Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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SPECIAL NOTICE. Now tliat the holiday season is over and everything has gone pros perous and happy; every one hotter off, and a bright fertile year ahead, at no period in the .history of our business life have we been so thor oughly prepared to in sat the wants of the trade and the requirements of the people, as we are now. We shall continue to place upon our counters from day to day, bargains in every dt-pai tmcut at LOWEST PRICES, nod shall always be found using our best ?udetivorts to prevent extortions nud uphold the CASH SYSTEM. Our entire stock is now uttered at. REDUCED PRICES. We ask you toenll and inspect our goods. We guarantee to please as to ?quality aili price. Look can fully over this list of a few articles mentioned : ?Gents ?} Hose, white, ? and 10 e. " sniped iiii Mdid colors I'M thiuldc hcel & toe 12$ Ladies hose, white, S. 10, 12-]. ?' striped. 10 solid colors. 124 " halhrig^an, 1? " " fnn.-t. tjua'i ty, 2--> ( bib-ten's hose, colored. 5, s. 10, 12] Ladies a nut lets, IIa rk eo ors, '50 c. *' Berlin gloves, eiiilirmiiercd bucks. :}.") " kid gloves. -1 1.nitons, "best makers, 75 Gents buckskin gloves, lined 75 ?A driving '?'>'<) Det by suiting, l'> ?* 44 liihred, 12] Cashmeres, beautiful colors, ld? Merino.-, beautiful colors, l|5 Flannels, red, white and hue, 25 to o5 cents. Til 1 i t , < IV pfl'l I v.'.?.0 <; 3 adies I lopils, new M y U s. 40 Looking Glasses, bureau si/.e. SI ix' r:i l.i rge S?J ?">() " oval frames 00 ami SO cents tilver plated tea spoons, Si 25. Table ?? L75 Forks 1 75 " Knives o.7~> Glass Setts, handsome, -I pieces, 00 Gla.-s Preserve Slitllds, li ) Gohlcis, 75 et per do/. Tumblers, 1)0 Vt per dbz L"tups from 25 to 75 cts Large assortment Ladies, Gents and Children's Shoes from the fines! to ihn cheapest, Alen ami Boys Hats, 4), G ), 75, I 00 1.25 to 83 ^ en and Roys Caps from 25 to 50 Fancy Box Paper, I n\ elopes ami Htntioiiery. Agent for I he Largest Tohiieco Factory in the United Status, wc oiler hurgaius in this line. Agvnt for Manufacturers of Soaps anil Con ecu rated Lye, we defy com petition. We have the Largest and Cheap est Stock of BROOMS AND BASKETS in the Market. Agent for the Celebrated Town 'Talk BAKING POWDERS. These Powders have stood the. Test by the liest Chemist, and pronounced PUKE, when bought in cans. Prof. lUott, the Leading ( heinist of the World, says the worse adulterations occur when Powders hie sold loose or in hulk. Remember this and gel TOWN TALK from Headquarters Your attention is asked to the re duction iu our CARPETING, pul down to 25, 35, 40 cents. Docket Knives front 5 els. to $2.. Buggy Whips, 25, 50, 75 cts., ?l, $1 25 $2. ours respect fu.Ry, C. D. KORTJOIIN. ?QT Always notice this COLUMN CHEAP GOODS. THE TUHN OF LIVE, From forty to sixty, a man who J has properly regulated himself may lie considered in the prime <?t' life. Iiis matured strength of constitution renders him almost impervious to the attacks of disease, and experience, has given his judgment the sound ness of almost infallibility. His mind is resolute, Urin, ami equal; nil his junctions tire in the highest order; he assumes thu mastery oVer busi ness: builds tip a competence to life foundation In-has laid in early man hood and pusses through a period of life attended lev many grntiiicntions. j Having gv tie a year or two past sixty j he arrives at a critical period in the road of existence; the river of death How- hetween him, und lie remains at a standstill, l?ut. athwart this is u viaduct called "The Turn of Life/ which, if crossed in safety, leads to the valley til*.''old ago," round/which the river winds and then Hows be yond without a bout or causeway to eilecl its passage. The bridge is. however, const rticted (>f fragile ma terials; and it dopi nils upon how it is trodden, whether it heilt I or break. (Ion!, apoplexy^ and oiln r had char acters also are in the vicinity to way lay the traveler, and thrust him from he pass: hut let him gird, up his loins and provide liimsclf with lilting j stulf, he may tread on in safety with perfect composure. To quit mota- ! piior, "'The Turn of Life" i.-, a turn j either into a prolonged walk or into] the grave. The system and powers! having'reached their utmost expati- I don. now begin Id close like lldwei's ] atsunset, or break down ul once. One'/ iujit iieioiis siimulant?:i single fata! j excitement, may force i: beyond its strength, whilst a careful supply of props, and I he wit hdrawal of all Mint tends to force a plant, will sus ain it in beauty and vigurithiil night, iia.- entirely set. TAX-Xti t'O-U-'pU. IN LIFE. Sooner or later, friends, the time for folded hands will conn.' tti us ;;!!. \Vhether or not wo cease from hurry and worry now. we shall one day shut our eyes upon it, and lie .still tin I rouhle-1 by the stir and fret of thiugs about us. Why not lake eom'.orl r.e we go? Voti, proud mother of a beautiful, active boy. of what use vill ii lie to you to remember how ?xqitisilely tine was his raiment, libw iainlily spread his bed and how cost ly and profuse his toys? What tlie child needs is mothering, brooding, tell tier resting on your heart; and he a ceils it every step of the way from babyhood to manhood. Take the i dm fori ofyouropporlunities. Never mind though the dress be coarse, and lie .fOii'iVpitting and the playihitigs lew, hut answer Ihe questions, fell the stories; spare the It a If liour at iied-tinie and be iiieiTy aiid gay, con iidetitial ami sympathetic with your boy. And you, whose graceful ydtihg la tighter is just blushing out into bloom ami freshness ofa wondrously fair woiuanliuess, do not be so been pi Id with your ambition for her and in : advancement in life, that yon let her ways and yours fail apart. Why are her friends her interests, and her engagements so wholly distinct from yours? Why docs she visit here ami there, and receive visitors from this and thai house, and you scarcely know the people by sight? You are iosiiig precious hours ami the com fort you ought to take is living fast away on those wings of time that are never overtaken.? (iuUhn {Jriitsor. Hint It.i.r.Ticiors ('ti{.vxin*.\Tiii:it.? New Orleans has some very wealthy families who filer with pride to their ancestors. A few; evoiiings ago .Miss De-Smith I'.van was entertaining some visitors at. her house, and. jaunting to a picture on the wali;l?ho said: '?Thai is niy illustrious grand father, lie was a man who seemed fitted l?y niiiiirt' tri occupy the higher walks ol* life, and was never satisfied linlcss he stood a! the very top of the ladder."' Her aged grandmother entered the parlor, and. hearing the latter part of her remarks, exclaim ed: ".Stire, that's the truth you spake, me child. Och ! I'll niver for get. I he day?bad cess to it?when poor Diunis fell from the top of the ladder wid all I be bricks upon him, ami was alt her break in* bis ribs against Ihe ground?poor dear man! I>e llie powers, in those times Ihe di vil n hit more could lie make than phorly ciitls a day, and-" llul (lie honest oh I lady's voice was drown ed by the banging of the piano- ns Miss De-Smith Kyan truck up: "l Wandered by tlie Sea-beat Shore." A market lias opened in Concord. N. ('., for baled hay. and at. (50 and lift cents per hundred pounds, Ihr farmers say il, is a more profitable crop thai; cotton. WHAT A HOY KNOWS A.HOC I! (jilt LS. Girls are the most nnnccount ablest things in tin; world?except woman. Like ilii- wicked lien, when you have them they ain't there. I em cipher clean over the improper transactions, and the teacher'says I do llrst-rate; but I can't cipher out a girl, proper Or improper, ami you can't either. Thi. only nth'in the arithmetic that hits their cases is the doulde rule of three. They are as full of Old Nick as tlioir skins can hold, j and they would die if coulil j nut torment somebody. When they try lb he mean, they are as mein as pitsly though they ain't as mean as they lei on, except Sometimes, nud then they are a good deal meaner; The only way to g -t along with a girl when she comes to you willi her non sense is to give her tut for tat, and that will fluhnhux her and when you got a girl flummuxcd she is as nice as a pin. A girl enh sow more wild o:'.ts (hau a hoy can sow in a year, lut! girls gel their wild oat& sowed after a while, which boys never do, and then they settle down ;*s calm and as placid as a mudpmldlc. Hid j 1 like the girls lirst-rato, and I giiess all the hoys <!o. 1 don't care liow hiaiiy tricks they play on in.'-mid they don't care eit her. The hoity toify est girl in the wcirhl can td ways iidil over like n glass of so la Byhnd by they get into llie truce's with sonic body they like, tiiid pull as i Iv as an 'old stage horse. Thai is the beauty of them. So lot, them wave. 1 say: they will pay for them sonic day, sew i tig oh buttons ''and trying !o make a ir.au out t f the fellow liny ' hnye,spliced tb; and leti chances Id one if liu'v don't get the worst of it. llOX. VOM' ii it HlL?S. This able, brilliant and worthy ciii/.eti ol'Sou h tiridiiui is beginning to make himself Ii 'hrd again, :md, wc think, in a more exalted sphere thaii be bus occupied at various liihes I during his checker.-.i life. At one I time he wax a c|iiioi IVofessor in the College of < *h:irlosi.o.u- from . wliicli j posit iosi he was sud hiiily dragged j otil by I iiii pop til noe and made .May ' or of the city. He male an execl ' lea .Mayor, workitig many iinproyo in'ills during his administration, lie I li.it 1 u A however hol I litis posilioi! loiig before he was suddenly Ib'tiMl to I I :: seat in Congress, lie thus innncli- j I od into t he sea i>f polities, and be-! j cstnie also :i lending member of the j i Confederate <"<mgiv .;. After the: j war he seemed to remain in retire- | j uu-iit, until, vv! I It in a year past, he whs elected President of the State; f-\gi'iculluriil College sit Columbia which position lie now worthily' ; holds. La*l ? eck uutler the auspi; jets of ihe'.Trihity Clsureli ;Gtii}d lie delivered a lecture Id llie public-oh ?Duty* which is another 'trophy of his eloquence and classical allainmenls. He told yomig: men th.-il fliti faiihl'ul j discharge of duty in every partieular j was all that iniide life worth living! ! for. Mr. Miles nowoccupies ah ex- i j nhed position iii the State Agriculi tural StieSety. tin I wo hope thai bis words of ad vice i<i Ibeybiing and bis calls to duty nuiy he heeded by our SOUS. THE It KV LS LT) TKSTAMEXTi There is iio book that excites more uti.versdl interest at this time tliaii the revised New Test at; cut. Mtlch criticism has been indulged in, both favorable and intiavorublc to the new version. In the interest fd' fairness we would suggesi that Ibis criticism should turn upon t he scholastic mer its of the work, and not upon the sctilitntutalities which spring from an aversion to change,or the dis turbing of obi asso *iaImis or the ap pearance of sacrilege in modling wit b that which is held in such profound reverence as ; he I loiy Scrip! tires. .It musi be remembered that truth is above nil eise, und every sacrifice should bo cheerfully made to obtain it. Wiib lhe advance of classical and historic lore a Hood of light is shed which w.- should use in the search for Ltith. A STAB AT BOSS!SM. The down fall of Colliding has certainly been a salutary stab into "bossi;.in." As to the quarrels be tween Gnrliehl and Con kling, the public has little concern, but nil lov ers of freedom and independence, will be refreshed, lit.the blow given to the practice of the "one man rule" which, unfortunately, has obtained too freely everywhere. It won hi be well' to impress tha fact that the scepter of dominion iti this country belongs to the people and not to a few [ puffed tip autocrats; THE ailMttTKK'.S C OW. An exchange Id's (his droll story j of ii clergy man's experiment and hpw it ended: Some years ago there lived in Cen tral Now York a very worthy and re spectable divine known as Father Coss. Hi* had a hired mail im mod Isaac, who always obeyed orders without question. Father (Joss bought a cow one day which proved refractory when nidket1, refusing to surrender the lacteal Hub!, although Isaac used all the per j suasivc arts of which he was master, j Ile.finally reported her delinquencies to his master. "Wi ll. l3aae." said he, "g . t<> tlie 1 bain and get tiu.se pieces of new rope." Isipie obeyed; the cow was driven i iiito the stable, lied with a piece of| tin- rope, when the He v. came out, ariiie I wit !i a khiie. "Now," h>> exclaimed l<? Isfi:i"1 : will get on the cow's back and you tie j my left beneath hei*, then you gd on | with your milking, and with my weightonlier back she nuts: give down her tuiik." Isaac, obeyed. The.feei were tie:), tlie pail got and milkiiigcouitneuced. Ij'.i! bossyobjected, aed plunged wildly a boh i. The s^iible was low. ni'id t'lie Itoy'.'s head was f.-arfully tiiuniped. "?h. Isaac, Isaac!" bawl ed lie. "cut the rep.'." Isaac seize I the knife and cut?not tlie mpe which tied the master's I'vet, hilt tie." one that tied lboeow\ The : st:.l>!e gate was opetf, alro the yar ! g!?te. j Aw:*;'darted Ihe.frantic, tow, the:, j!leri-ificil man of. her b.iek, helploH^ly j roaviug: * "Stop licr. stop her!" j While madly careering down the I rjiad lie met a parishioner, who ex citedly called: "Why, M r. Doss, whore arc you going?" I "(>n!y 0.) i and li.i- cow khbw!'.,: j groaned he; "1 dbn'b" I Theauiniitl was linallv caught and j th.e m..n reluaacd, much frightened Mil lltihUft. El?wTCL W0?S.5. I W.iyLcso severe in dealing with the faults of those at home while we I excuse sihytliingtViehds or acquaint anccs m iv do? The law.- (if politer iiiessshould be binding at home as well a< ii broach We enjoy > ??iav. our s j husbands and wives polite to our j lie'!jriil or.-, only lei us be sure to prae : tice our good manners at, home. . There at e husbands who would hast- ; eh id a -nve a tieighlipr's wife, who j liacb in her haste, luirne i her (use nits, I that they "greatly enjoyed them when they were so nice an 1 brown," who would never think their own whos I needed !h..' sam condd iration. No man can be a gentleman, though ever so genial abrb.t:!, why \-i a tyrant or habitual fadUo'Shdcr .-.! homo; and no woman is a real lady who is mit a real lady at Imme in h -r morning j wrapper as weil as in her neighbor's [ parlor. Oiie'iheniberof a i*amil\ who begins l!ee day with fretful words and liarvh tfines, is gen d'ally enough ; isp.iil t ho happiness an I tcmp.-r of iheibiy; Not all who hear the im patient word givelheangry answer, formally cluio.-c to sutler in silence: for every such word so nobody's heart aches; and, its a rule.il is soiiieliodv whom wo love and would do anything for, exc'i-p! to ke -p back the uhkin i. sarcastic word. Tlieii * *?? m?' let us make ourselves an I others miserable by being Iretfui at lioiiie. Youxo A \:i !.mca. ? Is there no way of circMinivehlihg the . irrepressible, ungo\ ernaliic boy of the period, and hritigiut! him [?> terms? It stems not. and adult humanity might hs well surrender at discretion. This is a progressive age, and the people, especially the buys, must be pro ure-si\ e ton, und keep up with, if not a little ahead, of lite times. They say i hey are followingt he 'example of tlieir fathers whe i they were hoys, but thai will not do, for lite world is wisorniid Taster now than it was a generation ago, and grown up men then did nut know half as much as Ihe boys do now. if this propelling power lor mischief could be utilized lor sonic good purpose and p'it't upon I lie right (rack it might he made an engine for the accomplishment of much good/bul we are pained at the waste of drain and muscle 1 hat is going on all over the land, which, if ircould h(i harnessed ami controlled, might he made in help run the ma chiuery of church ami Stute. Dr. A. (!. Wannamaker has just received the finest stock of cigars, cigarettes, smoking and chewing tobaccos ever altered in .Orangeburg. The DrJ never keeps anything but the best of goods in Ids line and we lake pleasure in calling attention to these goods. Co down and try them CHEEK. No, my son, check is not bettor t linn wisdom : it is not better thnii honest modesty ; it is not better than | anything. Don't listen to the siren who toils you to blow your own horn or it will never be tooted upon. The world is not to be deceived by cheek, and it does search for merit, and when it finds it, merit i? rewarded. Cheek never deceives the world, my son. It appears to do so to the cheeky man, but, he is the one who is decei ved. Do you know one cheeky man in ail ymr acquaintance w ho is not. reviled tor his cheek the moment Iiis blick is turned? Is the world not continually drawing distinction be tween cluck and merit? Almost everybody haters the cheeky man. my sou. Society tires of the brassy glare of hi i lace, 'be hollow tinkling of his r\ mha Ii lie tongue, the noisy assump tion of hi. forwn rdne'ss. The triumphs of check sire only apparent-. He bores bis way along through' the world, nud frequently better people give way for him. Dot so they give way, my boy, for u inn:) with a paint pot in each hand. Not because, they respect the mai: With the paint pots, particularly, 11-11 because' they want to take care of their clot ties; Avoid cheek, my sots. Von can sell goods without it and \ bur customer won't run and hide i.: the cellar when they see him eouvi ng,? /snrfhii,t*m llutcki'j/c. kixirTiiTtoxi '?I*lug Cotton" is no' only reassert' itig bis nut ic-.ii pretensions, but is doing so on a much more rational ba sis. The circle used to oca very nar row oite: "To raise more cotton, to make more money, to buy .more he groesi'' To w hat iind? H A,'/ to raw liiert cj(t</U, f<> jriiif.'c more inoitey, to bin/ men ?' v Am! thus on in a never ending ioutidj continually coming buck to w hero we first started. The idea how is m I to change our indus tries 1ml to modify l hem and to make sei si Me ii w.-tm n s out o i ; proiitf '!'! c Atlauttt Cotton Exposition is a splc: did conception. It means to hiinj together this fall the growers itVid iii.ahtifat-lurors of cotton from the whole country, and especially from ilte South, for mutual counsel and Itir co-operation in the cotton iideri'st. Ii would seem that some changes IVOin our present plans arc in order, if indeed they are not abso lutely deiiiah led. The ideaseems t? \ be plant Icssatid manufacture more? 10 make cotton simply a surplus cro] ' and not the only crop, as is practi cally the case iu ninny, instances.? ( 'hi istUtil Aifeocilti'. Till] WAV TO LOOK AT If. In sill labor Ih.uv is poetry, if w cau btit Hiiil i;. containing {ts deepesi menu nig sind its trtiesl realities. 0:ii mechanic sees nothing beyond hit Ioids niid t heir daily use; another be holds, t he civilization ami relinomeni which his work is daily spreading One inereliatit limits tires bis business only by bis yearly nccount Of profit ant loss; anot her sees it in .the ox ten sion of commerce, the employment given to labor, flic iiiumpn of uohes principles: Otic,physician looks a itis professionoiiiy as n hoblet- fq Iiis own advancement ami popularity another beholds sutiering assuaged disease overcome, snnilun hnbitson forced, healthful living sccifred, ha|> piuess increas ?d. Ohe woman sec in her bouse only an arena for hai'i work ami physical e< in fort; a lol'.c -???es exquisite pictures of ill j possibh h:i|)pi'ncssf, honor, development? ?hin value which may be cherished wit ho it, and may issue from it to bloss t c ciety sind strengthen the nation. M i.- only sis these higher triitl soflsd or become vividly . pictured in . tin itiisigin ttion that ls;l or itself cau ris. to its true position. Its p?etry its it lies! rosility and ennobles all its pros: of hard work or dry details. Do?iits.Tie 1 xrioKi.rrv.?There is i row and some talk of a divorce in tin McSpillkius family. Mrs. Me Sjiilikiiis mother is stopping will the family and there is some litt 1* finding. I oh tiny MeSpilikiiis was rending about a man who had killet, Id- brot her. .lohiiy asked : 'l'a. is a man who kills his brothel si fratricide?' ?Yes,1 responded .McSpilikins. 'What is ;t mau w ho kills his fath er V 'A ptitricido.' 'And wen he killt? his wife?' 'Oxorieidtv' 'And when he kills his w ife's moth er V 'Justifiable homicide,' replied Mc Spilikins, glaring at the old lady. Educate the whole man?the head, the heart, the body, the head to tbink, the heart to feel, and the body to net. JUST THE DIFFERENCE. Some men move through life as a hand of music moveB down street, lliuging out pleasure on every side through the air to every one, Uir and near, that (ran listeu. Some men till the air with their presence and sweetness as orchards in October days till the air with perfume of rij o fruit. Some women cling to their own houses, like the honeysuckle over the door, yet, tike it, sweeten all the region with the subtile frngrnuce of their goodness. There lire trees of righteousness which are ever drop ping precious fruit around them. There are lives that shine like star beams, or charm tlie heart like songs sung upon a holy day. How great a bounty and a bless ing it is to hold the royal gifts of the soul so that they shall lie music to some and fragrance toothers, and life to all I It would be no tin worthy thing to live for to make the power which we have within us the breath of other men's joy; to scatter sunshine where only clouds and shadows reign ; to Ii 11 the atmosphere where earth's weary toilers must stand with a brightness which they cannot create for themselves, and which 1 hey long for, enjoy ami appreciate.-- Christian at ])or/.\ MORK 31 EX THAX WOMEN, The census shows that there arc a million more males than females in the United States. Were the dis tribution according to sex equalized there would be no superfluous girls, and the race of spinsters would be* come cxtincti But what provision is to be made for t he superfluous men, maritally speaking? Where are the sweet hearts and wives to be found for them? The supposition all along has been that the females were large ly in ex ess of the males, as is true of some of the older States, like .Massachusetts, and a good deal of sympathy has been wasted on the un fortunate women for whom no matri monial provision could be made. Young fellows, loo, have strutted about, under the impression that the disparity in numbers was such as to altbrd them the pick and choice of girls, who, wanting husbands, would lie eager to accept the first offer. But it is really the other way, and the girls should take advantage of it, 1 look around a little, be in no haste, tlld exercise discriminating good sense in seiet ting t heir partners for1 i tile. There is a million of boys tobe left in the vocative after all are sup plied. The girls, therefore, can afford :o indulge in a careful inspection of he lot before c hosing.?Cincinnati .Jotn incrciaf. MYSTERIOUS ABHCJCTlOXi John II. Hurtweil, nged II yen*fa, fl it tie son of Key', j. B. II art Well, lha iaplist Missionary to California. vh'?, it is wed known, preached i'.. he Baptist Church in Orangeburg tbout two years ago. on the subject >f the "Chinese in California," was cidnapped a few weeks ago by aw III know ii man in San Francisco and ?rought to New York, from whence ic made his way to his aunt in Socie y Hill. Little Johnnie is a bright oy, and gives an interesting account ?f his experience with his captor. Tliere is no use in drugging your self to death, and buying all the vile uc.Heines for internal use when you art" be cured of fever and ague, dumb gne, billions disorders, jaundice, yspepsia, as well as all disordeis a I ailments of the liver, blond and f u li, bytwearing one of l'rofi Qbl .ictte's French liver pads.- which ... sure cure every time.- If your' ruggist does not keep the pad, send d..">0 in a letter to French Fad Co., t'ole-lo, o., ami it will be sent you by et urn mail. It is the only pad that ?? guaranteed to cure. Beware of nuulerfeits. ma}' 19 mh ?? ? - ? <na?=????? A couple of fellows who were pret ty thoroughly soaked with whiskey 'dt into flic gutter. After flounder ing about for a few minutes, one of hum said : "Jim, let's go to another" iiouse, this hotel leaks." No flower can bloom in Paradise hat is not transplanted front Geth ?cmano; no one can taste of the fruit if the tree of life that has not tasted if t he tree of Calvary. The summer days are long and hot, ind if you feel tired and overcome villi heat, there is nothing that will nuke you feed better and cool ,you off I nicker" than a glass of Dr. NVnnnh linker's pure, cold soda water ?with fruit and ere tun syrups, drawn from the celebrated John Ma thews appa rat us, at the low price of 5 cents a jjlass. Also the valuable tonic. Pe ruvian Boer will be drawn fresh from I :he fountain. Go and be refreshed.