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_POETRY.
[From 'Buyle KoIm,!
Work and Wishes.
If the farmer in tho Spring-time,
Sighed' "I 'wish my eec<l were Bown," v
Never raised Iiis hand in labor,
But just sat him down to mourn;
Should you wonder if the summer
Found no harvest on the plain ?
Should you say 'twas heaven's doings
That ho had no field of grain ?
If the woodman in the forest
Sighed, "I wish theso trees were down,"
And then spent Jhe time in pleasure
Till the green leaves turned to brown ;
Should you marvel if tho labor
Seemed progressing rather slow ?
Should you say that Heaven willed it,
And "the thing could never go?"
? 6d J ?.*} i >??'??./ ?'.?' ?
Then^ O Temperance men and women,
If the cause moves slow to-day,
Wilt it help the matter any
To sit down and wish, I pray?
Cast your seed?then look for harvest!
Thin tho army of the foe I
Jkt tho work that lies around yon,
And the work won't move so slow.
THE OHILDREN.
Buoys that Ride on the Sea.
BY OLIVE TIIORNE.
You wish you could do that? Well,
you could if you wero a buoy instead of
a boy. (I hope you didn't think I had
forgotten my spelling book.) But I don't
believe..you'd like that sort of riding, af
ter all, for they are chained to ono spot,
held by an anchor; and all they do is to
bob up and down on the water.
Of course you know what buoys arc for
?to warn sailors off from dangerous pla
ces, that can be marked in no other way.
But perhaps you don't know bow im
portant they are, and how much pains
is taken to have them do their duty in a
perfect way. It don't seem as if there
was much trouble about it, just to anchor
a wood or iron buoy at the bad place;
but you must know that these uneasy
fcllows-^-liko some boys?have a trick of
pulling away from their proper places,
and SO] misleading the sailors. Some
times they have even broken entirely
away from their home, and started off on
a private voyage of discovery.
That docs a great deal of harm, be
cause this naughty buoy isn't a mere bit
of wood or iron, but a sign of danger,
and whenever a sailor sees it, ho steers
olear of it. So the runaway has as clear
a track through the sea as a mad dog
has through the streets.
To pi event such accidents as these,
countries that have many buoys on their
coast, as Eugland has, send out vessels
every few mouths to look after the un
easy fellows, Bee if every one is in his
place, and ,whcn his paint gets worn
much, as it soon does with its incessant
washing, he is taken off and a new one
put down.
They are not all the same color, either.
Some aro red, some black, others arc
striped or even checkered, and, worst of
nil, Borne are green. These mark the
place where a wreck lies, and are called
nun-buoys. It is of the greatest impor
tance?of course?to have them show
well, and many different shapes have
been tried. In fact tho wiso heads who
have chargo of tho matter can't yet agree
which is tho best shape. There are al
most as many forms as there arc buoys,
and beside their regular body, they carry
a figure of somo sort. Some have a
globe, others a triangle, and so on. The
shape most in use looks like a huge
round kettle, with a tight cover.
The greatest trouble about these im
portant individuals is to make them vis
ible at night. Ships can't tie up to post
and rest over night, as river boats can,
m they need the help of the buoys just
as much in tho dark as in the daylight.
A great deal of thought 1ms been given
to the subject. Men have made it a
study, and several ways have been tried,
or suggested, of making the buoys useful
in the dark. One way that has been
tried is to fasten a bell to the rolling and
tossing buoy. Of course it rings all the
time and can be beard in the dark?a
doleful sound it must be, too! These
fellows arc called bell buoys. But they
are dreadful mischievous if they get loose
for they may drive the ship on to the
very rock they were set to guard.
Another way is to light them. That
seems harder to do, but it has been done'
by making the buoy carry on his head a
largo glass prism, and throwing light on
it from a neighboring lighthouse. Tho
prism rcllcels the light, so strongly that
the sailors think there is a light on the
buoy itself.
On the French coast they have buoys
carrying mirrors to reflect the light.
...
There's nnothor thing in which these
buoys aro liko you boys.. Each has its
own name; though to bo sure the namo jb
painted'on?which is different from you
again. Drollnamcs they arc, too. Some
are named after people, others after birds
and animals, and lots of them after diff
erent bugs- They aro rather expensive
?for bugs. The smallest of them cost
fifty or sixty dollars, aud the big ones?
tho twenty feet, long follows?coBt be
tween one and two thousand dollars.
England is nearly surrounded by this
funny sort of guardians; and to get into
her ports you go between two jows of
them, black on one side and black and
white striped on the other. There have
been many suggestions for improving
these useful fellows, but the oddest I ever
heard of was tho plan of making what
might be called relief-buoys. That is, of
such a shape that shipwrecked sailors
could get into them and bo safe until
help came. They have not succeeded in
making that work as yet, but I daro say
they will beforo many years. I wonder
if they'll be furnished with provisions and
a flag of distress ?
Farm and Garden.
Thoughts tor the Month.
Where a crop has been well managed
and properly worked up to this time,
very little labor need be expended upon
it hereafter. Cotton will require a little
hoeing to remove stray weeds and bunch
es of grass, and light plowiugs occasion
ally to keep the surface loose and mel
low. All are agreed that a cotton crop
should receive light workings, as long as
they can be given without breaking the
limbs or knocking off the bolls. The
reason is obvious. The cotton plant does
not mature all its fruit at once, as corn
does its cars or wheat its head, but suc
cessively., and it must be kept therefore
in a working state as long as the season
will warrant. During the last stag03 of
growth, when any additional bolls start
ed would be likely to be cut off by frost,
it is desirable to check growth and throw
the whole energy of the plant into devel
oping fruit. At this point the plows
may bo stopped, and sometimes the cot
ton topped to advantage. About the
10th of August is the period when the
topping should be done to accomplish
auy good. If, however, the weather is
wet and warm and the plant disposed to
grow very rapidly, it usually accomplish
as little or no good.
corn.
Late corn should receive special at
tention?it needs more assistance than
the early planted. The ground should
be kept clean and mellow, to enable it to
withstand tho excessive heat?possibly
drought. That planted after the middle
of June, ought to have some stimulating
manure like cotton seed, to make it ma
ture well before frost. Drilled corn for
forage may still be planted ; bottom land
for this purpose, is preferable to upland.
fall oats.
Our readers will bear in mind the uni
formly favorable reports from oats sowed
at the last plowing of cotton. Why
should a southern farmer buy western
corn for bis stock if he can raise outs at
ten or even thirty ccuts per bushel.?
Every successive year confirms us in a
high estimation of the oat crop and par
ticularly of oats sown in the early fall.
peas.
This crop is often neglected too much,
because it is supposed to be able to take
care of itself. On the contrary it is
greatly bencfittcd by workings and ought
to receive them. When planted to it
self it should be ploughed and hoed as
regularly as any crop, until the vines
take possession of the land and exclude
other growth. It planted in corn it
should be hoed and exclusive possession
of the land given to it after the fodder is
pulled. We arc great advocates of a pea
crop?having learned by long experience
its very great value.?[Southern Cultiva
tor.
AGENTS WANTED
TO SELL
DEAD ISSUES AND LIVING RESULTS;
or, A history of Sherman's march through
South Carolina, by IL C. Mack, Murfrcefi
horo', Tcnn.
A volume of 700 pages, with maps aud en
gravings.
Agents wanted in every county in the State.
Very liberal commissions allowed.
Those who desire to secure agencies will be
furnished with combined Prospectus and Sub
scription Hook, Circulars, &c, on receipt of one
dollar. Address E. 1'. HEARD,
General Agent for South Carolina.
ALEX. Y.
ARCHITECT
( Jolnmbin !S. < '..
GREAT O F FER1NGS
BARGAINS.
OTST A-cooinil oF Uio Season being well ad
vanced
T. KOtIN & UltOTHEU
I .Are now offering the balance of* their
SPB1NG SUMMER GOODS,
FULLY 25 PER CENT. LESS THAN THE USUAL SELLING PRICE.
Ladies will find this an excellent opportunity to supply their wants in
DRESS GOODS, WHITE GOODS, HOUSE-KEEPING GOODS,
HATS, RIBBONS, PARASOLS, HOSiERY,
GLOVES, CORSETS, PANIERS,
HOOPS, FANS, COL
LARS, &c. &c.
AVc arc closing out all our goods at VERY LOW PRICES, for we must have
room.
Theodore Kohn &, Bro.
April 5, 1872 17 t tf
NEW STORE! NEW GOODS!
OIPiPOSITJE J. IP. HARLEY'S.
I take great pleasure in informing my numerous Customers and tho Citizens of
Orangeburg generally, that I have removed to the
"T It E A DWELL CO K N E R"
Hereafter to be known as
jS? e r o n e y 5 s O o?t n e r,
And am now opcuing a choice and varied stock of goods, consisting ::: pait of
BACON, Lard, Flour, Molasses, Syrups,
: Sugars, Coffees, Mackerel, Cann Goods of every description,
Confcctionaries, Pickles, Catsups, Tobaccos.
SEGARS PROM 2 1-2 TO 15 CENTS. . r.
Fruits, Nuts, Crackers, Jellies, Sardines, Soa]>, Candies, Sell
Raising Flour, Herrings, -Raisins, Potatoes, Pipes, &c.
THE S?R 18 situated in tbc rear of the Store, and is furnished in the
most Modern Style, with the choicest Wines, Champagne Cider, Ale, Beer, and
Liquors of all kinds.
1 can and do sell goods cheaper than they can be bought elsewhere in Orange
burg. Come one! come all ! ami give me a call.
apl3?tf W. A. MERONEY.
LARGEST AND BEST SELECTED
Stock of Goods
Is just being opened at the well-known STORE of
ii E O. II. C 6 R N E L S O N,
And an early inspection of the same is cordially solicited, guaranteeing that it
is only necessary to look at those BEAUTIFUL GOODS to be induced to buy,
as no competition against them is feared. All DEPARTMENTS are completely as
sorted, the prices put below all COMPETITION, and it will be the pleasure of the
PROPRIETOR and his ASSISTANTS to show them freely and courteously.
It will well repay the trouble of giving the entire STOCK a full inspection.
George, H. Cornelson.
iipr lyr
Save ITour Money!
UO TO.
J. P. ] 1A Ii L E Y9 8
AND hUY- CHEAP
DRY GOODS, Boots, Shoe.-, Huts Cnpa
tfcc, of which he has just received a fresh
supply.
ALSO,
FLOUR of all grades
BACON,LARD, SUGAR und COFFEE
of all grades.
Besides numerous other articles in my
Grocery Department, all of which I am
selling at prices not to he excelled for
cheapness in the town. Come and see
for yourselves.
JDo>" All persons indebted to me must
pay up immediately, as I am compelled
to close my books. A word to the wwe
js sufficient. J. P. IIAKLEY.
~~ ALSTON HOUSE,
ABBEVILLE C. H., S. C,
CONDUCTED JIY THE
MISSTCS CAT 15It?
IJEHSONN traveling in die up country
should slop ill the
ALSTON HOUSE,
Where they will find Mu: table supplied widi
lite l>< i the country a fluid.
Teiin, moderate.
DANIEL II. SILdCOX
FURN ITUP.E WARE-ROOMS,
No?. 175 and 17'J King strect,corncr of Clifford
Charleston, S. C.
A full and large assortment continually on
liand and at the lowest prices. Cull and ox
uniinc. t2(J-?iii
Jewelry, Watches and Silverware
JAMES ALLAN,
No. 307 KING STREET,
Invites special attention to his new,
large ami elegant stock of
Watches,
Clocks,
Jewelry,
Silverware, and
Fancy Goods.
All the newest designs in Jewelry, com
prising :
Leonine, Opera Neck and VcstChnisn,
Seal Rings, Diamond Rings, always on
hand and made to order, Sleeve Buttons
and Studs, Bracelets, Brooches and Ear
rings, Armlets and Necklaces, in Gold
tittd Corni, Brooches for Hair or Minia
tures, Lockets, Chains and Masonic
Tins, Glove Bands, at
JAMES ALLAN'S,
No. 307 King Street,
A few doors above Wentworth St
may 8-3 mos.
DR. E. J. OLIVEROS,
ORANGEBUEG. S C
DIALER IX
DRUGS, MEDICINES; CHEMICALS,
FINE TOILET SOAPS, FANCY HAIR AND TOOTH
BRUSHES, PERFUMERY AND FA2TCY TOILET ARTICLES,
TRUSSES AJNTZ) SHOULDER-BRACES,
GR.4SS AKD GARDEN SEEDS.
PAINTS, OILS, VAKNISHES, AND DYE-STUFFS,
Lettcr-Pnpcr, Pens, Ink, Envelops, Gloss, Putty, Carbon Oil, Lnmps and 'Chimneys
PHYSICIANS* FllKSCKUTIOMS ^lCGUKATKLY COMPOUNDED:
rnc1il3
lyr
The Citizens' Savings Bank
OF SOUTH C-AJROLIN^.
ORANGEBURG BRANCH.
AVill pay 7 PER CFNT. INTEREST on SPECI.iL DEPOSITS and 0 PER CENT, on SAV
INGS DEPOSITS, Compounded ^nii-annually.
Local Eina-iico Coixunittco.
Hon. THOS. \V. GLOVER.
Col. PAUL S. FELDER.
Capt. JOHN A. HAMILTON.
. 1n1 JAS. II, FOWLES,
mch 10-ly_ Assistant Cashier. .
THE UNIVERSAL LIFE
I N 8 U Ii A N C E C O M V A N Y I
69 Libertv Street, New "STork.
The Original Stock Life Insurance Company of the United State?.
P K F 10 E li S :
WILLIAM WALKER, Presicloiit.
HENRY J. FURBER, Vice-President. JOHN II. BEWLEY, Secretary.
GEORGEL. MONTAGUE, Actuary. I>. V/. LAMBERT, Al 1)., Medical liim'r
Tuis Company OP'crs the Following Important Advantages to thosa About
E dec ting Insurance on their Lives.
1ft. Insurance at Stork Rales, being from '20 to 150 Per Cent, less than the Rates charged hy
Mutual Companies.
2d. Each Policy-holder ir regarded nx a Stockholder to the extent of one Animal Premium
<m his Policy, and* will share in tiie Prolils of the Company *o the same extent art a Stockholder
owning an equal amount of the Capital Slock.
3d. Every Policy issued by the Company i* imu-forfcitublc, and contains a Clause stating iu
exact Surrender Value.
Bkfoiik Insuiuxo You it Lifk on AconiTix? thk Aukncy ov ant C?Mr.\sV
READ THE FOLLOWING:
A lengthened experience has demonstrated that the rates of Premium ordinarily c harged hr
Life Insurance Companies are from twenty-live to thirty percent, iu ox? -ess of what are ncee.Wrj
for a safe and legitimate conduct :>f the business, fii other words, carefully and prudently man
age?! Companies charging '?.Mutual" rates have been aide to return to their policy-holders from
?J? to 30 per cent, of the amount charged for premiums.
When Life Insurance Coin paries were lint organized, the reliability of the data upon which
the premiums were constructed had hot undergone the test of experience-. It was thought, there
fore, no more than common prudence to adopt a scale of premiums which Would, iu any event,
meet all the presumed and iniforiscen contingencies o/ the business.
As long as the matter was involved in some doubt, it was heiter to tix the rate too high than to
incur the risk of making it too low; because, in the foimer case, the error could he easily reme
died, at least hi part, hy returning to thv policy-holders, at certain intervals, such portion's of thu
premium charged as was found unnecessary for the purposes of the business and the complete*
securitv of the Company.
Experience, however, having satisfactorily demoi.strated that these rates are excessive, v hat
possible excuse can there be for maintaining tliemY
Availing themselves of this experience, the Directors and Manager? of the Universal Life In
su ranee. Company at its organization, adopted a scab: of premiums in accordance there with", ami
which has proved to be fair and adequate, and all that was necessary to meet the requirementsuf
the business. These premiums are about twenty-five per cent, lower than those charged by Mu
tual Companies.
It also appeared, inasmuch as the rates so established were as near as could possibly bo deter
mined fair rates, and not in excess of;what Iiimtrmco has previnn-.lv cost the policy-holders in
Mutual Companies, that any profits arising from prude nt management justly and properly be
longed to tho stocldiolders of the Company, for the risk incurred by them iu umlcrtuking the
business. ?
Experience has shown that there are sources of profit in the practice of the business which
theory will not admit of being considered as elements in the calculation of the premiums. These
result from a saving in the mortality of \he member* of a Company owing to the medical teloc
lioil of good lives, a gain in interest on the imestincnts of the Company over that assumed in
tho calculation of its premiums, the profits deiivable from the lapsing and surrender of Policies
by the members, and from other minor sources.
" Profits from these sources, in a company possessed of a capital of $'200,000, and doing a fair
amount of business, would give to tho stockholder dividends largely in excess of what.were
counted on by the Directors of the Universal it the time of its organization. Tin y have, there
fore, determined to divide among the policy -holders of the Company a large part of the profits
accruing from the sources named, all of which have heretofore been divided among the stock
holders. ?... L '. . . - ,.
The plan adopted lor such dividends is as'follows: Every person wlio may hereafter issure
with the Universal will, for the piirposo of division, be t reated as a stockholder to tho extent of
one Annual Premium upon his Policy; and will share in the profits of the Company to precisely the
same extent as a Stockholder owing on equal amount of the capital Mock. :
By this system of Insurance, original with the Universal, the policy-holder secures the follow
ing important advantages:
FlEST, Insurance at the regular "Stow' rates, requiring a primary outlay of about twentu
to thirty per cent, less than that charged by Mutual Com pi nies, and which is equivalent to a
yearly "dividend" paid in advance of that amount on mutual rates. This low cost of insurance
is worthy of attention. Since its organization this company has received iu premiums from its
policy-holders tho sum of $1,017,000. To effect die same amount of insurance in a Mutual Com
pany" would havo cost them an initial outlay of S'2,000,000. ' By allowing its policy-holders to re
tain in their own possession this excesa of $183,000, the Universal has virtually paid them a
('dividend" of $-183,000, mid paid it, too, in advance, instead of at the end of one or more years.
It is impossible to lind any example of a Mutual Coinpanv furnishing insurance at so low a cost
by returning to its policy-holders an equal amount upon similar receipts.
SkCOND. rarticijHition in the legitimate profits of the Company, vjwn a plan which secures to the
jmlicy-holders the same treatment which Directors and Stockholders auitrd to themselves. This system
of participation, in connection with the low "stock" rates of premium, most necessarily secure to
the policy-holders every advantage to bo derived from prudent and careful management.
The low rates of premium compel economy, and, independent of participation, guarantee to the
policy-holder his insurance at a ratr which is not in excess of thu cost in well managed mutual
companicsr while, by the proposed plan of participation in what may be considered the legiti
mate nrofits of tho business, the cost will be still further diminished.
Thus by the combined advantages arising from low stock rate and participation in the profits
it is confidently believed that the UNIVERSAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY oilers in
surance at its lowest practicable cost.
JB?y-Those of the existing Policy-holders who desire to participate iu the Profits under th? new
Plat; can do so by making r.ppl.cauov. U> 'mv J n.m Clucc, or to of .1.? Agents of the Com*
panv.
'flic comp<iny is in a somul financial condition.
Hatio of Assets to Liabilities 110 to 100.
?gjyGOOD RELIABLE AGENTS WANTED, who will deal direct with the New Yorli
Ollice. and to whom full General Agents' Commissions will be paid.
M. W. GARY,
M. C. BUTLER,
State Superintendent., of Ayencie?,
Columbia, S. C, April 11th. 1S71.