University of South Carolina Libraries
SHERIDAN 3 SIMS? Proprietors. SunscuibTioK*. Ono Year.81.50 Six Months.1.00 Minister? of the Gospel.1.00 A 1>V BRTI8EM KNTS. tflrstlnstertkm.?i-00 Each Subsequent Insertion.Bp Liberal contracts made for 3 month end over. J OI3 Ol^JFlOJiS IS PREi'ABED TO DO ALL KINDS Or* An Example to be Followed. In one of the towns of central Iowa Iherc resides a wealthy banker whose 'eldest daughter has but recently be come engaged to be married. As would be expected from the position of her family this young lady has had the benefit of the best social and intel lectual advantages at home, besides having been a student at Vassar for some time, and traveled considerably, from all' of which she has attained quite an unusual degree of culture for a lady of only twenty years. To an ordinary observer it would seem that her training had been all that could be desired ; but her father thought differently. When he found that she had decided to take upon herself the duties of wifehood, he, knowing how greatly the happiness of families is affected by the house wifery qualities of the woman at the head, declared that the marriage should be delayed until she had made herself thoroughly acquainted with the duties of a housekeeper. To be thorough, he knew required moro than mere theoretical knowl edge, so with wise thoughl/ulncss he was careful to provide the means whereby the practical worth of all in struction received could be fully test ed ; and to this end the mother was requested to retire into the back ground for a season while the daught er should assume the responsibilities of housekeeper. The mother consent ed and the young lady undertook the duties of her novel position with a will to do her very best. Several months have elapsed, yel her interest is never known to Hag, although her position is no sinecure. The family is very large, and being exceedingly hospitable, the house is seldom with out the presence of guests from abroad ; but inspired by the ambition to acquit hersctf creditably in the present, asTwcll as b'y the sweet hope in lue 'future, when she shall preside over a home of her very own, her zeal und enthusiasm increases from day to day as experience adds to her pro ficiency. ~y>~ln order l^U^^e4^v+H^^4iW^f?-!Je--3y?s-? tcmalic, she is allowed a certain sum of money each month with which to j supply the table, and as a special in ducement to the exercise ol economy j all that can be saved therefrom is placed to her private account for in dividual nse. The monthly allowance being by no means large, she is obliged to exercise care in the ex penditure ; therefore the minutest de tails are studied, and hot a dish .makes its appearance upon the table without the cost having been fully cs ti mated previous to its ordering. In tins manner she is learning many things that may be of great value to her in the future. Not long since she was heard to remark that it is really astonishing to discover the many w ays of economiz ing possible to woman ; and as an in stance of her own experience, said she frequently found, for some expen sive dish desired, that something else equally as wholesome and fully as palatable, could bo furnished at halt' the cost. The father often accompanies her to market and instructs her in the se ?lection of vegetables, the cutting of meats, etc., showing such as arc suit able for different purposes, and how to avoid wasteful and unwholesome purchases. Does not this little sketch contain a valuable suggestion for the benefit of'other parents? This young lady will gain in less than one year, at an expenditure of probably one-third the vital energy required in the school room, knowledge that will contribute n thousand fold more to the happiness of those depending upon her in the future, than any amount of school training could possibly do ; yet how few think to give daughters similar preparation for the home catcs and home dutios so sure to form a part of every woman's life. Were parents more thoughtful in this respect, the burdens of young wives would be greatly lessened, while the amount of money which would be saved to young husbands would oftentimes be sufli cient to lay the foundations of great wealth. The thought is worthy of consideration on the part of those who may hold in their hands the shaping of a young girl's future. It always takes the sunshine out of a man's soul to put on his winter uudcrclothes and then the first day turn out to be warm enough to justi fy a small boy in going swimming Story of a Woman's Devotion. I The Indianapolis Sentinel relates this : Twenty years ago there was a wedding. The bride was of good family, and sho loved her husband witb the characteristic devotion of a wife. But she found herself grievous ly disappointed, for in time ho inllliot ed a series of studied injuries that eventually ended in the loss of her character and a separation. She diiftnl to this city and became pro prietress of a house of bad repute, in! which terrible business sho remains to the present day. For years there bus lingered in her heart memories of what she might have been but for this wretch whom sho owned at one 1 tituo for a husband i and she had noth ing but curs s lor the irreparable ruin he had wrought. '1 he husband contiuued at his old home, and pros pered, and the world treated him as an honorable man. He surrounded j himself with new domestic tics, and apparently prospered, but the old saving, "the mills of the gente grind slowly, but they grind exceedingly small," had illustration in his case, for with reverses in business came disease, ami disaster followed so swiftly that in a few years thero was none so poor as to do him reverence. Consumption incapacitated him from making a living, and the public hos pital was his only resort. Then it was thai the cruelly treated wife, whose life of degradation had been of his own making, sent for him, and lie was brought here, and is now lying on his death bed in a residence apatt from her own, but surrounded i with every luxury that can possibly smooth his descent to the grave. One of the leading physicians of this city, a gentleman high in the profession, is his constant medical attendant, and there is hardly an hour of the day or night but this woman is watching over him with the lendercst solicitude. This is no fiction. Just Sentiments. Kx-Gov. Chamberlain, of Maine, recently delivered a speech in that J^jA'r, at the -t!ejJUialiou-ol'-a-me?& ment to the memory of Union sol diers, that is a just and lilting rebuke to the men who aic laboring to keep up the war feeling in the county, lie said : 1'There are some w ho will not have it that the wards over till they have their own way. From much of the talk of late one would think that all the toil and trial of the Mi war was in vain; that these soldiers and sailors of yours did nothing of lasting value ; that the glotions war and God-given victory must count for naught, and that the real way to save the country is to keep certain politi cians in ollice, and that servile follow ing of them is the only test of loyalty to the Union. For one, I resent this perversion of our motives and this belittling of our achievmcnts. Iam indignant at this insult to that great company of noble souls who ate mar tyrs in a sacred cause and a triumph ant cause. Do not mistake the issue. Your sons will not have died in vain because rebellious Slates are brought back into the Union and send their heat men to represent them in Con gress, even though they had the cour age to wield the sword instead of the pen in the time of mortal struggle. Men who freely poured out their heart's blood for their convictions, though wrong, arc loss to bo feared than those who skulk in the rear and gloat over the strife so long as they can fill their pockets with plunder, snatched alike from foe or friend." A Married Pair who Never Scold. An cx-mayor of '61. Lhuis asked his wife to convey some real prop erly that he desired to sell, and she surprised and angered him by refus ing. He swore that, unless she com plied, he would never speak to her again, and she was still obdurate. That was sixteen years ago, ami al though they had been a loving coup le and have since lived in thi same house, they have never exchanged a word directly. They roomed apart, but sat at the same table, and were never guilty of any disrespect toward each ollur, save that, of silence. Wlun circumstances made communi cation between them adsolutely ne cessary, they respectively abdrcsscd their daughter, and she spoke for both. Their questions, so put, wore always framed in the third person The daughter died a short time ago, but the parents arc said to still decline to become reconciled, 'kit Niggers. The ridiculous fancy of niggers for the word "colored" is one of the strangest phcnoininn of the times. You may kick a nigger from New Or leans to St. Paul and back if you on ly call him a "colored gcnlleman." There is nothing on earth will rile a niygor quicker or more clteclually thau to call him n nigger. The lite rary niggers are worst of all. We get several nigger newspapers in ex change, and the fellows talk about colored papers! The darkey editors are talking about holding a conven tion of colored papers 1 Just think of it! Colored papers] And we read about colored bands, colored schools, colored votes, and all kinds of color ed things, meaning at the same time nigger papers, nigger bands, &c. II Sambo, after getting his eyc-tccth cut, had insisted on calling himself a negro, all right; but he is nearly as much ashamed, or at Least he gels as mad, when called a negro as when dubbed a nigger. He must be color ed or nothing, though the word is meaningless. Colors vary from that of a frozen pumpkin to that of a brin die steer; and a ''colored individual" may be any lint from H ydUcr dog to a black snake. Negroes, Mulattoes. Quadroons and Octoroons arc specitic and well known names that mean something. Nigger ii. a generic name is short, expressive and sociable.! There is an aroma of hail-fellow-well-1 met and even tenderness in the de spised word, "nigger," that is dissi pated by the Flora McFlinsey affecta tion "colored." How man)', many millions of us in our youth have been touched with the song "There was an old Nigger, and his name was Un cle Ned," and mourned over the good uncle's departure? Tin! word nigger is immortalized in a thousand songs that awaken kindly and tender thoughts ol the darkey. The plain tive melodies dwell in our cars,and the nigger lives on their sympathetic strains. If we were black we would insist on being called a "nigger." ? ^. P^Lt^lie Hear^rrom. The Slimier Watchman publishes the following extract from a letter re ceived by a Republican in that town from a colored man named Stuart, re cently removed from that place to Kansas: "C. P. Leslie, Land Com missioner, and sorre lime boss of Harn we'd County, is here, lie has been enjoying perfect obscurity till 1 found him out . He was veiy no voua on the subject of being carried back to South Carolina for trial 'till I men tioned tj him the infamous compro mise that took place in Charleston in April. That intelligence threw him in convulsions of joy. 11c says the only thing lie is sorry for is that he did not steal the whole God damned Slate of South Carolina, and that if he had to do it again, lie would try his level best to steal it all ; that none but a fool would suppose a man was going to risk his life in the South without stealing whatever he could <iel hold of. ''Taint human nature,' said the old veteran thief as he warm ed up with his theme. He has been here near two years." The people ol Kansas bad batter keep their eyes on the old scamp, as he may take a no I tiou to steal that state. The Partner for Life. Many a man has seen his choice for a partner in life in the humble girl far beneath him in the opinion of the world, and although lovo and pride might have struggled with him for a while, yet pride triumphed, and he sought one from the higher walks ol life. In all the vicissitudes of social existence, there is nothing capable ol inflicting more certain misery than is sure to follow such a course. It dis tracts the general harmony of our days, mis-shapes our ends, shortens the length of lifo, lessons the stature of manhood, and is contrary to the divine instructions of the Hilde ; for it declares where love is there is peace, plenty and thriftincss. Every thing is sure to follow a happy union. Let not pride interfere in this matter. Last week a Wisconsin Judge was shot down in his doorway, and on the next day his assassin was walking the stieets unmolested. Three foul mur ders were committed in the vicinity of Jancsville, Wisconsin, within a short j time, which somehow or other have! been overlooked by tho Republican press of the North. The stalwarts have of late been hunting up Southern horrors. The North bus no outrages to speak of. Goods Aro Going Up. Wo have information from business houses tit the North that all classes of goods have gone up from 10 to 10 per cent, on early fall prices* This is always so. As soon as cotton goes up and the business circles at lite North are pretty well assured of it, goods are at once put up to lake in the extra profits of the planter. The same plan is pursued with reference to Western producers. This rise in cotton will go far to meet old scores, but if our planters want to get the benefit of fu'l prices for their crops, they must persistent ly make their farms self-supporting as far as possible. The business edict is, and we cannot esc Ape it: Diversify and live ; pursue one exclu sive industry and die?and die in debt at that. Let not, then, enhanced cotton prices deceive our plantors. Let them not neglect the bread and meat question j for the Western pro ducer has become a necessity across the water aa well as we**- They will be now the great exporters and they will depend upon the market abroad for their range in pri'ccalS The con sequences will be, they will be forced into the protective system of the North and the business of the conn try will be brought to a safe, business like basis, in which producers will get their own. It is a lung hire that has no turn. Wo at the South can no longer control the price of provis ions. The only safe wnj' is to raise them for ourselves and take a clean advantage of the rise on cotton when it comes,, without having to waste our 'earnings on costly Western provis ions. A burnt child should dread the lire, and it is lime our people should have learned this tiling down to the bottom, and as soon as they arc foot loose from their old debts turn over a new leaf in this regard. Wc arc not in a hurry about the fu ture of the South, and we do not care a grot for the Bl?iucs, and Conklings, and Chillendcns, and HHl^. Tlierc ai"Ojw^tifiisTncsy---qiu^ 'up ?hieb, if we have sense enoiT^h-'f^ wait for and heed, win take"enre of the country and set aside issues that are sprung upon us of the South with clironio regularity. Let us be wise our in day and generation, and put our house in order, not for battle, but for better things, and they will come ?very surely ihcy will come.?Co lumbia Register. Nobility of Farming Ex Governor Horatio Seymour, ad dressing the farmers at a fair in Oucida county, N. Y.,the other day, said : "I am not much of a farmer, and have little right to stand before you as such ; but" I brought over hero for exhibition some potatoes that certainly exceed my speech. In refer ence to the depression of the times, let mc iceall to you an ancient fable : There was once a giant so powerful that he could not be overcome. But he derived his strength from his moih cr-carth, for no mailer how exhaus ted he might hoeomo, he regained his powers the moment that he came into contact with the soil. The way in which he was finally overpowered was by coming into contest with an opponent so strong that he could lift him Irom the ground and hold him suspended in the air until he was strangled to death. Now there is a lesson in this for us. So long as this people of ours can seek its support from mother-earth, to long it cannot be overcome. There never yet was a President of the United States who, when he left his ofiiec, did not seek the country and retire to his farm. Washington did this ; so did Adams and JetTcrson. Our greater states men have sought for rest, health and peace in retirement to their farms? witness Webster and Clay." Death by a Cotton Gin. On Wednesday last, while working at a cotton gin, Mr. Calhouu Hull', a young man well and favorably known throughout the lower potticu ol Greenville county, and sou ol tlio lale Louis Hull, met with a sudden death. He was operating a gin ul the resi dence ol his cousin, Air. F. L. Hull', being the oltl homestead of the hue L'hilemau Hnll, and in endeavoring lo push seed down and out of the way of the lint, one of his hands became entangled and severely cut remov ing the thumb. From this wound pro fuse bleeding set in, which, with the great shock he had received, produced his death early the next morning. Why is It? Editor Orangeb?rg Democrat: "Will the. Democrat hu bo kind as to answer a few simple questions: Why is it that the Orangeburg Times is so mild in its sayings about Mr. George Bolivcr? I noticed in the last municipal election he seemed to have been a popular candidate on one side, but the Times had but little to say about it, whereas your paper came out in full blast and gave us all the desired particulars. Why was it that the Times didn't do likewise. Again. Why was it in the Boliver Byas scandal the Times was so mild in its comments. Byes in my esti mation was perfectly justifiable in what he did, and as a Democratic people we should see that Byas gets justice. Have we forgotten how in strumental Byas was in the last two or three campaigns? We will need help again. Who would not have acted as Byas did, especially with such a man as Bolivcr, whose name will be a disgrace on the pages of Or angeburg's history. 1 think the Town Council did wrong in making Byas pay a line after he was followed to his house and brutally assaulted by two men. Who, Mr. Editor, would not have acted as llyas did? We must be thankful for what we have I received and remember that wc will need help again (tcmpora mulanlur \>l nos mutumur in Ulis.) Mr. Editor ; hoping you may be able to enlighten me on the above I remain yours re spectfully. II k A f TON 11M OK V, M en O.US. How Ladies Kiss Two ladies meet. They pucker their mouths into an angular protub erance, and cocking their beads to one side, as a hen will before picking up a grain of corn, two faces, full of un speakable resignation ami indexible devotion to duty, approximate, touch and retire. The school-girl kiss is a very dif ferent affair. As unlike the kiss of friendship as August is unlike De cember, as fire is unlike ashes, as life Jis unlike SeaTuT*^ "~ The two school-girls meet. Mouth Hies to mouth and lips to lips. Each would swallow the other, it is well it is so. The swallowing tendency of one is oirscL by t!ie like tendency of the oth er. Thus arc both preserved for the sons of man. And they talk while they kiss ! Each says to each, "Oil, you dear, ddrling creature I Where have you been these ages? (since morning.) I've got so many things to tell you !" etc., etc., etc. And this is all said contemporane ously wiih.that kiss ; in the same in stant of time. Keep it to Yourself. You have trouble?your reelings aro injured, your husband U unkind, your wife frets, your home is not pleasant, your friends do not treat you fairly, and things in general move unpleasantly. Well, what of lit? Keep it to yonself. A smoulder ing (ire can be found and extinguish ed ; but when the coals are scattered, who can pick them up? Bury j'onr sorrow. The place for sad and dis gusting tilings is under trie ground. A cut finger is not benefited by pul ling oir the plaster and exposing it under somcdody's eyes. Tie it up and let it alone. It will get well it self sooner than you can ci rc it. Charity covcreth a multitude of sin. Things '.bus coveted are often cured without a scar ; but, once published and confided to meddling friends, there is no end to the trouble they may cause. Keep it to yourself. Tioublcs arc transient, and, when a sorrow is healed and past, what a comfort it is to say: "No one ever knew it until it was all over." No Objection to Womon. The Harvard Lampoon publishes a I speech made by Deacon Hardhead, I of Podunk Farms, at a debate on fc I male suffrage: "J dunno," said the j deacon, "as there's nry objection to i the wiminin's iiinnin' the decstrict schools. But as to given' 'cm any right to make laws, both .Scripture an* common sense is clean agin it. In the first place, how on ail'th are they going to git 'cm hi forced? This Gov'tncnt by majority is based solid on the fact that of the the tyust comes to the wust the majority can lick the j minority. Kl* they can't lick, they ican't iuIc." Tne speech created j a great sensation, You'll Never Guess. I Know two eyes, two soli,brown eyCSj Two eyes us sweet and dear As ever danced with gay surprise, Or melted with a tear; In whose fair rays a heart may bask? Their shadowed rnys serene? But. little maid, you must not ask Whose gentle eyes I mean. I know a voice of fairy tone, Like brooklet in the June, That sings* to please itself alone, A little ohbworld tune; Whose music haunts the listener's ear, And will not leave it tree; Hut I shall elever tell you, dear, Whose accents they may be. I know a golden-hearted maid For w hom I have built a shrine, A leafy nook of murmurous shade, Deep in ibis heart Of'mine; But in that calm and cool recess To make her home she never came? But. oh ! you'd never, never gtiess That little mid?eu'ri name. Not so rVluch of a Shower, As the olllcial vole of Ohio shows, tiie triumph of Foster was not such a Waterloo as the Republicans hoped for and the Democrats at first con ceded. The total vote for Governor is slated officially at GG8.337, of which Foster, Republican, received 33G,2G1 ; i IOwing, Democrat, 319,132 ; Stewart, j Prohibition, 4,145, and Piatt, Nation al, 9,12'.). Foster's majority over Ewing, 17,129 ; over all, 3,805. We lind therefore that, in a Republican Slate, after prodigious exertions and i he concentration of the wdiole Rudi I cal machine, directed by the President and his Cabinet, a beggarly majority of 3,850 has been secured. The Au gusta Chronicle adds : Bemove Irom ; the calculation all voters who oppos ed Ewing simply because they could i not endorse his financial ideas, and I we venture to say that a clear majori ty, or fully 300,000 Ohio men, do not sympathize with the Stalwart idea as to the South or State Rights. This, we think, will be demonstrated in 1880, when Mr. Sherman ami his money bags will have some other work to attend to, end cannot he dumped into a single Commonwealth. The Democrats have much to mourn over, but they need not grieve as one j without hope.?News and Courier. A Double-Headed WojrnarK__^ j* "Mdfiy Christino7~tfre""donblc^u-adcd ; woman, although not a particularly I attractive person, has had five oirers of marriage during her life. Count Rosebud, one of the midgets, is in I love with the nightingale on account j of her winning ways and accomplish J mcnts, and would marry hcrto-mor bow if she would consent. One head is willing, but the other is not, it is asserted, and the two heads have been disputing about this mat ter for the last two years. It is, in fact, about the only subject about which '.hey arc not fully agreed. A man who would marry a woman with two heads and subject himself to the raking fire from such a double-barrel led gun as that whenever ho came liomo late at night might elicit nd j miration for Iiis valor, but not for his discretion. A Norristown Story. An exchange tells of a man who turned gray in an hour. lie slipped from the side of a canyon, and catch ing a protruding rock, his body was suspended in the air a thousand feet above the roaring waters of the Ar kansas. Wo once heard of a young woman who experience.I a similar metamorphosis. She hod jet black hair, all of her own raising, reaching to her waist. She fell -in love. The wedding day was named, and that young lady, who manifested con siderable nervousness during the marriage ceremony, turned Gray as soon a9 the clergyman pronounced the couple man anil wife. The fact that her husband's name was Gray is supposed to have had something to do with the change. Sensible and True. "Senator Bayard," says the New York Herald, "is coming to the Democratic front. If one state is as good as another, according to Dem ocratic doc line, why is sot a Senator from Delaware or Rhodo Island as good as a Senator from Colorado or Texas? and if Senator Bayard is a good man, why not Georgia give him her vote as readily as if he were from Illinois? This may not be politics, , but it is common senee." Tut: fact that two million years from now the sun will have burnt it self out and a six inch coat of ice cover the surfaee of the earth, is enough to strike terror to the heart of the most stolid ice dealer and pro duce a panic in the coal market. "Going to the Fair/' Editor Orangeburg Democrat': Beautiful and bright was the big ?lay of the Fair, and of course all wanted to goi Our kind hearted Professor gave his pupils the day and expected all would attend. Tho result of which was, that before night had thrown her sable curtain over otft' laud, fathers and mothers were sur rounded by pleading hopefuls. Wo ilrew a long breath and thanked kind Heaven that such things do uot come often. It is really an exciting time when such things as Fairs, Camp? meetings, etc... are to take place, even in our country home. Fathers and mothers, the feeble as well as tlra strong, arc aroused by the yeungest perhaps of the little brood, in older that they may arrive at the Fair in due time. Kaiiy breakfast must be had,lunch baskets fixed,conveyances mailc ready, clothes laid out, and as the kind hearted mother is busy ing herself in these essential prepara tions, her cars assure her that she is not alone in the great hub-bub for the Fair. Coachman and nurses Are warned that they will be left or are too late. Self pride is seen, heard or felt. One by one the young Ameri cas sally forth from their apartmeuts, all arrayed in their Sunday best, and as proud as young roosters with their first spurs; and you can judge how important they feel from the manner in which their shoe heels meet the lluor. The young lassies and ladies arc perplexed about this or that dress, bows, curls, puffs, etc., and as they often ask, "how do I look?" or "bow doe? this suit you 1" they re mi d some of that beautiful tamo fowl that when the sun is bright they delight to look at their gay plumage, but to others they are as sweet as transparent pics, and as fair as fresh blown roses. All made ready now, the where-wilb to get into the Fair must be had, the last desire of the youthful Fair-goer. Of course each has his idea how much he niU9i have, or what will be required to make th? g ggi~ 'jirpni4" *1?i s<A)r? plishc-d, fathers and mothers, having been worked up to a high key, may now gradually descend, and thank God that their household does not con ist of a baker's dozen. Parting advices good-byes, and kisses are given from their dear mother who hopes the)' will spend a pleasant day, and they are off. Mother may now rest her weary and excited self, foe well she knows what the night will bring. Tins, Mr. Editor, is a fair picture in some of our country homes when the Fair comes off. The sights, the awful or pleasing sights they will see at the fair, a recital of which each must give for themselves. Hard indeed is the parental heart which does hot delight in the sweet and in nocent prattle and enjoyments of their offspring. 'Tis then we forget the bustle and weary excitement of the morning, and almost regret that these patttimcs do not come oftcner. We are sad, then glad, wc are weary, then rested, we sigh and then rejoice. Such is life. And while our thoughts delight to dwell on the fleeting enjoy ments of earth, we sigh to think and are impressed with these solemn thoughts, how slolhfully some make the great preparation for that fair land of everlasting vest, where pleasure never dies. A. M. R. Oak Grove, Oct. 31st, 1879 The Theological Seminary. The condition of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia lias evoked a lively discussion in tho Georgia Synod. An Augusta paper says "certain - leading questions by Mr. Gordon, of Savannah, and Dr. Irvine, of Augusta, Gn., brought out the sad information that the funds of the Seminary had been wofully de pressed by the loss of ten thousand dollars, through the failure of a bo gus and bankrupt factory in Alaba ma, seventeen thousand dollars by the failure of a commercial house in Augusta, Gn., and very recently by the failure of a house in Charleston the Hoaid of Trustees had lost twen ty-live thousand dollars, making, in all, a loss of lifLy-lwo thousand dol lars." A sociable man is onb who, when he baa ten minutes to spare, goes and bothers somebody who hasn't. Be magnanimous. If tho butter at youi boarding bouse is stronger than you are, dont' tackle it. Sunscmni". for the Dkmocuat.