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SHERIDAN & sTftlij Proprietors. SunscuiPTioN. One Year.SI.50 Six Mouths.1.00 Minl&terH of the Gospel.1.00 ADVERTISEMENTS. I^lrstlnRtcrtioii.91.00 Euch Subsequent insertion.?o Liberal eoutraets made lor :t month ami over. is PBE1*ABEU TO L?o ALL KINDS OF An Example to bo Followed. In one of the towns of central Iowa there resides a wealthy banker whose 'eldest daughter has but recently be come engaged to be married. As would bo 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 Vassal* 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 wifchood, he, knowing how greatly the happiness of families is affected by the house wifery qualities of the woman at the bead, declared lhat the marriage should be delayed until she had made herself thoroughly acquainted with the duties of a housekeeper. To be thorough, he knew required more than mere theoretical knowl edge, so with wise tboughtfulncss ho 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, yet her interest | is never known to Hag, although her position is no sinecure. The family is very largo, and being exceedingly hospitable, the house is seldom with out the presence of guests from abroad; but inspired by Iho ambition to acquit herscif creditably in the ,present, asTwell as b'y the sweet hope in ihc Tutore, when she shall preside I over a home of her very own, her zeal and enthusiasm increases from day to day as experience adds to her pro ficiency. V~Inj order t44^M^^.^^4?fl^->*-5y-s--: temalic, she is allowed a certain sum : of money each month with which to j supply the lable, and as a special in ducement to the exercise ol economy j all that can ho saved therefrom is | placed to her private account for in dividual use. The monthly allowance > being by no means large, she is obliged to exercise care in the ex penditurc ; therefore the minutest de tails arc studied, and not a dish muk?s its appearance upon the table without the cost having been fully es timated previous to its ordering. In this manner she is learning many things lhat may be ol* great value to her in the future. Not long since she was heard to remark that it is really astonishing to discover the many ways of economiz ing possible to woman ; and as an in stance of her own experience, said she frequently found, for some expen- j sive dish desired, that something else equally as wholesome and fully as palatable, could bo furnished at half the cost. The father often accompanies her to market and instructs her in the so ?lection of vegetables, the cutting of meats, etc., showing such as are suit- ? able for different purposes, and how j 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 iu less than one year, at an j expenditure of probably one-third the vital energy required in the school j room, knowledge that will contribute j a thousand fold more to the happiness of those depending upon her in the j future, than any amount of school training could possibly do ; yet how i few think to give daughters similar j preparation for the home catcs and; home duties so sure to form a part Of every woman's life. Wcie parents' more thoughtful in this respect, the i burdens of young wives would be greatly lessened, while the amount of j money which would be saved to young j husbands would oftentimes be sufli- j cient to lay Hie foundations of great j wealth. The thought is worthy of consideration on I ho part of those j Who may hohl in their hands the shaping of a young girl's future. It always takes the sunshine out i of a man's soul to put on his winter i underclothes ami then Ihe first day turn out to bo warm enough to justi fy n small boy in going swimming Story of a Woman's Devotion. The Indianapolis Sentinel relates this: Twenty years ago there was a wedding. The bride was of good family, and sho loved her husband with the characteristic dcvotiou of a wife. But she found herself grievous ly disappointed, foriu time ho inllliot ed a scries of studied injuries that eventually ended in the loss of her character and a separation. She diift.'d to this city and became pro prietress of a house of bail repute, in which terrible business she remains to the present day. For years there has lingered in her heart memories of what she might have been but for this wretch whom she owned at one timo for a husband \ and she had noth ing but curs.8 for the irreparable ruin he had wrought. '1 he husband continued at his old home, and pros pered, and the world treated him ns an honorable man. lie surrounded himself with new domestic tics, and apparently prospered, but the old saying, "the mills of the gods 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 there was none so poor as to do him reverence. Consumption incapacitated him from I making a living, and the public hos pital was his only resort. Then it was that the cruelly treated wife, whose life of degrcdation bad been of his own making, scut for him, and be was brought here, and is now lying on his death bed in a residence lapatt from her own, but surrounded j with every luxury that can possibly 'smooth bis descent to the grave. One I of the leading physicians of this city, a gentleman high in the profession, j is bis 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. Ex-Gov. Chamberlain, of Maine, recently delivered a speech in that J?ia.tc, at the -ditdiention Qf-^mesfai incnt to the memory of Union sol diers, that is a just and fitting rebuke to the men who arc laboring to keep up the war iecling in the county, lie said : ''There arc some who will not have it that the war is 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 war was in vain ; that these soldiers and sailors of yours did nothing of lasting value ; that the gloiions 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 ollict,-, 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 nehievmcnts. Iam indignant at this insult to that great company of noble souls who nie 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 Stales are brought back into the Union and send their best 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 mortui struggle.] Men who freely poured out their heart's blood for their convictions, ! though wrong, are less to be 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 ex-mayor of St. Lhuis asked his wife to convey some real prop erly that he desired to sell, and she i 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, and al though tlioy had been a loving coup le and have since lived in thd 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 otlur, save that of silence. Win n circumstances made commani cation between them adsolulcly ne cessary, they icspcclivcly nbdrcsscd their daughter, and she spoke for both. Their questions, so put, were always framed in the third person The daughter died a short time ago, but the parents are said to still decline to become reconciled. Niggors. The ridiculous fancy' of niggers for the word ""colored" is one of the strangest phenominn of the times. You intiy kick a nigger from New Or leans to St. Paul and bnck if you on ly call him a "colored gentleman." There is nothing on earth will rile a niggor quicker or more effectually than to call him a nigger. The lite rary niggers are worst of all. We get several nigger newspapers in ex change, and the fellows talk about colored papers I The darkey editor? are talking about holding a conven tion of colored papers ! 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-lccth 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 thai of a frozen pumpkin to that of a brin dle steer; and a "colored individual" may be any lint from a ytiller dog to a black snake. Negroes, Mulultoes. Quadroons and Octoroons are specific and well known names that mean something. Nigger is a generic name is short, expressive and sociable. There is an aroma of hail-fellow-well met and even tenderness in the de spised word, "nigger," that is dissi pated by the Flora McFlinsey affecta tion "colored." llow man)*, many millions of us in our youth have been touched with the song "There was au old Nigger, and his name was Un cle Ned," and mourned over the good uncle's departure? The word nigger is immortalized in a thousand songs that awaken kindly and lender thoughts ol I lie darkey. The plain j tive melodies dwell in our ears,and the nigger lives on their sympathetic strains. If wo were black we would insist on being called a "nigger." - _ - JO. -P^LcsJi& Htsa^rrom. The Sumler Watchman publishes the following extract from a letter re ceived by a Republican in lhat town from a colored man named Smart, re cently removed from that place to Kansas: "C. P. Leslie, Land Com missioner, and sorro time boss of IJarnweil County, is here. He has been enjoying perfect obscurity till I found him out. He was very no votis on the subject of being carried back to South Carolina for trial 'till I men tioned to him the infamous compro mise that look place in Charleston ill April. That intelligence threw him in convulsions of joy. lie says the only thing he is sorry for is that he did not steal the whole God damned Stale of South Carolina, and that if he had to do it again, lie would try his level best lo 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 get hold of. ''Taint human nature,' said the old veteran thief as he warm ed up willi his theme. He has been here near two 3 ears." The people ol Kansas had better keep their eyes on the old scamp, as he may take n no tion 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 love ami 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 cxi&lcnco, there is holhing capable of 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 life, lessons the stature of manhood, and is contrary to the divine instructions of the Bible ; for it declares where love is there is peace, plenty and tin iftiness. Every thing is sure to follow a happy union. Let not pride interfere in this mailer. Last week a Wisconsin Judge was shot down in his doorway, and on the next day his assassin was walking the streets unit olested. Three foul mur ders were committed in the vicinity of Juncsvillc, Wisconsin, within a short time, which somehow or other have been overlooked by tho Republican press of the North. The stalwarts have of late been hunting np Southern horrors. The North has no outrages to speak of. Goods Are Going Up. Wo have information from business bouses at Ilia North that all classes of goods have gone up from 10 to 15 per cent, on curly fall prices. This is always so. As soon as cotton goes I up and the business circles at the North are pretty well assured of it, goods are at onto put up to lake in the extra profits of the planier. 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 tho benefit of fulI prices for their crops, they must persistent ly make their farms self-supporting as far as possible. The business edict is, and \\c cannot escape it: I Diversify and live ; pursue one exclu i give industry und die?and die in debt at that. Let not, then, enhanced cotton prices deceive our planters. Let them not neglect tile bread and meat question ) for the Western pro ducer has become a necessity across the water aa well as w'ejrfj They will be now the great exporters ami the)" will depend upon the market abroad for their range in prices!''. Tim con sequences will bo, they will be forced into the protective system of the North and Ilia business of the conn try will be brought to a safe, business like basis, in which producers will get their own. It is a long lace that has no turn. Wo at the* South can I no longer control the price of provis ions. The only safe way 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 fire, and it is time our people should have learned this thing down to the bottom, and as soon as they are foot loose from their old debts turn over a new leaf in this regard. We arc not in a hurry about the fu ture of the South, and we do not care a grot for the Blames, and Conklings, and Chittcndens, and Kill3. There are gj|eat inisu)CSS--qjiti^OiisJ^oming "up which, if we have sense enougfr-to wait for and heed, win lake""care of the country and set aside issues that are sprung upon us of the South with chronic regularity. Let us be wise our in day and generation, and put our house in order, not for bailie, but for better things, and they will conic ?very surely they will come.?Co lumbia Register. Nobility of Farming Ex Governor Horatio Seymour, ad dressing the farmers at a fair in Oueida county, N. Y., the other day, said : "I am not much of a farmer, I and have little right to stand before you as such ; but I brought over here I for exhibition some potatoes that I certainly exceed my speech. In refer ence to the depression of the limes, let me 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 moth er-earth,'for no matter how exhaus ted he might beeomo, he regained his ! powers the moment that bo came into contact with the soil. The way in which lie was finally overpowered was by coming into contest with an opponent so strong that he could lilt him lrom 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 ca:i seek its support from mother-earth, so long it cannot be overcome. There never yet was a President of the United Stales who, when he left his oflL'O, did not seek Ihc country and retire to his farm. Washington did this ; so did Adams and JcHerson. Our greater stales men have sought for rest, health and peace in retirement to their farms? witness Webster and Clay." Death by a Cotton Gin. On Wednesday* h?sii while working I at a coiion gin, Mr. Calhouu Hull, a young man well und favorably known I throughout Ibe lower portion ol [ Greenville county, and sou of the lale Louis Hull, met with a sudden death. He was operating a gin at the resi lience of bis cousin, Mr. F. L. Hull", heing ihc old homestead of the late Ph ik man Hull, and in endeavoring to push seed down and out ol Ihc 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 ho had received, produced his death early the next morning. Why is It? Editor Orangeburg Democrat: Will the Demcouat bo so kind as to answer a few simj)le questions: Wliy is il that the Orangdnirg Times is so mild in its sayings about Mr. George Bolivcr? 1 noticed in the last municipal election be seemed to have been a popular candidate on one side, but the Times bad 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 Doli ver ily as seandnl the Tinv-s was so mild in its comments, Byas hi my esti mation was perfectly justifiable in what lie did, and as a Democratic people we should see that IJyas gets justice. Have wo forgotten how in strumental Byas was in the last two or three cainpaigps? 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. I 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 hot have acted as Byas did? We must be thankful fur what we have received and remember that we will i need help again (lempbra mutantur \cl nos mat a mnr in Ulis.) Mr. Editor hoping yon may bo able to enlighten ! me on Ll;c "hove I remain yours re - spectfully. 11 kal'TOXTl mokl'm KXOL s. How Ladies Kiss Two ladies meet. They pucker their mouths into an angular protub erance, and cocking their beads to one I side, as a hen will before picking up I a grain of corn, two faces, full of un Fpcakablc resignation and inflexible 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 Do cmnber. as lire is unlike ashes, as life Jis unlike dea'tliT**' S"**h' *" * I The two school-girls meet. Mouth llics to mouth and lips to lips. Each would swallow the other, it is well it is so. The swallowing tendency of one is olfset by the 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, "Oh, you dear, darling creature! 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 with .that kiss ; in the same in stant of time. Keep it to Yourself. Y'ou have trouble?your feelings arc injured, your husband i? unkind, your wife frets, your home is not pleasant, your friends do not treat you fairly, and things in general I move unpleasantly. Well, what of it? Keep it to youself. A smoulder |ing fire can bo found and extinguish ed ; but when the coals are scattered, I who can pick them up? Hury your I sorrow. The place for sad and dis gusting things is under tue ground. A cut finger is not benefited by pul ling oir the plaster and exposing it under somedody's eyes. Tie it up and let it alone. It will get well it self sooner than you can cure it. Charity covcrcth a multitude of sin. Things thus covered are often cured without a scar; hut, once published and confided to meddling friends, there is no end to the trouble they may cause. Keep it to yourself. Tioublesnre 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 ! speech made by Deacon Hardhead, Of l'odunk Karins, at a debate on fe male sulfrage : "I dunno," said the ( : deacon, "as there's ary objection to i the wiminin's liinnin' the dcostriot i , schools. But as to given' cm any right to make laws, both Scripture I an' common sense is clean hgiti it. I In the first place, how on nirtli are : they going to git 'ein iuforcod? This ! iGov'ment by majority is based solid Ion the fact that el the the wust comes to the wust the majority can lick the minority. El* they can't lick, they can't iuIc." Tue speech created I a great sensation, You'll Never Guess. I Know two eyes, two soft,bro Wn eyes, Two eyes its sweet und dear Vs over danced with gay surprise, Or mulled with a tear; In whose fair rays a heart may bask? Their shadowed rays 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 sinys? to please itself alone, A little ohUworld tune; Whose music haunts the listener's ear, And wid not leave it tree; but I shall never tell you. dear, Whose accents they majr be. I know a golden-hearted maid For whom I have built a shrine, A leafy nook of murmurous shade, Deep in this heart of lllhl'c; Hut in that calm and cool recess To make her home she never eame? But, Oh! you'd never, never guess That little maiden's name. Not so IViuch of a Shower. As the olllcial vole of Ohio shows, the 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 staled ollicially at 000,037, of which Foster, Republican, received 330,201 ; ICwing, Democrat, 319,132; Stewart, Prohibition, 4,145, and Piatt, Nation al, 9,120. Foster's nnjorily over Kwing, 17,129 ; over all, 3,855. We lind therefore Ihal, in a Republican Slate, after prodigious exertions and [the concentration of the whole Radi ! cal machine, directed by the President and Iiis Cabinet, a beggarly majority :of 3,855 has been secured. The Au-j gtistn Chronicle adds': Remove lrom"I the calculation all volets who oppos ed Kwing simply because they could i 1 not endorse bis financial ideas, and I we venture to say that a clear majori ty, or fully 350,000 Ohio men, do not sympathize with the Stalwart idea as j to the South or State Bights. This, we think, will lie demonstrated in 1880, when Mr. Sherman ami his money bags will have some other work to attend to, end cannot be dumped into a single Commonwealth. The Democrats have much to mourn over, but they need not grieve as one without hope.?News und Courier. A Double-Headed Woman^_ Mill}- Christinc,^MT"doublc-heat1cd ; woman, although not a particularly attractive person, has had five Offers of marriage during her life. Count Rosebud, one of ihe midgets, is in love with the nightingale on account of her winning ways and accomplish incuts, and would marry her to-mor row 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 wdio would marry a woman with two heads and subject himself to the raking fire from such a double-barrel led gun as that whenever he came home late ut night might elieil ad I miration for his valor, but not fur 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 an- a thousand feet I above the roaring waters of the Ar kansas. We once heard of a young woman who experienced a similar metamorphosis. She had 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 and 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 Dcm octalic doc line, why is sot a Senator from Delaware or Hhode 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 bo politics, but it is common sorice." j Tub fact that two million years from now the sun will have burnt it self out and a six-inch coat of ice cover the surface of the earth, is enough to strike terror to the heart I of the most stolid ice dealer and pro duce a panic in the coal market. "Going to the Fair/' Editor Oranyeburg Democrat': Beautiful and bright was the big ilay of the Fair, and of course all wanted to goi Our kind hearted Professor gave hta pupils the day and expected all would attend. Tho result of which was, that before night had thrown her sable curtain over oav land, fathers and mothers were sur rounded by pleading hopefuls. Wo drew a long breath and thanked kind Heaven that such things do not come olten. It is really an exciting time when such things as Fairs, Camp* meetings,etc.,. arc to take place, even In our country home. Fathers and mothers, the feeble as well as tire strong, are moused by tho youngest perhaps of the little brood, in order that they may arrive at the Fair in due lime. Early breakfast must be had, lunch baskets fixed, conveyances male 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 bub-bub for tho Fair. Coachman and nurses are warned that they will be left or arc too late. ?Seif pride is seen, heard or felt. One by one the young Ameri cas sally forth from their apartments, all arrayed in their Sunday best, and as proud as young roosters with their first Bpurs; and you can Judge how im portal: t they feel from the manner in which their shoe heels meet the fioor. 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 '?how doe3 this suit you !" they re mi d some of that beautiful tarn? fowl that when the sun is bright they delight to look at their gay plumage, but to others lliey arc as sweet as transparent pies, and as fair as fresh blown roses. AH made ready now, the where with to get into the Fair must be had, the last desire of tbe youthful Fuir-gocr. Of course each has his idea how much he must have, or what will be rcjpwed to make tire 1 I gjSjfcj i ii BjMlfejSjlSj plishc-d, fathers and mothers, havfn? 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 nre given from their dear mother who hopes they will spend a pleasant da}', and they arc off. Mother ma}' now rest her weary and excited self, for well she knows what the night Wlfl bring. This, 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 sec nt the fair, a recital of which each must give for themselves. Hard indeed is the parental heart which docs not delight in the sweet and in nocent prattle and enjoyments of their offspring. 'Tis then wo forget the bustle and weary excitement of the morning, and almost regret that these pasftimos do not come oftener. We arc sad, then glad, we arc 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 arc 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 Gkovk, Oct. 31st, 1879. The Theological Seminary. The condition of the Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Columbia has evoked a lively discussion in tho Georgia Synod. An Augusta paper says "certain loading questions by Mr. Gordon, of Savannah, and Dr. Irvine, of Augusta, Ga., brought out the sad information that the funds of the Seminary had been wofully de pressed by tho 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, Ga., and very recently by the failure of a house in Charleston the Boatd of Trustees had lost twen ty-live thousand dollars, making, in all, a loss of fifty-two thousand dol lars." A sociable man is one who, when he has ton ininut.es to spare, goes and bothers somebody who hasn't. Be magnanimous. If tho butter at youi boarding house is stronger than you are, dont' tackle it. Subscribe for the Democrat.