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PATRICK'S COTTON PRESS Tho undersigned Agent for Ornngoburg County begs leave to call the attention of COTTON PLANTER8 to the same, nnd would advise every ono in need of a COT TON PRESS to purohnso a pntent at once. For CHEAPNESS, SIMPLICITY, and POWER, it has no equal. Any one desirous of ecoing the "modus operandi" of said Press, oan do so by calling at the Stora of J. W. Patrick & Co., R?ssel Street Orangeburg 0. H., 8. C, whore a model tan be seen, or address Capt. Je fit 8T?KES Gen'l Agent Midway 8. C. J. W. PATRICK, Agt. Orangeburg County S. C. . julyl26 1873 Romance in Politics. Tho Columbus Stair Journal tells the story of lovo of some Ohio politicians, among others, of Hon. William Allen, tho Democratic nominco for the Gover norship of the State. In 1830 Mr. Allen was nominated for Congress by the Democrats, and Mr. McArthur, the V\ big Governor, was a candidate for re election. Mr. Allen loved the Gover nor's daughier, but the father broko off the match, and tho huly married a Keutuckian, who died beforo tho end of Mr. Allen's term in the Housj. Gov ernor McArthur also died. Now comes what seems almost the action of a ileus exmachtna. 1 hero was au ultra-Dem ocrat whose daughter loved and wedded a Whig, when tho father had his oye upon Allen G. Thurman as an eligible husband for her. Soon he, too, slept with his fathers, the lady became a widow and married Mr. Thurman. At tho wedding Mr. Al!eu again met Miss McAithur (now a widow). The old lovo returned, and they, too, became husband and wife. Here is plenty t?f romance for a dime novel. "Rut stop, my child, and listen to me. There is not a young lady in the city that would not jump at the offor made you. Let thorn laugh. Girls must have something to laugh at, but it won't hurt you. Tell him yes, emphatically. If he were a stranger whose antecedents were unkuowu to us, however propnsscss ing in pcn?ou and manners, or profuse in hia profession of love, I would withhold my consent. Rut we have long known him ; his moral character is without reproach} he is amiable, kind hearted, and sincere,a hue scholar, with as houor able position in the college, and he makes nr. pit-tensions. You know just, what he is What, mure ?u you wtiutl"' "Rut, mamma, I dou't know that he loves n?2 ;. he hasn't oven said so." "O, well, daughter, nevei mind that Generully, those who arc loudest in their prolesxionB of love have least of the pure article. You can teach him by example to love you. It is far better than pre cept " Leaning her bend upon her mother's buhi.in, Saruh said, in a submissive tone : "Well, ma, juut as you say?I'll tell him yes ; but, although tho hour isn't half out, we'll uot go dowu until the last minute of the hour." At the cxpiratiou of the fifty-ninth minute they returned to tho professor nod papa, Sarah still blushing, but more calm than before. Then, with a Grm ness that astonished herself as well as pan-nts, she extended her hand to the professor and said : '?Yes, sir ; if japa consents.'' He gave his COUSCUt without hesi tancy, and it was readily agreed by all that the wedding should take place a week from that time. Then professor Foster, with his usual culmness, con scious of having douc bis duty, with drew to report progress to hia friends. Well, in dure time tho Professor went to the clerk for his license. The clerk informed him that the law required a bond and security iu the sum of 81,250, u) bo void on condition that there was uo legal objection to the proposed un ion of the two persons named. Tho Professor very promptly replied : "Oh, never mind the bond, Mr. Clerk ; I will pay 81,100 down, and will hand you the balance in a day or two." After further explanation by tho clerk, the i Professor noon complied with the law I and obtained his license. At tho appointed time the wedding came off in the beat style of the city, and tho company onjoyed the occasion with tho greatest zest, i he hours flew like humming birds. As the clock struck twelve tho Professor picked up his hat and started to his boarding bouse. His principal attendant, sur mising his intention, followed him to the front door and informed him that mat rimonial etiquette required him to stay and hoard and lodgo at the bouse of his fat her-iu - lav/ until he und his wife wished to livo by themselves; that he would bo furnished with a room adja cent to Sarah's room, in order that, if she happened to get thirsty, he might be near to get her a drink of fresh Water. In the morning the bride and groom were greeted with tho smiles of tho fam ily, together with those of some early callers, and inquires were made if they had slept well. Both responded that they had never slept sounder in their lives, ho adding, with his childlike ?im plicity, thai he was happy to say Sarah did not call for water duriog the whole night. The last remark was quite a rid dle to her, and Bho looked curious, but said nothing, no ono venturing to ask him to riso and explain. Ho did not know it was a joke played upon him until the attendant told it as such to the company. Finally th?i happy couplo went to housekeeping, and never were man and wifo ruore heartily congratulated or more highly esteemed than thay wcro. Tlioy wjre tho favorites in the city. Never was vfifo more lovely or husband more kind and devoted, but he didu't know any thing about providing for the larder, only as Surah tu ugh t him. One lit 11 u incident may suffice to illustrate. She told him one day to get some rice. Ho wcut immediately to the store and told tue clerk ho wantud to get some rice. "How much?" inquired the clerk. "Oh, not much," said the Pro fessor, "I reckon three or four bushels will do for tho present." The clerk was very sorry to say they hud not so much on hand, but that t hey would soon havo more. The clerk persuaded him to try to make out for a few days with Homo fifteen or twenty pounds. Sarah aud the clerk wero not the only ones ?ho laughed over the incident. He never called for the three OS four bushels afterward. If the Professor and his wife are still living they must be well stricken in years, und if they see this brief sketch of their early lives, and find any errors iu it, they will pardon the writer. Our Subject liciug Flies. Flies ? considered individually, the Bubject is small, but it is very numerous In fact, of till small creatures not abso lutely vicious, the cumin on fly is the mo.-t vexatious. MisquitoCS bite?they must to get their living; bees sting?to de: end themselves; cockroaches run uuuy when yon attack them?thny are afmid but flics nibble upou you in an aggravating nunucr, never getting enough, and nothing will drive them away; they return with fierce perstston cy after cruel and coostaut rebuffs. You commence to read your newspaper iu a comfortable arm chair, or to write for tho sake of friendship, fame, or daily dread, at your desk. In the middle ol the fiist sentence soft footftepa Login to tickle the top of your left car. You shake your head emphatically, nithout lif iug your pen. The intruder flies off a lew inches, and re alights on the back of your hand. Another shake, and again he settles on the top of jour head and begins tu promenade up and down the parting of your hair. You give your bead a vigorous slap, never by any chance hitting tho fly. lie is equally coote it to crawl over your fore head, and you meekly brush him away, hop ing that gentle measures may prove effectual. Ho tries your right oar, and with calm resolution you wavo him uway. Tho. creature sees his advantage and audaciously alights on your tioso. Resolved to keep your teinp?r, you think you will let him take his own time to leavo, hoping it will bo soon, and forever. He pecks with gentle but restless presisteuco, and you write vigor ously, resolute not to bo disturbed by trifles. Suddenly down goes your pen, making uu ugly blot on tho fair sheet, and you employ both bauds iu giving your nasal orgao a good rubbing. Pa ticnee, as iu a moment, is exhausted. You uioditato murder; you plan it de liberatoly?murder in the first dogrec. You lean baok in your chair, and set yourself as a tray. Ths bait is good; the expected victim approaches; yuu wait breathlessly; your hands falls with a blow that makes your check tingle? but you look up to see him securely fluttering above your hoad, ready to try again. Yon will bo more cautious nnd givo your mind to tho business. You tako your handkerohiof, douhlo itjudi ciously, and hold it ready to descend with swift voDgence. Tho follow is on your left hand?such a little creature to disturb your equanimity? Slowly, slow ly, and you will get him I With sud den nnd tremendous force you pounce upon him?and ho sails nway unbarm edl You feel most uuoomfortably irri tated?eonquored by an insignificant fly 1 Aud you reflect (whilo brushing away the awarm which by this time, have come to see what is the matter) upon poisons, medicated fly paper*, and all tbe cunning devices advertised for enticing flies into tho house with mali cious intent. Shall you provide tho neighborhood (of flies) with deadly food or submit to he nibbled alive? That is the question. And you fall into a men tal discussion concerning the compara tive anuoyence of dead and of living iu the midst of which you drop into what would bo a comfortable dozo ex cept for tho audacious return of the identical fly you have been fighting, which lights on the tip of your nose, and you awake feeling absolutely cross. Laughter as Medicine. A short time since two individuals wore lying in one room, very sick, one with brain fever, and the other with an aggravated case of the mumps. Thoy wero so low that watchers wore needed every night, and it wsb thought doubtful if the one siek with fever would recover. A gentleman was engaged to watch over night, biu duty being to wake the nurse whenever it became necessary to ad minister medicine. In thecourse of the night both watohor and nurse tell asleep. The man with .: he mumps lay watching the olock, and saw that it was time to give the fever patient his potion. He was unable to opeak aloud, or to move any portion of his body, except his arms, but seizing a pillow, he man aged to strike the watcher in the face with it. Thus suddenly awakened, the watcher sprang from his seat, falling to the floor, and awakened both the nurse aud tho fever patient. The incilent struck the sick men as very ludicrous, and they laughed heartily at it for some fifteen or twenty minutes. When the doctor came iu the morning, he fouud his patients vastly improved ; said.hU nev^rAuow so sudden a turn for the better ; and now both are up and well. Who soys laughter is not the best of medicines't Aud this reminds the writer of an other case. A 'gentleman was suffering from an ulccrutiou in the throat, which at length became so swollen that his life was despaired of. His household came to his bedside to bid him farewell. Kaub individual shook hands with the dying man, and then weut away weeping Last of all came a pet ape, and, shaking the man's hand, went uway also with his hands over its eyes. It was so ludicrous a sight that the patient was forced to laugh, aud laughed so heartily that the ulcer broke, aud his life was saved. A Daubury Funeral. The day Mr. Ruby across the way was to be buried, Mrs. Moriaty told her daughtor Clurinda that sho guessed she would attend, as she wasu't feeling vory well, and a ride would do her good. She knew there would be several cover ed carriages furnished at tho expense of tho fumily, and sho was equally confi dent it could bo so managed that she would occupy a portion of one of them. She was among the first at the house, and occupied a prominent position. As tho ether friends arrived she Look oc cat-ion to recall rominiscensos of the late lluby that brought tears to their eyes, and when the services wore over, as the first coach drovo up for its load, tho dis tress of Mrs. Moriaty at tho doath of Mr. Ruby was so markeJ as to excite the liveliest sympathy. Then tho sec ond coach eamo up. Mrs. Moriaty had got down to tho gnte by this time, aud as the door of tho second coach was opened, and a call mado for tho occu pants. It seemed extremely doubtful if sho could hold up another instant. She leaned against the post, and starod into the coach, and over its rich upholster ing, aud said the late Ruby seemed moro like a son to her than a neighbor. Where upon tho usher looked appropriately sad and called up the third and lustcoaoh. This had yellow cushions and piuk straps, and Mrs. Moriaty didn't hesitate to protest that in the death of Mr. Ruby tho community had mot a loss it waa not possible to recover from and she would follow him to his last resting place if she had to do it on hor knees, and would fee 1 grateful for tho opportunity. Then the third and last coach filled and droro oil to take its place in tho line, and Mrs. Moriaty dried her tears, chokod baok tho sorrow of hor heart with ono migh ty gulp, and strode into her own house, shutting the frontdoor without tho aid of the knob. Sho told Clariuda that it was tho scaliest affair she ever wont to, and had it not bcon fdr the body there would have been no funeral at all. Significance of the Fingers. Each finger, and the mount at the base of it, is named from a planet. In the normal hand the second Roger is the longest, the third the next longest, the first nearly as long as the third, and much longer than tho fourth, or little fiuger. Jupiter is the first finger. If it be long nnd not ill-shupcn, nnd if the mouut at its baso be woll developed, it iudicatcs a noble and lofty charae'er, and a religious minded person. It dis proportionately long, it will mean differ ent things according to the type of hand in which it may bo found, or according to the type of that particular finger ; in the first type, an over-long first finger would denote nn inclination to the fan tastio or tho exaggerated in religious matters; or it might, perhaps, mean religious madness; or, if other signs in the hand favored this view, it could be taken to denote pride. Pride is a form of worship?tho cult of self. In the second type of hand, the excessive do velopn'ient of Jupiter might mean nmbi tion, or, if it wero in a hand that was eminently unselfish, it would stand for a something puritanical in manners and morals?a too great severity. In the third type, a very long first finger would probably signify vanity. The second finger is Saturn. If too prominent it announces melancholy, or misanthropy, or downright cruelty, according to the type of hand ; but if the linger be within duo proportion, this sadness may take the form of pity for otherj, or it may mean a becoming gravity. Tlift third finger is Apollo, and belongs to the arts. In a "pointed" hand Apullo will give poetry and music (composition ;) in a '?square" baud, painting, sculpture, (here art leaves the domain of the purely contemplative ; it becomes partly active Iroui the combination of manual skill with what is only imaginative ;) nnd in a "spade shaped" hand Apullo will give histrionic pi wer, an aptitude for acting, or a love of theatrical amusements. On the stage arts is joined iu the closest manner to motion. The fourth linger is Mercury. If well proportioned it promises a scientific turn of mind, resouroefulue88, aud diplomacy?t-^ct. The thumb is Venus. Chirngnomony and palmistry agree in almost all particu I a is about the thumb. In both systems it is treated as the must important part of the hi nd. The upper joint, that with the nail, stands for the will; the second division, the reasoning faculties; iho base, the animal instincts.? St. Pauls Magazine. How Meats or Men May be Kept Cool. Capt. Warren, famous though h"is ''Cooker," has tried his hand at the transportation of moat by the rclrigcr ating process; aud the English papers give his apparatus great favor. Two patents, based upon a process of Captaiu Warren, have been tried and jailed. The apparatus of Captain Warren con gists of a small steam engine, to which i? attached a second cylinder fur condensing ether vapor. The cold produced by tho expansiou of the coudeused ether is utilized by being communicated to brino contained in pipes around which the ether circulates. The briue thus cooled is used in its turn to freeze water or to cool air, the water being contained in reservoirs immersed in a vessel ol cold brino, aud tho air conveyed iu pipes, which wind backwards and forwards iu such a vessel. The cthor being iu a closed apparatus, is scarcely at all waatud, aud little more than its first cost is taken into account. Iu experiments made, the air iu a room, alter being wilhdrnmi at a temperature of ?2 degrees, was almost immediately returned into it at 45 du grces; while, us this process continued, the temperature of the room was rrpidly reduced and easily brought to the frcez ing point. Oapt. Warren claims that the temperature of any limited spaco can thus bo kept to almost any required do giee; and ho proposes to apply the method to tho construction of cold chum bers on board of ships, to bo used for storing frcBh provisions, or iu caso of merchant ships, for pcrisbablo freight. Ilo proposoB also to cool railway carriages in hot climates, to provide oool vans for tho conveyance of dead moat and other provisions in India, to oool tko air ad mittcd to hospital wards in hot climates, nnd to provide an unlimited supply of pure ice at almost nominal cost. How to Cure Dyspepsia. Aldcn Gobble, a lover of misrulo, was dyspeptic, aod suffered great uu easiness after eating. So bo goos to tho great Dr. Aboraothy for advice. 'What is the matter with you?' asks the doctor. 'Why, I presume I have got the dys pepsia.' 'Ah !' naid the doctor, 'I seo : a Yan kce who has swallowed more dollars and cents than he can digest.' 'I am an American citizen,' said Al den, with great dignity; 'I am secreta ry of our legation to tho Court of St. J amea.' 'Then,'says Abcrnethy, 'you will soon get rid of your dyspepsia.' 'Don't see the iufcrenco,' said Aldcn; 'it ain't natural consequence, I guess, that a man should cease to be ill be cause he is called * * * to fill an impor tant office.' 'Dut I toll you it does follow, for in tho company you'll keep yon'll have to cat liko a Christain. I never saw a Yankee who didn't bolt his food like a boa constrictor. How can you expect to digest food that you neither take the trouble to dissect uor time to masticate? It's no wouder you lose your teeth, for you never use them; nor your digestion, for you overload it; nor your saliva, for you expend it on your carpot i,.oiead of your food. 4It's disgusting; it's beas tly! You Yankees load your Stomachs as a Devonshire man does his cars?as full as it will hold, and as fast as he can pitch it iu with a hayfork; and then you complain that such a load of compost is too heavy for you. Dyspepsia! pooh ! It's beastly guzxling, you moan. I tell you what, Mr, Secretary of Legation, take half the time to eat that you do to drawl out your words, chew your food half as mush as you do your tobacco, aud you'll he well in a month.' Au Adroit Fraud. Some oine years ago, Solomon liacon, a well known merchant in London, re eeived a letter from his correspondent in Hamburg, which grieve 1 and tron bled him. It stated that tho writer had been dclraudcd by his nephew, son of a widowed sister, of ?10,000, and had fled to London with the mogpy. There wiifl a reluctance to make the matter public, aud Mr. Ha con was desired to keep silence; 'but,' the letter.went on to say, 'if you would invite John to dinner, aud when alone tax him with the crime he might perhaps refund the money. Should he do so, you may give him ?500.' The London merchant found the young German, took him home, aud wheu the ladies had withdrawn from the dinucr table he acquainted his visitor with his knowledge of the fraud. Alarm was depicted on the countenance of his gUC8t. 'You will not make this public, Mr. Bacon ?' he asked. 'Not if you return mc the money uow aud here.' 'But I lost .?1,000 last night at Crouk ford's, nnd have uot the power.' 'Well,' said the merchant, 'return mc then ?9,000, and thought I a little ex coed my instructions, I will nevertheless give you back ?500. 'My uncle is very good,' remarked the young man. and ho forthwith banded from his pocketbook nine .?1,000 notes to his host. '1 cannot change one of theso, said Mr. Bacon; 'will not my check do as well ?' 'Quite,' replied the German; and having roccived tho ?500 chcok, hastily lea. Tho following morning Mr. Bacon went to his banker to pay iu the notos, and found to his surprise that they were all counterfeits. His next inquiry was after his check; but that was already cashed. Ho then telegraphed to his Hamburg correspondent, and loomed that ho was profoundly ignorant about tho whole affair. It wus as adroit a fraud as ovor plotted. How His Name was spelt. A story is told by the Boston Trans cripi at tho exponso of a distinguished theological prolessor ut Andovor, Mass., whoso usually retentive memory is occasionally a little treacherous on pro per names. While visiting a neighbor ing city some time since, us he stood up on tho dopot platform, waiting for a train, a gentleman stepped up, aooosted tho professor, shook hands warmly and began numerous inquiries in regard to members of his family and the good friends living in A-. The pro fessor was puzzled j the face of his oor dial friend was quite familiar, and lie was evidently no stranger to himself or family, but to reoall his name was bay ond auy offort of memory. The pre fessor joined in a lively conversation, disliking to make the awkward inquiry, and hoping for some chance wordt# reveal the name of his friend hot it cauie not, and as the conversation went on tha ignorance became more and more embarrassing. At last a happy thought came to the professor ; ho would get it without asking. So, with an indifferent air he asked, "Let mo see, I forgethr?W to spell your name." But, alas for tho expedient! With a curious smile his friend replied, "Well, usually I spell it J-on-es."* Trading Out. The French papers have a most dh? verting account of the shopping expert ences of a lady named Anna Doslioni. One day at the Hotel des Ventca f,ho took a fancy to a landscape by Carat, which, as phe happened to be in funds, she bought for 22,000 francs. Her friouds told her tho picture was not worth the money, and though not exact ly of that opiuion h erself, she was frightened into selling it for 16,000 frajics, with which she bought a dia mond bracelet. Thereupon her ao. quaintancc said she had been robbed and that many of tho supposed gems were but paste. The evening the braeo lets was exchanged for a pair of ear rings, at a loss of 3,000 francs. When returning from the jeweler's she sa?t a miniature chalet in the window of a toy shop, Itud-ff-uad^tliw^^ A violeut desire to take a trip to Switrsr land. Eight days later the ear rings followed the bracelet, and with the 11, 000 francs resulting from their sale she purchased a chalet at Interachen. A. clo:k played the quadrille from Orphee. "Vive Paris IV the lady cried; there is no place like Paris !" The chalet was sold for 5,000 francs, with which she pur chased some bronzes, supposed to be antique, but worth some 300 francs a price they fetched when, sold at the Hotel des Veines fifteen months after* Inexpensive Happiness. The most perfect home I ever saw was a little house, in the sweet iooenso of whose fires were no costly things. But tho mother was the creator of a home her relation with her children was the most beautiful that I had ever seen; even a dull and commonplace man was lifted up and onabled to do a good work for souls by the atmosphere that Ulis woman created; every intnito of her bouse involuntarily looked into her faee for the key note of the day, and ital ways rang clear. From the rose bad or clover leaf which, i respite of her hard house work, she always found time to put by our plates at breakfast, down to the story that sho had on hand to |bo read in the evening, there was no inter mission of her influsnco. She always has been, and always will bo, my ideal of a mother, wife, and home maker. If to her quick brain, loving heart and exquisite face had been added the appliances of wealth and tho enlargement of wider culturo hers would have been absolutely tho ido ?I home. As it is. it is tho best I have overseen. Now is the Time. To improve a stagnant business, the best remedy or stimulant is to ADV er tisg. This is necessary in the pcouliaa state of business, when people are con suUiug tho nowspapers as their house hold gods, conveying tho only true and roliablo source of information on pass ing oveuts, especially now, in the fiuo tuation of trade. Indeed, so true is thie that just uow no man muoh less any wo man, starts out to spend a $5 greenback without holding a council of economy at or after breakfast with tho last issue of tho payer spread for roforouce, to asosr tain whore the greatest likelihood exists of getting valuo received aal 25 per ceut. addition for psnio rates. Advor Use ! Lot the people know what you have, aud at what moderate prices j#q are soiling, and the response will he found at once.