The Orangeburg democrat. (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, February 13, 1880, Image 1
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cORAN^B^URG, S.O., FRIDAY, FEBBJJ?^?r 188Q.
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I LiberljI;obntracts niado for. 3 uiontb
, and qver.
One Thousand a Year.
vAnd you want me to tell you wheth
er I can live on ono thousand dollars
a year* or ratncr-^? as I have not been
'asked to do so?whether a girl can
marry and live on it. I will be hon
est wijh'you, ap you-wish ,this matter
for publication, and abate that any
v woman, no matter(\liow high her posi
tion, or how elegant her, education, pr
U'a'stes, can live comfortably andjhap
pily on that amount, provided tlial
she gets the rigUt ma?,fpr.arhusband,
' and that they both truly love each1
other after marriage. "'
Although young in years (pardon
my not telling" yofr'tho' exact figures
a'ft?ih'?,n>e privilege'^ "ybu know,)
"have stultied human nature enough,
'and the lives of young'Jparnca' coup
''les suftlciently, to' feel sure that over
one-half of t^h'osc that marry are dis
appoiryteji in each other afterwards.
"Thijs . is a most oinforlunate state ofj
'affairs, but both arc equally to iblamc:,
l'the one for not showing a true nature,
the other for not fqUy understanding
it, before marriage. Women, ! ni
rculmcnt isf frequently
If girls were oily more natural there
wou W be "less trouble, but women
dany marry who are only dressmak
'ers' models, and oven wx>rs'e^ih\{a3?|
'lids, who bring to their husbands all
'the cares and troubles of perpet4ua\
'Sick?'sstf, to add to tlieir busihesS
anxieties.
'' Wiipt?man can respect, much 'less;']
dove, a woman who is a.constant bur
Jden toN*utm,' anrjl' wbo^lcnowingly de
ceives him at'\bc altniV iJofore wo-'
'm'en "cuter the" marriage state, tho^.
snoufu*' be sure that1 tueir health is
such that it will stand the iridis that
are to follow. Men rarely deceive
twoman in regard to their financial
\f ...
ability to support her handsomely,
and this is downright wicked, for it|
may take a girl away from a home ofj
comfort and luxury, to live in a gar
Vet:* Such marriages engender bitter
yVess anti'ultiniato' divorce or w^iso.'
'"' For.that reason, a ni/,n,;.vao tells a
woman hone'sCry'iiow much ho can nf
Vord to give", without building "cos-,
'tics in tue air?' which fade befors ih~c
honeymoon.' dugm*!'k> .receive 'her les
it ii. -oiii olunv' : ? ?.?,??? ut
pect i.nd confidence, for these arc
grand foundations to build on. 1
contend that no happy condition of
'married life can exist without them.
And yet how many girls marry every
week without knowing anything about
their husbands, save that he is
*"splendid," end "so handsome," and
wake to find Unit what they need is
not a "pretty boy with a dainty mous
iache," but a man?a solid creation
oi flesh and blood, with an honest
"heart, a clear head and willing bands
\.o bfbor^ibr the one he loves., f hat
is my idea'o^ ? husband.
* Such a mad wilf neyer wiH?ully de
ceive a woman*jaeytVbe guilty of the
meanness tu?t corrupts so many^
inen^s natures* tit v/?uJcV befjiafadisi
to b^ei^i^i)^ujclia "man pu one thousl
and dollars a year, to existing with
one on ten times that amount." This
may read like romance, but it is stein
reality' i^'girls will only take the
irouble to investigate for themselves,
they will see that money does not al
ways bring happiness with it. "Iiap-F
piness, our being's;1' end and nim.^ as'
Pope so truthfully expreoseo it-r-for
what.ia the.ftprhj Uka .woman if~her
jjusbapd is - not: her lovei;, Ifpf^ fricp^j}
her counsellor^ her reliance in the
hour of trouble, the sharer/of her
joys when her anxieties are o*er 1
But I am growing eloquent over
the "good,rhusband ; let us look otr|
I he opposite picture. Of nil things
most likely to ruin a woman's life, a
drunken husband is the worst. I am
not'going into a dissertation on this
Aubject,A. A)l Tuayc to say is, "Girls,
never marry a man who drinks, if
you value J^our1 happiness." A very
aear friend pf mine came to me once,
and said;' "What do you think? 1
s1 melt rfqqpr oun(bharley when I kiss
fed him!7 1 itametfiatSely advised her
hot t? tnnrry mm, for, I argued, if a
man wilY'not respect a Woman enough
to abstain while engaged, he will) not
do so after marriage. Ana ab it
proved, she thought sho couldn't,,do
without hiin, lind so they niarried,
and moved into an elegant maufi^orf,
He was rich, but how long did it last?
Jhst ?ltree years and now she's ft wid
6w~, with it f?ictclf child, and lives pif
her parents^
k Girls^ doh't he afraid to tcajtyom
lovers. If "they are true and manly
jhey will come out'"like refined gold."
Get his opinion ^Qn.nll the subjects
tliat concdrn lyour married- happiness:
Don't trust to his dping'a's you wish
after marriage.; you m^d.bjsttcr find
out whether bisiiikee,and dislikes suit
you before hand, for married life is
roado up of mutual ^pncessiqns, and
you will have tp,d,p <ypur share o,^
giving way, which .for.qpc tjmt truly
loves you, must be, indeed, n, pleasure.
Another thing, if you don't like to
bacco, never marry a man who
smokes and chews, for I know a wo
man whoso husband made her life a
terror to jier by these disgusting
practices.'
I'don't intend givpjg you any fig
ures about this housekeeping business,
for people's tastes differ. Some
would be conb2i)t -to live in a twelve
dollar house, and keep a splendid
tnble ; others would .prefer a twenty'
dollar bouse, and live on plainer food.
T/iere is no trouble about a man
and* 'wife living very comfortably on
one thousand dollurs a year, if the
wife has any practical cense. A fool
or a sloven can't dolt. "How is a
man going to find such a woman
out?" I hear some readers exclaim,
"Very easily." The fool wijl ijetray
herself by Ler nonsensical replies to
any sensible questions on Ibis subject
lliat you may ask bcr, and the tjlavcn
will exhibit her imperfections in her
toilet. A sloven's hair is never tidy>
or well combed; neither wjll she
brush her'teeth carefully. If sue is too
lazy to do these, her habits generally
will be slothful, for if that which eve
rybody can see is neglected, what can
we expect of that which iSjhjpdcn I
An untidy girl generally bus dirty
ears. If she reads this, she will wash
them, for a week, perhaps? A clean
ly man will notice there lhing6 with
out being told, but a slovenly woman
will not; so, as the Bible says, "Let
him who is filthy, be filthy still," and!
so will bis wife; and his children, and
their children?^ ? ?
concider- tlint 1? have taken ?p 'l?o
much sj)n(jp.;:;.'.i,iii}3 subject is n gloi i
ous one, for ; it-concerns, tile fdtiiro
welfare^ and hop^ibess of the whole
WOlld..* ; AljilAOTlOAL Gihx. .
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?Sa>n HouWri^Duel. .>
A correspondent ofcthe Bowling
Green (?iy.)^I)Utlh?eiiccr unearths an
old cuVa pf./ilie^,yicinity who renrem
b'ers ai| about "the sensation of, the
year the old man being one of
the paticipanls in the duel that caused
the sensation. To settle a spat that
came of hot blood, General 8am.
Houston, then a member of Congress
from Tennessee, and General White,
uf Nashville, agreed that on "Sep
tember 23, 182$," .they would "fight
a duel on the Tennessee Juie; time,
Bunrise ; distance, fifteen feet; weap-,
ons, holstor pistols." Houston got!
out of bed at 3.40 g., on the 23d,
and, sitting in' his night clothes,
moulded tvTo bullets. As the first
fell from the mould a dog named
.Ml l|l ?
General ?}ucK8on raised a triumphant
howl under the window. When the
second "bullet dropped a game cock
crowed long and loud from a neigh
boring tree. Houston, who was su
perstitious, cut'the figure of a dog on
One bullet' and that of a cock on
Lhe other. The principals stood at
their posts on the second and to
the InbV White's lead cut a whis
tje through the sharp air, hut Hous
ton stood unhurt. At the sumo in-'
slant the bullet with the dog mark,
passed clean through White's oody,
so that a silk handkerchief was drawn
I '* * ktk
from one side to the other. After
the duel Houston selected as his coat
bf-arms the famous "chicken cock
and dog."
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An ^j), order) Reader.
In a Dubuque (Iowa) church, be
fore the opening of the Sunday morn
ing service.", a man in a front pew
pulled a paper from his pocket and
began to read. He became so wholly
absorbed that he did not observe the
preacher when ho rose to read the
biblical lesson, nor did he luaar the
loud and eloquent prayer that was
afterwards offered. From page to
page of the paper the redder glanced,
rustling 'the crisp sheet in his bauds
until every* eye in the church was at
tracted toward him. Tho preacher
was embarrassed and "the congrcga
jtfoncd smiled and scrowled', accord
ing as they thought tho matter funny
or sad. finally the choir struck up
the hyuiiv'Givo car, ye sinner, lo the
call,' and the absorbed reader drop
ped his paper end gave heed.
Trust a Hoy,
During tho session of the lute Epis
copal Convention ih'Bostoii, the Bisli
op "qf Louisiana in crossing the.com
mon, mot a boy whose face he'fancied,
and, eallingihim, asked if he had any
thing to do just then, to which he
said : "No." "Are you a good boy?"
The little fellow scratched his head
and replied : "I am not a very gbod
boy. I cuss sbtnetimetfj" That can
did answer inspired tho Bishop with
confidence, and then said,; after giv
ing his name and addressi\
"I wani you to go to, a .certain
place und get a bundle for me, and
bring it to my hotel, Tjlieje jm)l be a
.charge of ??, here' iSjthe vn^p(nqyfto
pay for it, and Inilf a dollar which
youjmuy keep for doing the eirancL"
On his return the Bishop's' frien,do
laughed at him for his credulity, tell
ing him that he would never see die
boy or the bundle or the,money again,
but in half hour the young chap
returned bringing the bundle, and a
receipted bill for 88.50, the Bishop
having made a slight mistake as to
the amount due. "How did you man
age to pay the extra half dollai ?'' be
inquired.
-"I took the money you gave jne
for the job. 1 knew that you would
muke it all right." And ."all right"
it was made, and I have no doubt the
confidence that was reposed in that
boy, because of \\\p truthfulness, will
do him good as long as he lives.
Sad Prenicamoat.
Cincinnati, Jan. 22.?There is con
ti!. . . ,
8ternat,jpn Vo-night among the young
men sbou,t town. The Vine street
opera bouse, a highly immoral but
very enterprising variety show, has
been running for a year or more in
defiance of law and public opinion.
Ordinances have been passed aimed
directly at it, and the Mayor has with
held from it the necessary ^icensr. The
managers, however, by injunctions
and other sharp (Ie^al tricks\ have,de-(
laved enforcemerifto the ordinances
J 1.1.n:?|i
and continue .thefr^ ncghtly canyians.
'and living statucp. ^Foaiesecing trou
ble on the part of the authorities,
Manager Suelbackcr has taken the1
precaution to secure the names of
every jarominen^ citizen of society
young man who has viBited his place.
He has over six hundred of these and
being driven to the wall sets up the
-claim (hat his theatre is moral
in every respect. '?his tie proposes
to prove in count by the testimony
of these six hundred prominent cili
zens. Fifty of .them were served sub
pomaa 10 nigly to appear us witocs
see to-morrow. The qc-naoquence is
a sudden exodus of society young
men and leading citizens from the
city. The morning grains will carry
out so many on Dressing private bus
iness that it w'ae proposed to-night
that a special car be chartered and,
au excursion party formed.?St.
Louis Repubfi^an. K''
Josh Billings on Marriage.
By aw! xrcancs Jot, get married, if
you have a fair show. Don't stand
shivering on the bank, but pitch rite in
and stick your head under and the
shiver is over. Thar ain't any more
trick in getting married than lhare is in
eating peanuts. Many a man has stood
shivering on the shore until the river
run out. Don't expect to marry an
angel; they have been all picked up
long ago. Remember, Joe, you ain't
a saint yourself. Do not marry for
beuty exclusively ; beuty is like ice,
awful slippery, and thaws dredful
easy. Don't marry lor luv, neither ;
luv is like a cooking stove, good for
nothing when the fuel gives out. But
let the mixture be some beuty becom
ingly dressed, with about 8250 in her
pocket, a good speller, handy and
neat in her house, plenty of good
sense, toff constitution and by-laws,
small feet, a light step ; add to this
sound teeth and a warm heart, The
mixture will keep in any climate and
will not evaporate. If the' cork hap
pens to bo left out'thc strength ain't
gone Joe? Pon'.t marry for pedigree
unless it is backed py Lank'note's.' A
family with nothing but pedigree
generally lucks sqnsc*?
Political Divorce.
Mrs. Latham, of Virginia, sued for
a di voice on the ground [hkl her Jbus
band had joined the BepubTlcan' ^ar
ty, and she got it. Would tho same
privilege be extended to a Republi
can wife if her husband was to go
over to the Democracy ? It is said to
be a bad rule ?hiU won't work bplb
ways.
8-i
^WW^rg County ? ?>?
Tho editor of the Southern Herald
[and State Builder, who visited our
section sometime ago, writes as foh
lows concerning our country: '
We have taken pains1 to examine
Oraugeburg, whiob i?jj a splendid
country. The Columbia branch of
tho South Carolina ^ilrqad .r/asaes
many miles through this fine county.
The two towns which we have visited
are Orangeburg and Bianchvilje, both
well located railroad ; tcjwps. Over
twelve months ago we ?jpado a hur
ried yialt to Qrnngeburg, a,ml ^fter
talking with the people aljo^t our
scheme of immigration, aqd .raking
their coqperalion, wo^y/erjl .away
aqpiowhat' discouraged. Amqr.g ^he
few subscribers we then got y<pj3 (m|y<
one native born Carolinian. The
others were Germans who ij-acl jj?t
?Uad ihcre. in writing about that
vipjt soon after we saidV- "What do
nptive^outh (Carolinjpns mean that
they do not encourage jMe .good
work ? Do ^jiey meqp to dry up and
become .(o^iL of the forn&r glorious
old South Carolina?" This or some*
thjpg else acted like ^vgh in Or
angeburg : for when we returned
there .the oilier day nearly every live
man in the place subscdjjb^ed to our
paper. There is life in that old
town,. They speak of building cot
ton factories ; putting ^fe.j.niboato on
iheir^iuc .Kdi^to river; and doing
many other things of progress. There
resides a Northern gentleman, Mr. H.
Riggs, from Ctou,n,e,otiqut, itrthat town
who, all-say , is w;prth more lhan his
weight in gold. Itxwas he that rnised
the bale of jute which took premiums
at the fairs. Mr. Riggs has lived in
Orangeburg many years, and says i,l;
is a very healthful and fine climate.
Branchvillc, the other^town we
visited, is eighteen mills further
south in Oiongelmrg co?rrw. It is
at the junction of the Columbia and
Augusta branches of the South Caro
lina Railroad. This place wire once
regarded as an unhealtbfqt^l iidtofan.;
-but airhqc,thut ^place ?lTs been more
thoroughly drained, it is as about us
healthy as Aikeq. It is a splendid
wite for a large town. We invited a
few of the business gentlemen to
bearue lecture on the Slate building
theme one ^lei noon ; and they invi
ted us to repeat the lecture before a
larger auditory of their citizens at
uight, which we did. Dr. O. II. Ott,
the chairman o(f the meeting, and Mr.
Edward Carroll, the secretary ; Dr.
Grossen, Mr. tfairy, Mr. Ddbcfb Mr.
Berry, Mr. Bruce and others mani
fested much intercut in the work, and
are ready to arise and go to building,
and getting others to come and help,
till they turn their town into a city.
Mr, Dukes is about ready to com
mence a Clement cotton factory in
town.
jr\ Border Romance.
Mcx Lyman, n prairio secut, who
lived at the White River agency a year
and a half and knew the Meckera inti
mately, tells this story to a reporter of |
the Dubuque Times: Ouray was in
love with the eldest daughter of!
Agent Meeker, and*f"think had not
this been the case evary one of the
Meeker family wouI'd have been
butchered. He often told me that he
loved* the white girl, and it made him
feel badly to think that be could nev
er marry, bor. 1 have seen Ouray fol
low her round and walcb over her asI
if she was a child. Ho would-do any
thing to please her. Ouray's sister
knew, that her brother lpvccj. tho
Meeker family, and so took good care
that no harm should como to them.
I was there when the jyomen were
brought back, and Ouray was so hap
py that he rushed up to the Meekct
girl and shoo!: her band for an hour.
He tried hard to stop her frorn weep
ing, but said, "Ouray you knew tjjat
this trouble was coming all tho time,
and I can never forgive you."
A strange murder and suicide oc
curred a few weeks ago at Rocsatt, in
Zurich. A man, whose wife had left
. . i A Ulii L >i , t ill
him on account q1 Ihm violent conduct,
had followed her to her father's house,'
fired right and left at the inmates,
killing the father, discharged the re
maining barrels of his revolver at the
people who tried to arrest him, then
defended himself with a pilctifprk,
and at the last moment the no lice |iad
succeeded in depriving him of this
weapon, which was not done before
ho bad severely wounded several of
his assailants, ho drow a knife, cut,
his throat from ear to car and (ell
dead on the spot.
^/>t Revived Him.
"They want you to come around
the corner to No. ,11, to shave a man
j that 'has gone ijlfj&ftr* whimpered a
j little ?Oji^stbp ^pencd tho door of
I the barber's sb^p.jind slewed, the ??!(
of a Very smutty^.cjd, jwjtu one sin
ful eye in it. The barber lathered
the deceased, and dreaming?dream
ing that he had been awarded ,the,
professorship of rhe to^flrja^ohmr jn
some celebrated college, .ajid forget
ting that the man was dead and not
i in a mood just then tp talk, remark
ed ; "ilemai kable winter weather"
this. Does tho razor hurt you, s'p-?"'
and continued shaving, when sudden
ly the dead roan raised himself up in
"bed and exclaimed; IIa, ha, ha?
that voice?the only thing luatTcould
o/ouse^rne, from this stupor that re
sembles death, because it was that
voice threw me in the trance?ha, ha,
ha. Oh, how I have watted to hear
that voice again.! J/pr three days 1
have been on thja bed.; I could hear
people^ome^and gp, and the da\jj go
down under the hills and the nights
come hurrying up with their tioops
of stars, and every instant I listened
foj-jthc pnly^oicjp that could save me
from the grrisp of this trance moi\oter.i
Four day ago-^-it seems oges^-I was
shaved in your shop. J ventared lo.
remark that it was a^ne,rapping, ul
which you commenced to talk and
continued talking. I staggered home
in a dazefand fell asleep. Now. bar
ker, go on ,^i\tvvin<r, but don't speak
ur^pss you want to throw me back'
into the old trance and i082 me forev
er. The barber tied a towel around
his niouth, sjhavod his customer, and
tiptoed,,back ,to.his. sliop, contrite in
.spirit and a reformed man;
A man falls frotii a scaffold. The
reporter hastens to the spot and JJ^f^j
osIds wayrt.3 the raan'ssjde,. .^p.lVSV
"My" life voyn^e iSj easily, ended,"
whispered ?viu3idy.Lng\uian, ?3 he held
the reporter's hand. * \MVJqul, like j
uli niTtinlsijcd "%raff," ia b,oi^^swcpt ;
from its earthly mooring, and carried
out iutp the great pathless ,ooe.nn of
eternity. Oh,how unprepared t ani.
ibr this journey! How my spirit
shrinks from embarking upon that
silent, solemn sea I I have a wife
and beautiful child who^fcill mourn
my absence; and now that I see no
future, nothing but the dark impenc
tralrte. shadow of death, which will
soon hide me fro in .earth ly eyes^ the
world looks more, .beuntitai, and I
long?oh,iiow ITong to stay. Good
bye, good?farewell. Pre?perpare
for this--.''' His head dropped.I
"Courage, courage," whispered the
reporter, while tears as big as hickory
nuts chased each other down his
nose: "hut business is business.
Courage,'* lie tvhispered , "how?ho^
do you spell your name?"
Didn't Like j^shionabis Caste**,
The Raleigh! (N. C.) Observer re
lates that in the vicinity of Apex, a
few days ago, there was a grand wed
ding among the colored folks. After
the ceremony had been concluded in
handsome style, the. grpom, who re
sided iu another parjj of the country,
put his bride io a wagon, and nreparr
ed to take her to his home. At this j
stage of the proceedings a darkey,
who had traveled, and said, he kijeyv a
thing or two about the customs of
elegant wbjtc folks, jested that it was
always the style to throw.shoes after'
the bride as she was driving off. The
idea took immensely. As tho happy j
couple moved away from the door the
darkeys jerked on thejr shoes and
hurled tiiem at tfee vehicle. One
darkey, who was the possessor of a
No. 15 foot, threw a shoe with too
unerring aim. 1 he great missile Hew
Htpfl? W^^eVwiflg the
[irido s ?jiull,Rocked her senseless to
the J;ojAom ol the wagon. The groom
juiqpQd out and ga've the thrower of
the sli?p, a ^rashing, arjd cursing civil
ised custotno with7dl bin heart.
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A llpsjton lady, whose husband^ was
j frequently afflicted wUlj* nightmare,
J was ono night awaken by a noise, and
to her horror saw J|p.r. husband sitting
up in bed sying t\n a whisper : "Now
I havo him, he can't escap^l" au4
pointing bis pistol at an imaginary
'burglar. His fincrer wag on the tfflfi
and he was aiming directly at ^o
ger bend of tho baby in its crqdjje.
Quick as l'jghtnteg, hio wife said (iu a
low "tone,* "Tco low! aim higher!"
He raised the pistol, she nnatclmd it
from his hand nnd the .danger was
over.
C^iild/s Request Cg^te/J.
A little weyf away down in Maine
wrote a letter and placed it in a glove
wbicb ehe bad been knitting for a
manufacturing firm. It was found by
one of the salesmen of a Ch'cago fan
cy goods bouse, and ,w,aa read aloud to
bis associates. It ran : "I am a little
girl only,eight years old. My name
hi ^Cqr/i^Torwppd. I live in Bucks- j
pQrtt jije. IJjjplt these gloves forj
eigli^cenJiOj.a pgir. ^1 wish llje gentle
man whb^jmys then! jypujd s<ind me
a wax ^pll.fyr^Qhrh^lnjc^.preseptns
J want,9130 very l^-d," Tu? ejerKsf
Immediately ?p^baipd splendid
wa^ tjpU undfforw/)'|dedj{t to ber by
the .United plates e^pr^ss. ?ho wajr.
bill was ,11 lied as followp.: d'Consign
ors, Keith Bros. & Co., QJucjigo,^}!."
Address, "Cora S. ^orwgyd,, i^cKls
port, Me. Collector-nothing, pre
paid with love. Keniatks: Beikappy."
Across the. face of the lull was writ
ten : "The letter pasted on this way
bill is a request found in a pair of
gloves, and this box contains tbe de
sired wax doll being tbe gift of tbe
employees of tbe tirm selling the
glo\fis. flense let this way bill go
^brougji ajid Jbe delivered with the
doJI.. Those iWljo |h^ndlejtj|pi tw.ay .bill,
may iudon;e on tbe batik their Happy
Ne^w^Tear. B. Schermerhorn, Agent."
When the young lady received her
doll the way bill bore testimony to.
the good w^slics ,p,f \\\c ^tftn.s.fqr cler.^sj
all along \\\c \\\\Q^..
a Young Lady.
You think you love the young man
who is coming this S tin day jd?Ut to
vioit you. Suppose tl\a,udeclai.Cu ihim-j
self," and as/,: you to become bis wife.
Are you prepared to say to him," 1
love yod ahd will trust you through
life with my happiness and the lives
and weal of our children '?"
' ' ^c^Jp^,?ay^n,d handsome, and
all theid;arta'l^r Cjouid are twinkling
afld^feorkling* in \hisieyW; feut will
ihofee eyes always find expression
from th?^veji)f a true io,nl? To
?jfigiit belays many peasant things
and draws many pretty pictures for
the future. JDpeg \\q go tQ-morjrow to
a wonk which gives promise of a ful
fiBmem) .of your desire in life ? l)o,
his ambitions and achievements sa^s
fy youf jTJ.oes hi? .every-day J*ferine
with th^c noble en.d.e^v.prs of a if?et>
worthy mnn? ?f yon tjbjnjk flid .(Jesjre
a companion Jn your fhinjklng^rone
who can tunjqe-k: ^tjhe.of your
mind, to whftit stnata ofJUumanlty does
he belong ^n the scale of excellenc.e
and morality ? Is he doing all he can
to build future usefulness and happi
ness in which you can share and feel
blessed? These are questions which
the experience of after years make
many women weep 'o the fejtlQrness
of soul that they were pp|t {.bought of
before they answered "Veg.''
I_
A Peddler's Love.
For a couple of years a yosng iady
belonging to a w.eH Known family )n
this city has been annoyed by the re
ceipt of nuftjerjou* letters, whose au
thor expressed unbounded admiration
for her. These letters were written
from various points, and seme of
them processed to be in answer to
missives from the ypung lady herself.
Oft? was rccejyed tbe other day dated
'?j^Bmphie,". and the ypung lady's
.brqljierg, who ||f>d ".jcen quietly trac
ing J.'j? aut^cr finally found their man
in t);e ?.Qpsqn of one .Jacob Bernsten,
who, happened Jo pe 8|)$nj|jpg tbehol^
idays in the city. If was on investi
gation, shown that t|)o p.opr fellow
was more to be pitied than b]nrj)ed.
He confessed that be had seen mQf fli
tbe streets, and became infatua^ejj,
that he had written tbe letters in obe
dience to n resistless impulse. He
?promised that if released he would
leave ^fempjps at once ami give no
further apnoyanee. '{'Ijjs satjsfjefl tbe
faniijy, and. the lovelorn Kftddier de
pnrt^d.'~3iWn^>/.ia A^ifankhe.
A number of c.o|orsd ppeplo who
had gopp fr.pm, tjjis ftato to Kansas,
return JostnigbJ, on the south bound
passenger train over the Central
flood. They numbered thirty-three,
mep, women and chloren, and bad
gone from ^.aohin^ton ceu^ty.
They s{,opned at Parsons, at?d were
thorough .disgusted wilb ^^p^ntry
and theipromises[0ffi kafl been held
out to themj and were g!a,i\ \ot get
back. Sandy Osborn, who opposed,
to bo the hader, said that those o,( his
raco who could, wero leaving ever
day, and there was great suffering
among those who remained.-^pala*
LTcxat} jleraj.d:
A lawyer's Peroration in Behalf ot
a Female /Client.
A lawyer in Cleveland, Ohio, was
defending a vc^y. hejpdsouic young
woman accused of stealing frqra ..a
large unoccupied dwelling in the'
night time, and thus he spoke jn con
clusion : "Gentlemen of the
am done. When I gase with enrap
lured eye on (he matchless beauty of
this peerless maiden, on whose ie>?
splendent, charms suspicion never
dared to breathe?when I behold be.r
.radiant in Ibis glorious bloom of lus
cious loveliness, winch angelic sweet
ness ,iqight envy, but could not
eclipse^-bftfore which the star on the
brow qf(the .night grows pale, and the
djamqpfla.pT j&roeil are dim, and then
tefie.Qt upon the utter madness and
folly of supposing that so much beau- ,
dty.aj-d gentleness could expose itself
to the (terrors of an empty building,,
in the /-old., damp dead of night,
whqq uinocqqqe,\ike her's is hiding
itself among the rpillo.WfS of repoqa^r '.
gentlemen of the jury, my feelings
are too overpowering for expression,
and I throw her into your arms for
protection against this foul chaige,
which the outrageous malaqe of a dis
appointed scoundrel has -invited to
blast the fair name of this lovely
maiden, whose smite shall be the re
,, y j uV'l |iu i. ?II. ">... ?
ward of the verdict which I know you
will ?i ve:! ^eptletqjjn, you may
ha,ng the ocean on a grtipe-y^n.e to
dry, lasso an avalanche; \)\r. a na^t
.[cy,! Jip the mouth of n volcano.; sj\im .
the olquds .from the sky with a tea
spoon ; (throw salt .op {\\c tail of our
noble Am^er\can eagle, whose sleep
less, .e&e^ey.er watches over the wel
fare of lpern?tion ; paste "For Rent,"
upon the moon and stars?but neve/ .
for a single moment delude \our
selves with.the idea that tins charm- ? > ,
ferred agnioBt l\e?.-'
The Jury ' aqquVCe* "hex 'Without".'
.leaving their seats.
County &i< in Town, ~* -
She is charmingly fresh, wholesome
Bubs body, is this miss from tho
country ; a llowcr of the field con
trasting agreeably wjlh the flowers of.
Ahe garden among wbj.qb she is found
[for coloring is delicious. The .conn-??
#y ajjp and. the country s#a3 not lo
,v,ef,er her e$ect .0/ ;pieltiness to the
.wholesome,counlry life, have given
her a peach-bloomy face that is all in1
harmony with her blue eyes and corn
?ilkijtarfr. Jtisftof her fault ^faMioiJt
Ahe gfyod Mpliier Nature, under whose 6j
especial care she. has foe,en reared, has
dealt less kindly wit^ her feet atidii?
hands; that ?tl;,cs,Cj fcy liberal use,
h^aye gained in .e^xtjent at the cost of
Aim finish?the feet losing tho arching * i
instep as they have grown unruly in
breadth and length, the hands, like
wlgp expanding with a stumpy ab*
ruptness in perfectly dcveloycd nails.
? * ? Certain it is. That tho
strangeness of surroundings con- 1
strips JUer to ?dopt a habit of troub
lous reticence that is not a little piti
ful to contemplate; a habit that reo?
ders any attempt at converse with
her a matter of rare difficulty, not to
be overcome save by ono possessing
an usual amount of tact and much
kindliness of heart.?Philadelphia
Times.
The Farmer as a Citizen; (
Judge: George, of Stark vi lie, Miss,
speaking.of the farmer ns a pHzeen,
says ; I think, the infjuencp pf agft:
(;]jltjjri'7>ta ought to bo increased iq
fiubjic affairs. I would not like to sea,
eglalat uro composed cxclu isvely qjf . ; ?
faxjpfif* and mechanics, nor would iA
foe for the public good that there,
should be no representatives of thesq
interests in that body. There should,
be It every legislature men skilled ir,
the laws of the state ; there ought
also lo he there an influential boil;/
of men connected with the leading
industries of thc^late, familial- wi.tjj
the wants and wishes of the grp$t
mass of the people Jf ^hjpy gh^uid
draft no laws, ii' tho.r s^ftu^fj $naug<ir
nto no new and ftp^r^ policies., still
there would be that, in Uta very at- .
tno8phcre in which such a, body of men
move winch will influence beneficially , ,n
*h.1* W\\9M # % legislature."
W'heu you reo a man. with a gun
yfi his shoulder and three dogs at
hia hoels making across the conntry,
you needn't feel bad for the rabbits. ,.
ile'll miss a cow or two, find a few
frozen apples, fail into a creek, unyi
return home, believing be has had a ,
thundering good big time.