The Orangeburg democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, September 05, 1879, Image 1
--?Vt,^ ,. ...... ? r-^-^wr,-^ ,?y^v -,.-.^-^ 5=
Vol. I, ORANGrEBTJRG, S. C, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1879. $jTo..88.
SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietors.
Subscription.
Quo Year.i.SI.?0
Six Months..,..1.00
Minister? of tho Qospel.1.00
A DvfillTI SKMKNTS.
First Instertlon.$1.00
? Each Subsequent Insertion.?0
Liberal contracts made lor *j month
nj\d over.
JOB ,o,F.FlQ3?
19 PBEPApE^ TO DQ.AJ.r. jqppspp (
.' ??' ' *''? - ??;?!.. ?/ /
r <Xql> JPriiatiiig
Esculapius and Sohool Mann.
Editor Qrangeburg Democrat:
? ' Jn a previous communication I re
ferred to a class of teachers who
stand in the way of progress, and
made allusion, parenthetically, to the
incompetency of woman lor this vo
cation. This RooitiH, and vory nnturr
ally, to have aroused the indignation
of many of thoBo charged iu that
opinion.
??School Marm" essayed a reply in
which she affects to abhor the idea of
being put \\\ the category of newspa
per polemics ; and as to the imperti
nent coxcomb who, quite oblivious of
his obligation to woman, darps to as
sert an opinion. Especially when it
approaches so near that truthfulness
by whose beauty one woman, was j
"struck" and by whoso plainnces
many have been offended?r"why, 9he
doesn't wish to know him, have noth
ing to say to him, ?SfC." This I rele
gate to her for her especial delecta
tion as being irrelevant to the sub
ject. Again sho seeks to divert at
tention from the main issue by at
tempting to ridicule Esculapius in
her allusions to tho ^'perfectibility"
of his knowlodge, his thorough com
petency to decide such momentous
issues, and her fear of having her j
"edge forever blunted, dulled hopc-J
lessly." This sort of quibble may do j
for some, but sensible peoplG prefer
facts, or argument based on facts.
It is only to correct an error in the
construction of my article and to an
swer some direct enquiries that I
again call attention to this subject.
"Will Esculapius kindly furnish us
with a list of the qualifications pre
requisite in a first-class teacher?" Ol
course he will, and commend them to
your atudy.
They are: first, intellectual capa
bility ; second, moral character aud
moral influence ; third, power of im
parting information; fourth, execu
tive talent or power to maintain dis
cipline. No three will make a com
petent teacher. These four elements
are essential-^rn tho make up of a
good teacher as four quarters arc to
the completion of a whole. Let all
be picscnt and ability to teach will
be unquestioned ; let one be lacking,
and incompetency is apparont. Wo
man is intellectually capable. When
we come to the moral element, I doll
my cap to woman, yielding to none
in paying her due honor for her de
votion to morals. In devotion to
virtue and moral rectitude she is in
"beings endless chain" tho brightest
emanation from Diety. But how
about the other elements. The fac
ulty of imparting information is a
rare gift, aud not an icquir
cd talent; hence, slightly changing
Horace's oft quoted line, we might
say: Praectptor nascitur non Jit.
Woman arrives at conclusions more
by perception than by rellcction,
hence she evinces tact, but not pro
fundity, and the piofound and philo
sophic thinker can in every case
make the closest demonstrations of
any problem. A man may have wis
dorn and knowledge, but if he is
lacking in tho power to impart
the same to others, he is no teacher.
Not less important is the power to
maintain discipline Woman cer
tainly lacks this element, hence I as
sert her incompetency. None can
question the fact. Experience is con
clusive. Ab origine, it was not given
to woman to govern. Man was or
? dained the head of the woman and
the family?>.tho author and the ad
ministrator. Unqucstionally God in
Nature ordained it so. This is hu
man instinct, hence the smallest
child seems aware of- the fact. I
know of many worthy ladies who
would be honored by an extensive
patronage if?as the pareuts say?
they could manage I have iq mind
at this writing two large and deservr
pdly popular schools where ladies
teach as assistants and it is fair to
presume that they are not wanting
the elements of a good teacher, save
the power to govern; for if the
principals be removed, the schools
immediately go down. Here they are
practically njudged incompetent.
Without the power to maintain dis
cipline they arc moat assuredly unfit
for the primary schools ? for it is here
that wc want the very best teachers.
Tho majority of our youths step
from these into actual life.
On the importance of securing the
best teachers for tho primary schools,
I quote below from an editorial in the
Times, presumably from tho pen of
Mr. S. It. Mellichamp, whose large ex
pericuco and acknowledged ability us
a practical educator entitle his views
to peculiar rpspcot, "It is a great
mistake to suppose that ordinary j
teachers will do for the primary
schools, and that wo pnly want our :
be9t teachers for the higher schools
and colleges. The fact is thorpverse
of this opinion would bp pparer the j
truth. * * * The education ofj
tho boy improperly taught in the pri-l
mary schools is apt uluays to be de?-\
cicnt." (Italics aro mine.)
Tho editor of the Educational Col
umn in your paper maintains this
view. Our honored School Commis
sioner is pressing it upon the atten
tion o{ all concerned. From every
quarter comes up the cry of our great
need of efUcient teachers, This is
what I want to see supplied. Ljet no
one, who is not qualified to teach in a
high grade school, preauinc to teach
the primary. This applies to male
and female teachers. "School Alarm*'*
errs in undei standing mo to restrict
the maxim "poor pay, poor preach"
to females, I trust I have made my
position clear. I am sure it is right,
and I believe I speak the opinions of
the people.
I noticed an article from "Trustee,''
[it made no argument, and I deemed
jit unnecessary for mo to reply. I
thought "some one of the female
teachers" would. He says in sub
stance that very ordinary teachers
will "do for our piney woods' schools"
and the females arc just such as we
want. I reckon he meant to help
them. Esculapi?s.
A Story Teller Vanquished.
"When I was a young man," said
Col. B., we lived in Illinois. The
farm had been well, wooded, and tho
stumps were pretty thick. But we
put theco:n in among them, and
managed to raise a fair crop. Tho
season I did my share of the plowing.
We had a 'sulky' plow, and I sat in
scat and managed the horses, four as
handsomo bays as a man evor drew
rein over. Ono day I found a stump
right in my way. I hated to back out
so I just said a word to the team, and
you'll believe it, they just walked that
plow right through that stump as
though it had been cheese." Not a
soul expressed surprise. But MoJ. S,,
who had been a quiet listcuer,remark
ed quietly : "It's curious, but I hail a
similar cxporienoo myself once. My
mother always made our clothes in
those days, as well as the cloth they
were made of. The old lady was aw.
fully proud of hor homespun?-said it
was tho strongest cloth in tbc State.
One day I had just plowed through a
white oak stump in tho way you
speak of, colonel, But it oarao togoth
er before I was out of the way, and
nipped tho seat of iry trousers. I
felt mean, I can tell you, but I put
the string on the ponies, and, if you'll
believe it, they just snaked that
stump out roots and all. Something
had io givo, you know,
Seasonable Advice,
A metropolitan paper commenting
on the fact that tho grcator number
of people to be seen at the seaside
aud popular resorts are ladies arid
very young men, while the husbands
and fathers remain at their drudgory
in the city in order to earn tho mon<
ey necessary for their families* indul
gence, reads tho parents a lecture on
the subject, and remarks: Do not
struggle to give your children a for
tune, or to push them into a higher
circle of society than your own.
Give them the best education you
cun, but givo yourself ono also.
Take a part of each day, week
and year to remember that you, too,
arc a man and not a mere money ma
ker. Study some language or sci
ence. Leave tho farm or shop occa
sionally. Broaden your mind by
friction with men. Go to tho cities,
to California, to Europe. Of course
it will cost money. Dress, eat, fur
nish your house more simply ; your
sons and daughters will be better
men and women for such simplicity.
Wlf. Sawyer, aged seventeen, and
Maggie Haggcrt, aged hfto.cn, eloped
together from Glovcrsvillc, N. Y.,
some time ago, and wcro chased
twenty-four hours by her father and
an officer, whom they eluded and were
married. Last Saturday tho bride
was sentenced to tho Western houso
of refuge by a TJtica magistrate, on
the complaint of iicr husband that sho
was a vagrant, having no msans of
support.
For Boys to Remember.
A gentleman advertised for a boy
to assist him in bis ofllcc, and nearly
.fifty applicants presented themselves.
Out of the whole n? in ber be in a short
lime selected one and dismissed the
rest.
'?I should liko to know," said a
friend, ''?on what ground you selected
that boy, who had not a single re
commendation?"
'*You are mistaken, my friend,"
was the reply ; "he had a grer.t many,!
aud if you co.ro to listen } will enum
erate tv few qf tliem. lie wiped his
feet when ho camo in and closed the
door after him, thereby showing that
ho is careful. He instantly gave up
his seat to un old man who is lame,
showing that ho is kind and thought
ful. He took ofT Ids cap when he
name in, and answered my questions
promptly and respectfully, showing
that he is polite and gentlemanly.
He picked up the book that J had
purposely laid on tho Hoar and re
placed it upon tho table, while ail the
rest either stepped over it or shoved
it aside; and he waited quietly for
his turn, instead of pushing or crowd
ing, which evinoos an honest, an or
derly disposition. When I tnlked
with him I noticed that his clothes
were cleanly brushed, his hair in nice
order, and smoothly brushed, and
his teeth as white as milk, and wheu
he wrote his name I also noticed that
his finger na'ls were clean, instead of
being tipped with jet like that hand
some little fellow's in the bluejacket.
Don't you term those things letters
of recommendation? I do, and I
would give moro for what I can tell
about a boy by using my eyes for ten
minutes than all the fine letters you
can bring mo."
Josh Billingisms.
If a young man hain't got a well
balanced head i like to sec him part
his hair in the middle
I don't take auy foolish chances.
If i wuz called upon to mourn over a
dead mule i should stand in front of
him and do mi weeping.
There is no man so poor but what
he kun afibrd to keep one dog, and i
have seen them so poor that they
could afford to keep three.
I say 2 thirds of the ritch people in
this World make the most of your
money, for it mnkcH the most of you.
Happy thought.
1 never argy agin a success; when
i sec a rattlcsuaik's head slicking out
of his hole, i bear off to the left and
say to myself that hole belongs to
that snaik.
Thare is one thing in this world
that money leant buy, and that is the
wag of a dog's tail.
Flattery is like eolone water ; to be
smelled of, not swallowed.
Didn't Believe in Advertising.
The Piedmont J\Tnvs gives the fol
lowing \ A merchant of Culpeppcr
was protesting a day' or two since,
that advertising benefitled nobody
but newspaper publishers; money
paid for advertisements was thrown
away ; nobody rend them. We offer
ed to insert, in the most remote cor
ner of tho paper ho might select, an 1
advertisement offering $1.50 a bushel
for wheat, provided ho would make
the offer good to thosa who might
read the advertisement and call on
him. And do you think he would do
it? Not a bit of it. And this is tho
way with mo6t men who denounce ad
vertising. When asked to test the
matter as to whether or not advertise
ments are read, they always decline,
thereby showing what little faith they
havo in their own works, and tacitly
acknowledgiug the great power of the
press as an advertising medium.
Grown Up Babies.
The young man" who, uudor the
pressure ot tho least real or fancied
adversity takes to drinking, is a
grown-up baby ; but ho is nursing the
wrong bottle. The young man who
is ashamed of his mother because sho
doesn't "put on stylo," and of his
father because bo doesn't use elegant
language, is a baby that had no bmd
nesB to havo ever grown up. An
ovcrdoso of soothing syrup would
have been a blessing to 1dm. The
eighteen year old girl who is senti
mental, and sighs for his early com
ing at the gate, well sho is a grown
up baby. Tho young man who thinks
every young lady in lovo with him
because she is polito to him when in
Iiis company, is the worst type of a
grown up baby.
Thoughts about the Examintion.
Providence, S. C, ?ug. 2G, 187,9.
Editor Orangeburg Demofsra? ;
All females who aro interested in
public school teaching will remember
that last Friday, the 22nd inst,, was
tho day cf "fire," as I would stylo it,
or perhaps runniDg tho "gauntlet"
woulci be' moro modern. Well, 'tis
past for this year 1 Draw a long
breath, of relief, and don't begin to
sigh for the next.
Carefully considering tho delioatc
constitutions of females generally, for
wo can sympathize with one another
better than the sterner sex, except
the pastor and family physician, J
would venture a few brief sonloupes
in the way of preparation for another
time. First, go to tho place where
the examination is to bo held the day
before, not the building itself, but to
a hotel or private house,/ and by all
means get a good night's repose, with
out dreams of how you are going to
succeed. Second, carry your gold
pen along, if you have one, or bor
row of your neighbor, and a well
chewed pen holder?for where is there
a lady who does not nibble her wri?
ting staff? The desks arc not cover
ed with velvet, nor are the seats push?
ioned ; and as you may not dc much
writing but make a great many efforts
to do so, scribbling will, in nine
cases out of ten,*bc the final re
suit. Third, The questions are asked
in such a manner as to bring into ex
istence nil your hidden and forgotten
light whether, under corn mensurcn,
or heaps of wordly cares, sorrows,
responsibilities, perplexities, ami last
but not not least, earthly affections.
So, be cool, considerate, aud like the
man whose wife (be it an everlasting
shame to her) told him to "curse
God and die." Tho answers will
come up before you, or I ought to
have said, at the end of your tongue
?not all of them though,?some have
been hidden too deopT fear, and
some never learned. f?utTVky atoms
of knowledge droppet^by thrj^itclliTes
above you, you may come out a wiser
if not a better scholar. There is a gen
tle art about Mr. Samuel Dibble to
draw out your ideas, and 1 know he
was as good a teacher, as be is now
an eminent lawyer. Mr. Sheridau
must be a teacher to tho manor born,
his great patience and ready illustra
tions of subjects, classes him one, in
my humble estimation. - He has
grown so stout since his residence in
the gieat city of Orangeburg, where
he enjoys the purest air and water,
and I hope money, the brightest ex
isting earthly boon, for his valuable
labors, as editor of the Democrat.
Mr. David Connor, our School Com
missioner, also added much dignity
to the Hoard of Examiners, as the
many applicants can certify. Have
1 opened the school campaign for
18S0? If so, lay your right hand
above the scat of life, and closo your
optics and allow me to stop down
with all the dignity of a teacher and
a mother. John Joel.
A Witty Professor.
On tho door of the Greek class
room, Professor Rlackie, of Edin
burgh, bad occasion a fow weeks ago
to put up this notice: "Prof. Hlackio
regrets ho is unable to meet his class
es." A waggish student, spyiug this,
scraped out the initial letter of the
last word of the sentence, and made
it appear as if the professor was re
gretful at his inability to meet those
fair specimens of humanity familiarly
known outside tho college quadrangle
as the "lasses." But who can joke
with Blackie? Tho keen-eyed old
man, noticing tho prank that had
been played on him, quietly erased
another letter, and left the following
to be rcail by whom it might concern :
"Prof. Blackio regrets ho is unable to
meet his a9ses 1"
A Big Lie,
The New York Witness, a paper
that circulates very extensively
among colored preachers in the South,
devotes itself to somo extent to poli
tics, and politics of the bitter kind.
In h recent issue it publishes nn ex
tract from a speech by Wendell Phil
lips, in which tho lio about Wade
Hampton feeding his negroes on cot
ton seed is reyumped. That lie waa
exploded so long ago that even Wen
dell Phillips should havo been asham
ed to put it together ognin, especially
I as his imagination could easily have
manufactured a new and entertaining
lie that would not be so easily detect
ed. ?
"I am Dying, Egypt, Dying."
Tho Richmond Enqninr gives the
following interesting story of the
death of Gen. Lytle, author of the
beautiful poem, "I am Djing, Egypt,
Dying." "Ho was killed far in ad
vance of hie cojrptnaud, while gallant
ly leading nn assault upon our lines,]
and the Bleed and his dead rider were:
both captured. So soon as it was
known that iho nutjjor of that rare
poem, as familjar and as greatly ad
mired South as North, .'I am Dying,
Egypt, Dying,' lay dead in the camp,
olllcors and men crowded around to
take a last look at thp poet-sohiier
who had achieved uo great a literary
triumph. There was no rejoicing
over this fallen enemy ; but there was,
in truth, something on each soldier's
cheek that, for a moment, washed
away the stains of powder. Tender
ly they \ppk him up ; and when tin?
ha.ttlo wj\s oyer, an. escort of honor,
appointed from among the leading
Confederate oiTiccrs, bore him back
to his own camp, under a flag of]
truce, and on a rudely constructed
funeral-bier, with ins martial cloak
around him. In life \\<? had, touched
that chord of human sympathy which
makes all the world akin ; and in
death its harmonious vibrations si
lenced all resentment, and thrilled,
the hearts alike of friends and foes
with a nobler passion than hatred or
revenge.
Kindness.
Kindness is as cheap as it is beau
tiful. It may he given in a word or
a look, without diminishing aught of j
our wealth. With courtesies alone
we may illumine our pa'hway, and
pluck down blessings which no gold
could purchase, Tobe brotherly, to
befriend nmA cheer and couboIo as far
us in us lie, these are the crowning
graces of humanity?anil all these arc
born of kindness. It is anger, breed
ing hale and contumely, that has Ail
ed the earth with misery and ruin.
Anger between kindred and races,!
before which all that is beautiful in
man vanishes, leaving only the wild,
tierce animal of his being. Families
divided, friends parted, communities
at fend, and nation warring against
nation?these are fruits of anger.
It has begotten the foulest of crimes.
But kindness, in proportion as this
has boon the ruling spirit among
men, brings pcaco and hnppinesB.
The home-hearth has been the oentto
of a paradise, and the community a
fraternal Elysium. Verily, "Belter
is a dry crust and quietness there
with, than a house full of sacrifice
with strife." Let us study and strive
to be kind, no matter how trivial the
oooasion nor how small tho promised
fruit. It is tho only language of our
nature that is universal and irresisti
ble.
Food for Reflection.
Act woll your part. Dont't be sel
fish. Remember that it is by impart
ing happiness to others, and making
ourselves useful, that we recoive hap
piness. Stand by this truth, live it
out, and always keep doing some
thing useful for the common good,
doing it well and acling sincerely.
Eudeavor to keep your heart in tho
attitudo of cherishing good will to all,
thinking and speaking ill of no ono,
and always with a kind word for eve
rybody. SelGabnoss is its own curse :
it, is a starving one. The man who
does no good gets none. He is like
tho heath in the dcacrt, neither yield
ing fruit uor seeutg when good com.
eth, a stunted, dwarfish, miserable,
shrup. Let all your influence be ex
erted ior the purpose of doing all you
can for tbo common good and indi
vidual welfare of every ouc.
The Reason.
A man was standing at a corner
tiio tho other day gazing at nothing
in particular, when a friend stopped
up to him aud said : "I seo you havo
a mourning band on your hat?"
"Yes, I have; it's for ray mother-in
law/' "Your mother-in-law?" "Yes
my mother-in-law!" replied the man
in mourning. "Why, I didu't know
sho was dead?" "Well, sho isn't?
sl}c recovered."
A^ woman at Grconburg, Ind,, was
not sure that she wished to die, but
. t
thought sho did ; so sho put her neck
into a noose, stepped off a chuir, tak
ing precaution to bold a sharp knife
in her band. The choking left her
no longer in doubt that she still de
sired to live, and sho hastily cut the
r,opo above her head.
. Little Women.
IM Jiko ft wife?ft little wife,
I w'niit Wo' stately dame,
I{(r regal .Juno's lightning glance
Can net illy heart attuute.
Let others heii(|, with eager gaze,
At haughty beauty's throne,
But ah! it is a fairy queen
Who claims me as her own 1
A dainty, weo, and winsome thing
Like her the poet sings, -
Win) seems to tread this grqsser earth
Upborne by,fnlry wings.
Who walks andialks andj?ln.gs and amde?
In such a witching'way, '
'flint, lovb mii6t Iii her pathway spi;Ing
Ab {lowers spring in May.
The little bird, as all oan see,
lias e'er the sweetest song;
To little- llowcrrt in the shade
The Mvectcst blooms belong*
The little gem of purest ray
Is found without ft ((aw7,
And little woiymu vule the wqrld.
By univeral law.
Her little head is always poised
yV'llll such an airy grace;
She's quite an artist in her hats,
And critic in her lace.
Her dress, however rutlled and puffed
Is dainty, trim ami lieat;
And, oh! h>t. Crlspon's leathern soul
Would fnelt before her (cot.
y?\ (rust those feet, those littIp feet.
To never trip or fall, '.
1*H trust those little hands.for help,
If help can come at all ; "''
I'll trust that little heart to aolve
The puzzling things of life;'
I'll wait for thee, my dearest one,
To be my little wife!
How to Take Life.
Take life like a man. Take il just
as though it was?as it is?an earn
est, vital, essential a^foir. Take it
just as though you wcro personally
born to the task of performing a mer
ry pnrt in it, as though tlie world
waited for your coming. Take it as
though it was a grand opportunity to
do and to achieve, to carry forward
great and good schemes; to help to
cheer a suffering, weaiy, it may be,
broken-hearted brother. The fnot is,
life is undervalued by a great majori
ty of mankind, it is not made half
as much of as should bo the case.
Where is the man. or woman that ac
complishes one tithe of what might
be done ? Who can not look upon op
portunities lost, plans unachieved,
thoughts crushed, aspirations-.-unfa'.-1
filled, and all caused from the lack ol
tho necessary and possible effort? If
wc knew better how to take and
make the most of life, it would be
better than it is.
Woman's Love.
Let the woman you look upon be
wise or vain, beautiful or holy, eho
has but one thing she can givo or re.
fuse, and that is her heart. Her
beauty, her wit she may sell you, but
her love is.the treasure without money
and without price She oan only ask
iu return, that when you look upon
her, your eyes shall speak a mute de
votion ; when you address, h.er your
voice shall be gentle- and kind. That
you shall not despise her because she
cannot all at occo understand your
vigorous thoughts and ambitous
pluns, for when misfortune and evil
have defeated your greatest purpose,
her love remains to console you.
You look upon tho tree of strength
and grandeur; do not despise the
flowers because their fragrance is all
Ihoy have to give. Remember, love
is the only thing which (Jod permits
her to carry beyond the gravo.
Labor
Honest, hoarty, contented labor is
tho only source of happiness, as well
as the only guarantee of life. The
gloom of misanthropy is not only the
great destroyer of happiness, but it
tends to destroy life itself. Idleness
and luxury produce premature decay
much faster than many trades regard
ed as the most exhaustive and fatal
to longevity. Labor, in general, in
stead o( shortening the term of life,
actually incroases it. It is the lack
of occupation that annually destroys
so many of tho wealthy, who, paying
nothing to do, play the part of
drones, and like them, make a speedy
exit, while the busy bee fills its day
in usefulness and honor.
A Horrible Fate Averted
During a tcrriblo wind storm tho
house of Mrs. Adelaide Burton, of
Uoxabcl, N. C, was blown down and
the lady covered with debris. She
was finally taken out, apparently
dead, aud preparations rondo for
burial. At the funeral, as the casket
was being removed to tho hearse, she
raised up and asked what this all
meant. Her sudden revival created
consternation as well as joy. It was
found that she had only been in a
trance. She is perfectly well, and in
a few hours was superintending the
workmen clenrirg away her wrecked
dwelling.
Tribi^siftaJVIothep, 1
Children look jpto those eyes, listen
to that dear voice, nntipo JbQ.feeJiog
of even a single touch that is bestow
ed upon you by that gpntlo handl
.Make much of it while yet. you havo
that most precious of all giflB, a Wr^'"
ing mother. Read the uufathomabto.,
Iovo of those eyes; the kind anxiety
of that tcme..a.ud Iqqk, howeyer sHghi *
your pain. In after life you may
have friends, fond, tdear friends; but
never will y.on'.hayp -Ogajn lhe,..lnex
prcssiblc love and geujjjcnc^s l?w\s!;e.d
upon you which none btut a mother
bestows. Often d,o j .ej&h In (| ifjy
struggle^ with- t}m de.r!;, .uncaring
world, far the sweet, jleep security T,'
felt when, or nn evening, ncsLliugnin
her bosom, j listened to, sqmc, ^niet .
tale, suitable to my age, read in her
tender und untiring voice. Never
can I forget the sweet glances cast
upon me when I appeared asleep;
never her kiss of peaco at night.
Years have passed away siuce w.q
laid her beside our father in the
old chnrch-ynrd ; and still her voice
whispers from the grave, and her
eye watches aver mo, as I visit spqt&i
long since hallowed to the memory of
my mother.
Editor's,V(l/ork!,
Some people, ignorant of what
good ^ editing is, aroagin'o thejjcttingj
up of selected matter to b,o tbo eas)-(,
est work in the world to do, whereas
it is the nicest work done on any.pa-- ^
per. If they see the editor with sc.iaj^
sors in his hand, they are, sure to ..
say.; "Eh! that's the way you get, tip
oliginal matter, eh?" acconjp/;uyipa
their new and witty oueslions with^
an idiotic wink or smlje. Tho facjts
arc that the interest, ^hc variety and.
usefulness of a paper ..depend",in ,^iip
small ^legr.ee upon the selected ,mn?
ter, (nnd few men are, capabjeof J^ho,
position who wouhj^pt themscjves (
be able to write.maw of the ?rticjl^j
they e?J<v.t. A, ^cnayblo editor qe
slr/ja . conr-ider^Wq selected : matter,^
becaiiEO he knows that oho ciunflS^3
mnkojipgppd as five or six.' ku1.
Hands Of^.
A. .woman's safeguard is to keep a/
man's hands off of her. If you aeedj rt
his assistance in walking, take' his
arm,instead of his taj^ing ypurs. J)iBt
tell him in plain English "h^anjds <mJ*
He may not like it at the time, .bub "
he will respect you. in.future tcnVfb^d,
more. Men will be and do.just wbnfti *
t.hn W?men fillaw f.lipm t.rv ilr? .51 en'
will not do to trust.. .Give a 'man
your arm and you will find him ver^
confidential, and he will.take a grp^i
many privileges he would hot take if
ho were not permitted to dp so. Ho.
will givo your arm many loving
squeezes and sly twists that ho could
have no opportunity of doing, and
the opportunity is just what bp is:
after.
The Republican campaign in Maine
is not flourishing. Even the Ncv/
York Times correspondent affirms
that .the parly cannot obtain a major
ity on the popular 'Vote, and ip 'thip
case a combination between the Dem
ocrats tm.d tGrcenbackc-re will m?he ?j
lh? Governor. The Radical le?de?' '
are all at sixes and sevens. Star*-- j
man scored a failure in^hjLs. campaign. '
The Maine ^Radicals. ore aUl wart, and ^
are infected with soft-money theorie*^
Sherman ndvoonto hard, money, and
was not vindictive enough about tho
South. The election in Mal.ne co.tQQ>'
off on the 6th of September. ! '
-
Tub man who spends a liletime in
investigating the idiosyncrasies of tho,
spinal column of an insect only
known in Central Africa, and which
can only he sepn under a powerful
microscope^ generally gets a monu
ment and is elected to various socle?, *
tics, while the man who gets op. a
ten cent s^udwjch an^ sells, it fpr.
half a dime lives his allotted span
and dies without causing a ripple of
excitement. -... 3.
Mr. G. \Y. Curtis says, ??be bloody
shirt, has become again the banner of
American liberty, and he Who does
not wear it is a cgntemptjble coward."
Bold languago for a wariior *&ho
served bia country with a chronic
diarrhoea during the war, and would
crawl into a bomb proof if another
unpleasantness should arise?-with
Great Britain, for example.
Extensive preparations aro being
mr.do in California to view the eelipsc H
of the sun, which will be visible in
that Slate next January,