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By assiduous efforts and faithful porformunre^of (he lU^uojisiblc duljcs w-jkvti^^ s\T MvduniTvsT he hopes < vtr to maintain tliier coniidciice and piitrotuige. iil2-tf 'Kirk Robinson 11 inks, Mm'Hr und Stationery, and Faiiev Art ivies, 'Cmfhcjf street, ORANGEIiCRO, C. II., S. C. inch 0 A CARD. DR. J. G. WANWAIrlAKER & CO., Respectfully call the public's attention, to their FIRST CLASS DRUG STORE, on Russell Street, next door to McMaster.'* Brick building, where can be found a well se lected stock of Medicines, Paints, Oils,Soaps and Fancy Toilet Articles. ,A kind and gener ous patronage is earnestly solicited. I)n.J. O. WANNAMAKER &GO. ^ Dental Notice THE undersigned taken pleasure in announc ing to his many friends and p..Irons, tiiat he has permanently located at Orangeburg, C. H ,S.C. where he will devote his entire time, from every Monday till Friday noon to tho practice of Dentistry in all its Depatt incuts. Perfect satis faction gnarantced in all operations entrusted to his care. Charge* very moderate. Oflice at Dr. Fersncr'H old stand over Willcoek Store. A. M. SNIDER, S. D. ORANGEBURG ACADEMY AT THE NEW FAIR BUILDING. terms per month. Prhhary Department.SI.50 Intermediate.$2.00 English.$3.00 English with classics.....$1.00 ALSO A NIGHT SCHOOL, over Store of Chpt. Hamilton. Same terms. Hours from 8 to 10 p. m. JAMES S. HEYWARD, Principal. Jan 8 1874 tf MOSES M. BltOVVN, BARBER. I MARKET STREET, ORANOEUURG, S. CM i',v ? ?" \ '.? ? ? (next nooa to Straus a Strkiot's mill.) HAVING permanently located m the town, would respectfully solicit the patronage of k. the citizens' Every effort will be used to give L,vcry cltort win uc used to gi satisfaction. June 18, 1873 18 ly POETRY. AT THE THEATRE. We stood by the river together, And bent o'er the water's side; And we watched the play of the moonliglj That glittered adown the tide. My dream of life was beginning? For my dream of love had begun; And the v orld wan a garden of roses, 1 plucking them one by one. She was the daintiest creature! That stoud in the moonlight there, With lace on her rounded shoulders, And a purple gleam in her hair. And we built the airiest castles, 'And whispered the usual things; In short, 'twos the same old story? ? The vows and the changing of rings. * * * * # * ? Rut many a night when musing Alone in my bachelor's chair, I have thought of the lace and the should*! And the purple gleaming hair. And a memory wakens within me, From out of the long ago; The Jew deep sobbing and ripple Ofthat river's ebbing and llow. I lush ! there's the manic beginning: Yes, nhe married?a hroker'in stocks; And?look at that stout old party? That's she?in the opposite box! AUNT SARAH'S GHOST. "It's all very well to laugh at ghosl and spirits," said Aant .Sarah, lookinj solemnly at us, "hut, my dears, there ai more things in this world than you kuo| of." 'That's from Shnkesparc, Aunt Sarah] ?'Suppose it is?" replied the old huh adjusting her cup; "it's true, nevcrthtj less." 'I 'a "Oh, u\s (piilc true; but did you eve] [-really .<ee.H gho&t V" we. asked, all nnxictj to hear her strange experience. "I've seen a ghost," answered Aunl Sarah, ?lowly, "just as plninly a? I set[ you now." "Oh, how dreadful!" wc all exclaimed "Tell us about it, Aunt Sarah." And w< drew ours chairs closer around the table and wondered if Thomas wasn't eomini sonn in light the gas. Aunt Sarah smiled upon us with th conscious superiority ofwisdom, but, well] pleased to be the center of so attractive circle, put aside her knitting and com menced as follows: 'A great many years riga I was stay ing, with a number of other guests, at a friend's house in the country. Among the various people, old and young, who were gathered there, was a maiden lady of rather mature age ; in fact, she ought long ago to have taken her degree as a confirmed old maid; Some people so dread the approach of ago that they cling to tho semblance of youth almost with the tenacity of dispair. MissBiglow ?that was her name;?was one of this kind ; and so, by the aid of paints, powder and false hair, she really made herself look twenty years younger than what we knew to bo her actual age. It was even whispered that her cheeks owed their veeming plumpness to some mysterious cause hot attributable to nature. JNuw, girls, said said Aunt Sarah, pausing for a moment, and looking sternly upon us, "I hate this deception, and hope none of you paint, or powder, or wear false hair." "Goodness, Aunt Sarah 1 You don't think wc wear false hair, do you?" cried Bessie Gray, putting up her band to as certain if her chignon was in its right place. "I am sure I don't know, my dear, but I hope not. Woll, one day an elderly gentleman arrived at the house, intend ing to spend a week in fishing, hunting, or idling about, as most of us were doing. This gcntlcmau wns vory rich, and avow edly looking for a wife. Under these circumstances it is not surprising that he at* once became tho lion cf tho day. "Tbc eveuing on which be arrived saw Miss Biglow painted and powdered to the verge of distraction?wherever thnt may be?and looking, to an unpractised eye, almost girlish. "It was really wonderful, my dears, to sec how tho eligible bachelor?Mr. Good man?took to her Jrom tho first. We really became afraid that she would carry off a prize for which so many blush ing young ladies bad angled in vaiu. I tic's, and I need scarcely tell you thafl H they entered with delight into our plotH I against the unfortunate Miss Biglow. "Next dav we dressed ourselves nsl H plainly as possible, not caring to ruin ourH H best things by our contemplated duckingfl I in the hike. Everything went on as wclll I as could bo wished, and we pushed out! I gently from the shore, with our unsus-l I pecting victim on board. We had egrecdH I to row along the shore to a place whcrcM I wc girls so me times went in bathing, andH I then, at a given signal, manage to upsetl I the boat. "Mr. Goodman was whispering somcH I soft nonsense into Miss Biglow's ear, ? I when Henry Edmonds gave the prccon-9 I ccrtcd signal, and we all headed over atl ? once to pick a water-lily. Over went Ihofl I boat, and iu an instant everybody was H B floundering about in three feet of water.? I A terrific scream from Miss Biglow, some I 1 violent splashing and trembling on the I I part of Mr, Goodman, and then we eaw I I him rescue her bodily from the water,and I I carry her triumphantly to the shore. II "We followed without delay, unit found I Mr. Goodman sitting on the bank; gazing il I in direst dismay at the object he had so I I gallantly carried to shore. Poor Miss I I Biglow did not look prepossessing; and I I the two rude young cousins of Gertie's J I burst oiit laughing when they saw her, I I which was very unkind aud thoughtless I of them." "Did you laugh, Aunt Sarah?" wo II asked. "Well, my dears, laughing is very con I tagious, and I could not help joining in. H Sho sat on a stone, looking, as that I naughty Gertie said, just like and ancient I mermaid, just risen from the sen. In the I struggle her hat had como off, taking I with it the wealth of hair which lutd I been Mr. Goodman's especial delight. In I its place was a tight little knot with a I wiry wisp of hair stretching out at right I angles, and asserting itself in a most ob I trusivo manner. But her face rcprcsont I cd the most astonishing change, for.tho paint had hcen washed in stripes ?ed I patches, and the cheek which hatVreste ipon her cavalier's 'shoulders was. quii u 'yi' white, while' tho other was a stripy re Vi;, I color, very peculiar indeed. For som ji.i, I reason slio had not spoken a word ?ii .'If, and that we saw '"What nonsense^ Aunt ?arah? ? ?he was probably Jookipgipr fier fftta.tebth^, br 8qiriet|iing ejfloj and besides, how could, you tell' that it .waa^Miss. Biglow at mjh "I rccoguized her at once by;tho JiUle top-knot ou the buck .of her head,.vwlth .the wisp 'of hair.sticking.out''? . t ? ' ^t&4tfw ?. ? %dVr^ Ii-^P>J?; you ?voujpi;M^t v at mc,;Vut I:lmvo^vc^>ng^ougl^ Ihr ^aiP$?^f?^1^oI()^ ^ fv l?fe^SSfWnSPA TOHW? r*WM? ?y l?o? ^B^?bjfd?uRa8^?l? k >icke^ art^Qe?f ngiyftfl? m ?H?lH 1 r The last words of the dying are eager ly.^ouglit a^(tgr^taiid enshrined-in, nxein (orJ*8,j^.9?0J,nj$f ^?ye4. PWERi ? ? r -/: standing upon the fie^d 'ofRha.^(e4,Bndd,. the booming of cannqa..aud the rattle of musketry, is stricken down, ;aud, dying he utters some sentiment which tells the living he fought bravely, and died lov ing his country. His words thus ut tered are chanted in his praise, and pass immediately into history, and are pre served to be handed down from geuera 51 tion to generation. i I' The mother bending over the couch of her dying child, eagerly listens tor its last word. As, the heart's pulsations grow ieeble, the respiration becomes more laborious, she silently listens; x^qWj the pale lips are parted, and she . drag's nearer, untii he^'par jp^ges iuf^pu^jtf with the cold breath, wnen she catches the last faint 'murmurof the dying. Oh, fene treasures in her pure heart that last "Good-bye,*' that last token of, goink ' home l? Heaven! -w^i] i ^ nf^^il^glj^^ ucfiB&^nwqsr days a?? ? nights has becn^ vvatclung at the bcdsule - iji pio'Vri?ryinj? wire, until now, the dread m?hient approaches when she shall be wafted beyond, the riyer of death. Un der no pretence will he leave-her, and why? Ah, lie is waiting and listening for the last whisper! As stye, speaks her words echo and re-echo through the chambers of his soul, and remain there throughout the mystic future. As a young lady reads over the list of the slain in battle, and her weeping eyes rest upon the name of her lover, almost her first thought is, "did he leave ine a dying message?" The sweet sister of a shipwrecked brother impatiently awaits the arrival of some one rescuad from the wreck, to learn if her brother, as he was swept be neath the dark waves, sent her a dying word. Xes, dying words are thoso most sought after and cherished by the human heart. Amid all the cares and disap pointments that may surround us in life, we never can forget the lost faint whis perings of the dying. A Hbppy Home.?Some discouraged wives fancy they do nothing worthy when they only make a good and happy home. For such we quote the following paragraph from an exchange: "It takes n. good deal of brains to . keep house, to make a home, even if you don't do the manucl labor. The woman who makes a perfect one puts into tho work proba bly enough talent to have mado a for tune. But if she prefers the latter re sult; she had best not marry. She may bo able to do other things better, more profitably, but' very few of us in this world get into just tlic' place or hove just the work we want. There is no tonic better than the consciousness that flho amounts to something. But wc arc sorry for tho woman who thinks sho does not because she only keeps house." A Georgia negro was riding a mule, vhen he en me to n bridge, and the mule topped. "I'll bot you n quarter," said Jam bo, "I'll make you go ober dis >ridgo," and witli that struck the mule ver tho head which made him nod sod enly. "You take the bet, den?" said lio negro, and contrived to get tho mule vet tho bridge. ' I want dnt quarter, nyhow," cried Sambo. "But how will ou get the money?" asked dliiau, who ad been close by, unpercoived. "To iovro\v," replied Sambo, "massn gib me dollar to get corn for the mule, and I ike the quarter out." CaUfornla Wood-Choppers, .?.? ! It is in d logging camp>>tfe&lrili straa* ger will be mostrntorestedifln tfeiffiooast, for thege he,wiilt^ar^^^^e?8 of the rpd wo,eds. ^ A^rnarv Jn|Hu^roidt county giit out of*one tree luinber enough io3buiraih*3^6y8e*ifif?a ?r7,?fia3 toTonce in two acres of jgrofiiid. *? B$f&9S&$ was tfil^airtilh^th^jtflflagfe^trottt^ fedh a a mile of railroad ties. Trees fourteen fd'utfd ttnd <mt dowd;*!%e &w*I?g? are jo?to.'spliti (Offert? tartti if##ge^l>%?&u8e ^gHtiKP jsate^iiftt^htDaAJat in with gunpowder. A tree ffiuf.jfcet la ?ffiaftreterHs Ji}i\miM&^^tW%eie ?woods, afrd^so'sjini^l^r^^^d^nop i psrjB- ithafe; they ^an 'niake,r,"th'e daVgest giant of the forest fail just wb*6fle>ithey want ift<or; ?s Ittley'say, "drive a stake with tho tree.'-' The choppers do not stand on the ground, but oii a stage raised to such a height as to enable* the-axe W'strike in where the-tree^attalfisifrifilr and regular thickness, for. the '^-"toboVl^TilLeOflie se guoia, swells at the base near the ground. These trees prefer^he^ 'and grow in an extremely rough and broken country, and tf?ir* g^PEelght makes it necessary to5 fell tMe^ fcJrfeully, lest they should, falling with ^ofePSfebr mous weight, break to pift?Sfr vEMsrfJfcn stoutly happens, in s^^ej?Kjyire. caution, aud there is "t^jfoj^bj^** ih thc3o forests, and at tue. mms^ two feet of wood arc wastMff6?sb>r^y?^?of lumber seilt -t6 market. To Wx^=iho direction line o?rwhioh'thetre?ls to fall, -J^fitcj#pp^{usuaHy drives ? stake inkho mound 100 nrjr^^jfrnm thr hpfl the tree, audit is actually' common .to make the tree fall1 on this stake, ao straight do these r^-W?^^stana^ncftio accurate is the skill of the cutters.: To fell a tree eight: feet . in idiametor- us counted a.day's work for a iaan,rrH^ per's Magazine. , ? \ .at A matter-of-fact old gentleman thinks it must he a very Bmair'hase* half ffiht can be caught on a fly. > pi b^iiojqiia "Can yon tell me,1 sir, how to'fiffinHo Sheriffs office?" "Yes, sir? every time you earn five dollars spQUU ten." .7tq*t| Same one says of a certain congrega tion, that they pray on their knees on Sundays, and pn their neighbors the rest . of the week. ,t] -;npn^H .ft?f At what time did (ho devil Iriaktf li& appearance in the garden? of tfSdiln? Some time in the night He?*o*Mtnty cams flftpr T.v.- f An amorout swain declares Tie 't?fib food of his girl that he has rubbedthe skiu from his nose by kissing her Bba&flr on the wall. A hopelos? 6?se?thtft.*w ? Heroism is limited after all. A gir.1, who the other day juinped; h)to ^ig&lgfr rimac river and rescued & drowning child, fainted away when '"?e^^^f false curls floating down stream. aUhi**} "XV- don't amount to anything on oyster cans or barrels of'flour. fTngrJ have got so they put fifty pound rocks in a barrel of flour and then paint five xV on the head, though the x-tra business could all bo done in a minuto by the man who finds the stoned ffl?a$fli?*Btl .j.ij p?, .bii/'i^ed v,* t??o? a* mo^ wb?.,, An inexperienced yoiptg married liwdy? in town wants to know what ? "J?U^fa? She says her husband camo home'late* from his oflice the ythw ttighVcOjuplet**? ly worn out, und so woak that he could scarcely .stand, and nearly every other, word ho said was something about "hie*" Wo suspect her husband has joined a. class in I^itin.?Nonnifjxow? JblRju*d% A fow days ngo ? hungry party sat down at the welhspreftd supper-table of' a Sound steamer, upon which one of tli?' dishes contained ntrout of moderate size. A serious-lookii)g individuah'?^W dish toward him, saving, apologetically^ "This is fast day with me." I^is next neighbor, an Irish gentleman, immedi ately inserted Iii? fork into the fish ' and ?ransfcrrcd it to Ms own plate, re marking, "Sir, do you suppose uobndy has a soul to *nve hut yourself," ; ?