with short white and black hair, and was endowed with other ebnrarter- istics which were peculearly interesting and worthy of research. Mr. Prant, however, remembered an important end of the ladder, and, after breaking the paralysis of fear, he moved tip the rungs as quickly al possible, and not a moment too soon, leaving the beast howling fiercely at the foot, and expressing its rage in canine shrieks, which were fairly blood-curdling. The younger Prant heard the noise below, and felt the lad der shaking violentlv, and hiaheart stood still nntil his brother appeared in day light, looking blanched and agitated. l2r. Prant soon got beck to terra Arma, and postponed investigations of that m tare. Mr 7, ] who is pamculsrly well posted in matters in that hieality, i-ipreseed hia name, need to be protected by i Clothes do not make some person* dress m if they did. nre those who sre nothing mote Off less than clothes-Bcraens. Clothes are Mm, M some suppose, tar the purpose of keeping the cold from us, for, in trath, we could not bear garments which dia not allow of a continual ventilation of our eurfaces. It ia not the densest^ thickest or heaviest material that wa used iu cold weather. It is of itively little use in these days to < for an utter emancipation from —perhaps such an emancipation. Blight not be altogether wise if it oould be effected; but where custom is tyrannicad there the man or woman who has A care for health and comfort should be above ths custom. Ba white I timtere sdvM riff res aeteT te sto to* to Wtotod « f— Hif