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_ - ' t._ __ Vol. I. ORANG-EBTJR?, S, C, FBIDf^T, AUGUST 29, 18J9, JSTo. 35. SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. SUH3CKU>TION. Ono Year.SI .f>0 Six Months.1.00 Ministers of the Gospel....1 -00 AbVEKTISRSJ HNTg. First Instcrtiou.81.00 Fach Subsequent Insertion.5l? Liberal contracts made for .'1 mouth ami over. .19 .ITlliy'AnF.p JO PO AJJ. QK *3T*ojb Printing Middlepen Items. JZditor Orangaburg Democrat: Tho refreshing showers and pleas ant weather has given tho "Pike" new vigor and caused .hini to leave his re tired retreats and launch his frail ^craft once naoro on the stream of life. No doubt "Uncle Tom" and our friend in the fork have been waiting patiently to hear of the "Pike's" whereabouts, but thinking discretion tho better part of valor, I have liccn lying low, giving thcra ample time to hook me if they can. The crops in this section arc tolcr able, notwithstanding the protracted drought. There will bo about half a crop of corn, which lias caused many U> look at their cribs with wishful eyes, and exclaim, "you may be short in tho barn but none the less in the ?little brown j?.' " Cotton is rust ing badly, but fortunately not. casting off, like the Middlepen men ever sticking fast to the main stock. There will be more grain planted in this section than over before on ac count of the failure of the main stud' pf life. Mr. Editor, a few words to old *'Unclc Tom.'* lie relates an old story that happened before I learned the art of spinning such warp, there fore 1 hope you will allow me the same indulgence. "While out West a few years ago with some friends of mine, wo concluded one day to lake a hunt on the prairies, and on coining to camp that evening the crowd, there being six in number, tool: seals on what we supposed to be a log, lotest our weary limbs and waited for Hint glorious old word to be announced, supper. One of the young men re marked that our log was moving, not down, but up the hill, several hooted at the idea, and on inspection we ? found it to be really trt,r, tliht wc had through mistake taken our scat On a snake instead of a log, which wc found upon examination to lie some jAvcnly-fivc feet long. That was one night that I got enough supper as ray crew were so awfully shocked at the IsigrTt of ouch a monster that they Tor-! got which they wanted, protection or supper, so most of them look to the nearest tree for safety, and left pic to attend to the preparation) of grub, which I was to pass up the tree as soon as done. It seemed to rue supper took longer to cook that pightthan usual,and like Mike ami the Englishman, by the time it was ready J had, as most coqks do, gotten the best pickings of the pie. Going on a little fuithcr the following day we heard a rustling in the leaves ami on looking around what do you suppose we saw? two snakes swallowing each other. How they came out or what paused them to do such a thing I am Unable to say, perhaps Uncle Tom can enlighten us as he is an old fish erman, and no doubl has seen such things often on water courses. By the way, J beg pardon,."Uncle Tom," 1 believe you npver go only in ice season and never sec anything but a dark hole filled with llsh. Again will I challenge competition. Can you beat this, "Uncle Tom?" If you do I will always think you arc the man that clinched the nail in the moon. Two men were once telling matter of facts for a prize, the first said he made a ladder, climbed to the moon and drove a nail through it; the oili er after reflecting a moment, and see ing no chance to be victorious, at last said he was on the other side and clinched it j eo I think "Uncle Tom" Will have to be the clincher to top my cotton. Readers, I don't want you to infer fpr a moment because my name is l'ikp that I am anything like one in my nature, sleek and slippery ; but no doubt you all cap imagine the cause you have had specimens of some of my correspondence through the paper and letters, (Evil communications corrupt good morals.) Dear "Uncle Tom," this leaves me making prepa rations to take a big fish ; I would like so much to have you along, but I am sure yon would become disgust ed if they were to bite as they did the other day, not being able tocalch one with a tail, for as soon as you would pujl one up there were so many they would jump up and nip his narrative. One of my friends ho came disgusted catching and especial ly seeing them, concluded to go down tho stream and shoot at a mark, and seeing an old log some distance in the lake concluded to take it for a target, so away he fired and immediately the sound was lost he heard a fearful noise which sounded towards the old log ; after listening for some time trying to loonlc it he concluded it was in the old wreck and determined to Und out the cause ; so rowing out to the place and examining the old tree he found he had killed oighlcen catfish and six eels?pretty good for a shot, can you beat it, Uncle Tom? Holling to hear from you soon I ro niain your nephew, in suspense, MllHH.lil'ICN 1'lKi:. P, S.?Mr. Editor, or the female teachers of Orangeburg : 1 sec the piece written by "Esculnplus" seems to be stirring up the fair sex con siderably. Several have accused me of being the author of the same ; and in order to vindicate myself, I think iL best to deny the same through Iho columns of your noble paper, the Democrat. 1 hope the female teach ers of Orangeburg, especially thoso still free from the filial ties of life, will not think for a moment that 1 would be so presumptuous as to write such a thing, being viuculo matrimo nie. (I think I would almost as lie! suffer the wrath of God as the tongue lashing of a woman.) Ladies you can all rest assured that the author of the article is one who has long ago departed this life of singlcblcsscdncss and in case his wife dies, expects to remain a widower. I can sympathise with the poor fellow who has so un ! though'tcdly branched off on this nev er ending topic, My advice would be for him to vacate these quarters an soon as practicable, as I wouldn't be surprised to sec his obituary at any time. May God bo his helper for I can't, is the heartfelt sympa thies of Yours Very Respectfully, J. MaKION lloOKIIAKT. An Eloquent Utterance. The following ^IpRy-^-scLdj^cnt found utterance in a recent speech of Hon. James 11. Reck, United Slates Senator from Kentucky. Of 'Scotch extraction, he does well to say that he knows "what liberty cost?," and it were well for the cause of human Uibiwty on,..thb continent if it had among its people more such eloquent, sturdy and consistent defenders as he who uttered this sentiment: "I came from a race that has endured more, suffered more, and struggled longer to maintain freedom than any other. I was born in sight of Adrian's wall which the all-conquering Romans had to erect to protect themselves against a rude but brave people, who pre ferred death to subjugation. The stories of all the subsequent struggles of that people inspired me with an undying haired of tyranny and op pression. I have sloqd in reverential awe, with head uncovered, in "God's Acre," in the old city of Edinburg, where the bones of thousands of mar tyrs, who went to the slake and the gibbet in defence of their right to maintain and enjoy cjvil and religi ous liberty, lie in updisguished and undisguishablc graves. 1 have kjiell upon the stone where men and wo men of Scotland signed the solemn league and covenant with their blood. I know what liberty costs. May my right arm wither and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth if J ever do an act or tiller a word which tends lo subvert any of the constitu tional safeguards which sustain and protect the liberties of tiiis people." Senators in a Pet. Really, now, great men ought to he above pouting, and yet some of them are not. Senator Hayurd sulked like n spoiled child during the recent extra session of Congress, on account of what, was undoubtedly bad treat ment of him as Chairman of the Fi nance tJommiltce of the Senate, and now Senator Thurman has his lip puckered up because of alleged ill treatment of him by Qen. Ewing'a friends. Pouting on the part of these gentlemen docs not increase public respect for them, and besides it is not good luck. There, for instance, is Mr. Tilden ; he never pouts, and one time he was elected President of the United States.? Charlotte Ob server. The Wife. It is not {infrequently that a wife mourns over the alienated affection of her husband, when she has made no effort herself to strengthen and increase his attachment. She thinks because he once loved her he ought always to love her, and she neglects those attentions which first engaged bis heart. Many a wife is Ilms the [cause of her own neglect and sorrow.] Tho Divine Side of LJfe. Editor Orangeburg Democrat : While Urn agricultural and literary minds of our country arc busied with farms and letters?giving us their matured views of these important vo cations, not "avocations," and indoc trinating us in their several advance ments and splendid discoveries?and while doubtless much good is accom plished, still wc cannot think it well to entirely overlook the divine sido of life?to ignore religion and God?as do many of them. They' forget that "the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to tho strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet farrow to men of skill;" and that, God alone "givclh tho increase." Jn all past ages of the world's history, God has bestowed or withhold his blessing in proportion to the righteousness or wickedness of the people ; and who dare say that good or evil may not now be motcd out by the same fixed law of Heaven? We know that, "the idle soul shall suffer hunger?' but wc also know that God "puttcth down one and BCttCtll up another," and that He "makoth poor, und maketh rich." It is true, He "sendclh rain on the just, and on the unjust," but "the face of the Lora is againt them that do evil." The prime cause of all the adverse circumstances surrounding us, and of all our troubles, whether individual or general, lies in a departure from the God of heaven, and in a want of lespeel to the Christian Ministry, the Church aud Religion. This fact will appear, if wc simply glance at the secular press of to-day. All manner of questionable and even ridiculous anec dotes arc told at the expense of some siinplc-hearicd preacher; the Church is. lightly spoken of; religion is, in jiomo jn8tanpa^, 4fflM>rcdj ridiculed, I contemned ; aed the name of God is handled by sacriljgious hands. One secular paper recently gave as the reason why so many people go to gospel tents; "They mistake t|}cm for pirct|s tents"?an attempt at ridi cule, or perhnps'Vomethirig worse. Another paper in one column reports a work of grace, in another eoin mends. that "splendid" whiskey over the way, and in another laughs over a preacher who ?'nie like a sinner, ami 1 drank like a sinner"?thus lowering the ministerial of!jee in the eyes of the young who already manifest too lit tle interest in this sacred ofljce. If such cases arc true, and even of fre quent occurrence, is not the fact too sad, loo portentous of evil?t)l thp rcgcncracy of the times?to be made a matter of fun? While it may be fun to the boys it is death to the frogs. Resides, there is n filnoss In things, which should always be 6b? served. The safety of the young, the country, tho aged demands the purest, highest type of literature, whether religious or secular, and all should combine to destroy the evil, to build up the good, Improve your farms, your schools, your merchan disc-s-all jour honorable interests? but by all means maintain the cause of our holy religion. .Let this once go, and a rayless, hopeless night set tles upon the church, the world?hold it up?live it? and wo are impervi ous to life's ills ! A^rimoros. Engaging Manners. There arc a thousand pretty, en gaging little ways, which every per son may put on, without running the risk of being deemed either affected or foppish. The sweet smile, the quiet, cordial bow, the earnest move ment in addressing a friend, or more especially a stranger, whom ono may recommend to our good regards, the inquiring glance, tho graceful atten tion which is so captivating when united with self-possession?these will insure us the good regard of even a churl. Above all, there i& a cer tain softness of manner which should be cultivated, and which, in cither man or woman, adds a charm that almost entirely compensates for lack of bpauty.?Taylor. Females. Judge L/Cwio says: "God bless the sex ! Ever foremost in the work of charity; always ministering to the sick?lingering longest at the cross? speeding earliest to the sepulchre! They never erred but once, and if that error had been committed at a later period of the world, after 4,000 j'enrs of bright and lovely deeds, tho Accusing Spirit had carried the of fence to Heaven's Chancery in vain !" An Editor's Valodiotory. Tim editor ol a Now [York State journal .on Jtaying down1 bis profes sional Jaboj's, embraces tye occasion to give ,utteranco to somcTsenlimenls which -are appljcabie the world over among newspaper readers* "Having for nearly seven years been a weekly visitor at your homes, ki?dly sharing the hospitality, and, wp l,qp,c, contrib uting somewhat, to the comfort of the TD * same, it only remains to shake hands all around, take an nireotionato and heart-breaking farcwcll,**?.nd come no more, probably, forever-\ Good bye. It has been spoken ovo"rvUie dead ly ing in their cofllus. It has beer spoken when an ocean was to roll ?.n between parting hearts, but it novel is spoken with such pathos and unc tion as when a country edilov, with tho memory of his hard grjbhings and his scant comforts pressing upon him, hands his valedictory over to the compositor, puts the st'Ui end of his faithful lead pencil in Ifcis well-worn breeches pocket, and shqQies his rheu matic legs down stairs, to go no more hnctc forever. 'Wo part upon the Square.' We proclaim general am nesty all round, Wc expire forgiv ing our enemies, and shall haunt those who obstinately refuse to for give us, Wo nvc bound to be furgivon. Farmers, good-bye. You are the dorsal column of the country editor's subscription list.. It could not stand erect without your help. May tho time soon coiro whon no mortgage, like a great morass in the centre of a pleasant meadow, shall obstruct your prosperity, Have you over given us wood of scrimp pattern and highly perforated cordage? The act is forgiven, Have you ever given us butler of most unhallowed flavorr We hope, after a liltle, to forgive even Ibis. There is a particular class ?l^pa^rons_JW^oi?. every departing country editor remembers" "wtUjLjsp^ cial gratitude. It is tiro .substantial, thoroughly steadfast,'* pijtronB - -the men who are nev^JfoV*?^ out of favor with him by thVjw^'^n^^of ill-wind. They are the Then who cash their bills with thoroughly profession al . honor an<] promptness. Wc re member all such in Cirolon witli downright and uncompromising grat itude. We count their names wjth thankfulness. They arc like the brick walls which hold this olllco above the dust that vexes tlie street below. Support the new management. A country newspaper needs friends, and cannot alford to have enemies. Don't get mad if something fails to suit, and stop your patronage. Don't prattle all over the village about the short comings of the editor?co ope rate with nnd encourage hint. Help him to get news, and see that he has his share ol your money to do busi ness with, Don't loaf around bis of fice and steal his time. Don't give him too much good advice. lie knows more about his business, prob ably, than you do. IJelp, but don't hinder. Again, good-bye." An Indian's Grit, A short time ago a young Chippc wa huuter was shooting squirrels in the woods that border Lake Huron near Penctanguischcne, Ont., when by some means a large blighted pine fell upon him, knocking him down and crushing his leg, which was frac luicd in two places. Do could not rise?he could not remove the tree which was lying across his broken leg. Uc was far from the probability of passing aid, and to lie there and starve to death in agony seemed all that was left to him. In bis dilemma with all the fortitude and promptness of romance, he took out his knife, cut off his own leg, bound It up with his sash, dragged himself along the ground to his canoe, and paddled himself home to his wigwam on a dis tant island. There the care of his wounds was completed, antl the man it; still aliv.c. Life. Half of all wdio live die before they are seventeen years old. Only one person in ten thousand lives to be a hundred years old, and but one in a hundred realms sixty. Tho mar ried live longer than tho single. Out of every thouaoand persons born, only ninety-five wordings tako place. Lay your finger on your pulse, and know that at every stroke some im mortal soul passed to its Maker? some fellow-being crosses the river of dcatli; and if we think of it, we may well wonder that it should be so long before our turn comes. Hints on Matrimony. No woman will he likely to dispute with us, when wc assert that marriage i9 her destiny. A. man may possibly QU up some sort of an existence with out loving ; but a woman with noth ing to love, cherish, euro for, and minister to, is an o.noma.lly in. the universe, an cxistanco without on ob ject. It is as nntural for a woman to have sonic one to jook to for protec tion, some one to look to for odv'mc and assistance, as to brpalbc, With out it no woman was or ever can be happy. It is the want ol her nature, and nothing can satisfy her heart, with such a void unfilled. Now, with the exception of some pccasiopal ir regularities in the relative proportions of tho sexes, produced by circum stances, such as the settlement of new countries, there is no reason why oycry man should not have a wife, and every woman a husband ; and Lhi.s would easily lie brought about by the exercise of more poqpnon sense and less ambition. Each sex is look ing up for something above its own sphere. The son of an industrious and successful mechanic must be a professional man or a merchant, inr stead of following in his father's foot steps; and this is folly the first. When ho looks for a wife, the neat, j industrious daughter of a mechanic, like his father, is not good enough for him ; lie must make love to some line lady who is one nge in advance, that is, bor grandfather was a mechanic instead of her father, a very aristo cratic distinction. On the other hand, the girl who works for her living, earning it by her honest labors, would not deign to encourage the addresses of a laboring man } she would set her cap for a gentleman, forsooth. The mechanic's daughter, educated on her father's earnings to be a line lady, en courages tlio^jU46Ji?o|,!J of a set of JofJ?'~ nn<T"tlanglers, who drive hotre*8tr men away from hor in disgust, and she becomes the victim of some sony or shallow fool, Now this is all wrong? deplorably, wretchedly wrong. Girls should know that men, superior to themselves in education and position, do noo always associato with them for good. Men should know that by marrying girls educated in habits of life above their fortunes, they aro not likely to have good wives. A little squpd sense will enable any man to sec that it is better to have a wife grateful for more than she expected than grumbling at less. It is delight ful going up the hill of fortune ; hut horrible, jolting, aggravating work to come down. A Husband's Fatal Mistake. At Port Huron, Mich., a terrible accident occurred, the victim being Mrs. Adam Ilelmcr, who, with her husband, resides at Union and Tenth Streets. At eleven o'clock in the night Sirs. JJel-ucr was awaken by the noise of burglars in tho house. Mr. Ilelmcr told his wife to keep quiet. He then seized an army mus ket lying in the bedroom and went to another part of the house on a search far the intruders. Meanwhile, his wife ajoso and went to a different part of the house. When tho hus band returneJ ho thought hp saw an intruder in the closot and fired, but to his most sorrowful surprise found tho intruder to be his wife. The whole charge from the musket entered Mrs. I|elmcr's right side, causing a fatal wound, When Mr. Ilelmcr discover ed his mistake lie fell to the floor in a fainting lit. On recovering, he pick ed up his wouuded wife, and carried her to her chamber and summonod physicians, Friends. People who have warm friends are healthier and happier than those who have none. A single real friend is a treasure worth more than gold or pre cious stone. Money can buy many things good and evil. All the wealth in the world could not buy a friend or pay you for the loss of one. "I have wanted only one thing to make me bftppjV'Haslitt writes, "but want ing that, have wanted everything, and again, my heart shut up in a pri son of rude clay, has never found, nor will it find, a heart to speak to." Wc aro the weakest of spendthrifts if wc let one push away another ; or if we hold aloof from one for petty jealousy or heedless slight or rough ness. Would yon throw away a dia mond because it provoked you ? Ono good friend is not to bo weighed against the jewels of the earth. Rosa. Not long ago?perhaps?not long? My soul hoard no discordant Lone, J-'or love und youth's swe :t uuitln song It hearkened to, und that alone; Hut now the song is liudied?it hears Strange ntljsic, in a harsher key, For every pound a dirge appears .Since itosA died, who Jived lor me. Tho summer of myJifjp is past? Eternal winter reigns instead? For how, for me, could sunnuer last, When she, 1113' only rose, is dead? Sweet IIosaI would thou c.ouldst he yet, As once, my day, 1113' only light! Jlilt tli'ou art gone?the sun hasset? Aj'jd every day, to iyo, is night. Vet, he tho diu-kncKS e'er so deep, Let no more suns arise J'or nie j F<?r night, can KQOllje my heart to sleep, And ItQSA. Ilten I'll dream of thee. August 28,1s7.0. Truo to Ljfof A woman writing for women re marks : Now, take a woman after .she is married ; in most cases she loses her identity, becomes jn fact a a perfect nonentity, although slie may be the superior of the two. yon can not do this or tbaj. unless one of these "lords of creation" sees lit and prop er, and particularly in tlic matter of money, Just ask one of them fir a few dollars and sec how quickly the scene is changed { one would think you had asked for apart of their soul's inheritance, so quickly do they seem to be disturbed.. And then, even if they intend to comply with your re quest, t.'icy must boat about the bush and ask a thousand and one questions, and finally inquire how much you want. You nnnu? the sum that you feel absolutely in nee.'1, anil "As much as that ?" is the response, with a slow withdrawal of the pocket book and the sum is banded you?but not a dollar more, mind you, for you might possibly bavo a few diincs left (or postage or something else needful. Now, sisters, sorno of you may be too prcqd to ndin.it l\\o truth of this, but I think the majority of you will say. Ttl^rttHKW How $he Keeps her Hus1|8MUiHon^e( j Wives who have difllculty in keVft ing their husbands at home nigh| should profit by the plans a Chicago wife adopted. The Chicago Tribune says that a young wife of that city who is anxious to keep her husband at home of evenings flatters him about the exquisitely dainty proportions of Ins fect, and induces him to. wear boots about two sixes too small for him. He is on his feet all day long in town, and when he comes home at' nigh', she has a soft chair and a pair of loose, cool slippers for him, and by the time he, with great drops of agony pearling on Ids brow, has got olf his boots, he comes to the conclusion that there is no place like home after all, and has no desiro to go down town to lodge or sit up with a sick friend. Must Have Rain. Ac exchango says the colored peo ple of Dorsey County, Arkansas, have prayed very earnestly for rain. The leading church engaged iu this species of orison labor, not consider ing itself well enough suppliod with members, sent over into an adjoining coupty and borrowed a few, agreeing to pay a heavy interest in hymn books. Kvon this failed, but the cow of emergency was taken by tho horns when the preacher issued the follow ing proclamation ; "We'so bound for to have enough members in dis church to meet de occasion, and I ! hereby sols my hand and seal to de artickel what cay all collurcd per sons, respectable or otherwise j;i dis county, and counticT jinin, is declar ed members of dis church till de next Yam," A Georgia Girl's Love. A romantic marriage took placo at Marietta, *Ga., recently, nfr. Hunt ley, of Jvagrangc, npd Miss Richard son, of Marietta,'had been betrothed for a long time, Through the opposi tion of her parents, it is said, she broke their engagement and engaged herself to a Marietta gentleman. She was to have married that night, tho trosscau and all being ready. Huntley, hearing of the approaching wedding went to Marietta and plead ed bis old cause. She would not yield, and ho had gone to tho depot to leave, when a noto was handed him. This stated that she had re lented and would marry him. lie remained over, eloped with her to Atlanta and married there. All the parties stand high in society. The affair created much excitement. .It wns a bridal scene. T?o wine cup passed from Jip to lip, <Qne gen tleman v.'ho tliouglit hirrjspjf cured 0/ his drinking habits, refused. ?*Carr% you ^pledge friendship in a social glass*" pleaded tjie bridegroom. "? dare not, I cannot.*' Then the.beau tiful bride, with bewitching smiles and eyes that were brighter than the jewels on her lingers, held out the poison to him, saying: "Surely you will not refuse me?" The .colqr mounted his cheek. He yielded to the Circe of the banquet. The .first taste fired Ids lust, and ho ceased no.t till he was a sot again. A few j'ears after, one quiot summer's evening, a wretched outcast reeled into Mm open dour of a pleasant home, when a lady was just drinking a glass of wjne, al lowing her little one to ejp. The vagabond sprung forward with a ma niac's frenzy, raised his arm, dashed the cup t.p the i)oor, and shouted "murder hiin il you wUl, but not with that! Look at n)jc. you made me what I aim 1 was respected and honored. You taunted me at your wedding. Now there is not a reptile I would not gladly change places with. I niustsqon stand before God's bar. On your Jjeac] rests my blood 1* A gurgling sound was heard in his throat, ife fell at her feet a corpse, lie sleeps in u nameless grave, the victim of cruel though thoughtless seductioUf Is It Safe ? Is it safe to tamper with intoxicat ing liquor, when so many have been destroyed Ivy it? Is it safe to learn to use tobacco, and thus become a cringing slave to a filthy, expensive, poisonous, and debnsing habit? Is it safe to frequent the dance hall, theatre, ?fcc, in view of the evil associations and corrupting influences of those places? . Is it safe Jo profane God's name, when Ho will not hold them guiltless that do it? \ it safe to gamble, when so many have been matltnieffliitL'fflJ flfld m'Wil~ by ciigJ\gutg in it ? Is it safe to reject the Iliblc, when the evidence Jbal it is God's'word is so conclusive? Is it safe tp neglect spoking purist, when it is absolutely certain jLhpjfc thpsp who reject Him will be lost? Is it safe, to desqprate the Sabbath, in view of tho specif}! ??!Smand lV keep il holy ? It is safe to always, shun those things that lond to sin ; and it ia al ways dangerous to neglect those, things that have a good tendeucy. The Crops. Editor Orangeburg Democrat:. Allow me a small spaco in your, valuable paper to give jour many readers a brief sketch of the crops in general of my neighborhood. The corn crops in this part of the county have been seriously injured by tho [severe drought of seven or eight weeks, which will cut off the yield of this, great stand-by fully one-half. The cotton, crops, though geriousi^. checked in growth seems to be well fruited, and we are looking forward, to a very good average yield, of thia^ fleecy staple. We have rust in sppta^ of8omoofour fields but don't think it will result in any serious damage. Yonng corn planted in stubblo grounds looks well and is growing finely. The pea and potato orops bid fair to yield well. Cotton is corns mencing to open rapidly and farmers will soon bo making preparations to harvest for market. 1 think we all should put in heavy crops of small grain the coming winter to help sup ply our scanty cribs. G. W. B. St. Mattiiewks, S. C. Nobody's Fault but his Own. A ten-dollar bill, with the follow ing words written across the face, was passed over an Ithaca counter the other day: t "This is the last of a fortune of $100,000 lea me by xn\ uncle.' Jasper Gould. Ilowarc of women and wine. Rather ipt a man beware of indulg ing his passions until they become un governable. Neither women nor wine are responsible for Jasper Gould's povorty ; Jasper himself alone is to blame. Uns?to kiss. Ilc-hus?to kiss agnin. lllundcr-bus?two girls kiss ing each other. Orani-bus?-to kiss all the girls in tho room. Bus tor? a general kisser, E pluri bus unum ?a thousand kisses in one.