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SHERIDAN & SIMS, Proprietors. SUV.SCUirTION. One Year.?l.fiO Hix Months.il.'OO Miulstera of the Gospel.J.00 A?y EHTISKM KN TS ? First, Insterlion..$1.00 4?noh Subsequent Insertion.50 j Liberal contracts tiia?e for :J moiitl sind over JO 13 OJ^JTJCUas 18 I'JIEI'AltKD-Ta DO-AU I -Job l3rmtijorg Pleasant Pastimes. [Written for the DEMOCRAT.] "Gentle roailer, wus there never a time in your experience when the nice young man, so agieeuble generally, became quite formidable?a positive terror, iti fact? If so, we sincerely pity you, for such recollections lloatcd back to us us we penned the heading above. Jt happened on n very pleas ant afternoon in the present'charming month of May, that in company with a number ot friends, we were enjoy ing a pic-nie, tho pastime, you know, ? usually indulged in on Ascension ? day in the country. '*'hc rays of the sun were, lengthening towards the ??western horizon, and wo were reclia ?ing against a friendly tree, comforta bly disposed towards all mortals not ?30 fortunate, and peacefully watching a gayer parly tread the mazes of the ? dance. No scene codld have been more picturesque?it way a place In ? charm a licet, situated in the very ?depths of the forest primeval?we ?could gaze down from its shelving jbanks, whore (railed the lovely arbu tus, to the dark stream below, wind ing its devious cour.se beneath the ?overhanging foliage. .Nunc of the clamor and clangor of lint outer world which seemed so far removed,j came to disturb the peaceful tenorof "thought, when alas! in one fell swoop ? the serenity vanished like the mist ot the morn, and a cold forlorn image 'picsentod itself before our mental vis ion. "The nice young man" did it. lie said only one word, but that was ?the open sesame to a drear and dis mal prospect. Evett now we recall the culm features totally unmoved by our dismay us ho ruthlessly suggested ?"notes." The calmness of despair settled like a cloud over our horizon, as in imagination we saw a woe-he gone intiividu >\ by the midnight lamp painfully toiling to construct from "hard-bound brains" a new par agraph on an obi theme; and then ?when the light had waned, and the weary eyes were closed, there flitted ?through the vacant recesses of the mmid, a pale shadow?a ?an and Yearning ghost, holding aloft in long spectral arm, a terrible placard bear ing the fearf?l legend, 4>Stale Picnic ?Literature !" we cry out, enough ! no ?more! Well we will try and forgive him, probably he did not mean to in ?timidale. Silently we passed a card to our left-band neighbor, with the re ?Quest, "Give us a note," to which he promptly responded "Cypress tree." i But tho ncxt neighbor proved ohsli- I .ualely unkind, be would not even Udl what he knew about cologne ; in re venge therefore, we drew a caricature, ?locating him in the midst of the spring (where we generously con signed him in our thoughts?getter ?ously, because the day was warm und the water cool) wearing rather a sur .prised expression as if wondering what sudden 'forward impulse had (precipitated him there. The visions baa slopped, ami the plaintive notes of the orgaitette ?Chimed in with our altered mood, but we must hasten to accord justice ?to the only one who favored us with the right kind of note. To do so it ?is necessary to begin over again. "To the woods, to the woods !" was as usual the cry on the 6lh instant, regardless of lite king's JCnglisb. which says the letter S of serpentine ?form, should never be permitted to j encroach upon ' is sylvan territory. Therefore, we did out selves the pleas ure of attending a picnic on that da\ j at ltidge Spring, above Pope Spring j Bridge, near the State road. The j -opot selected is situated in a pictu resque grove in the very heart of Four Holes Swamp, notwithstanding its-secluded position, however, it has for several years past witnessed simi lar scenes to that which greeted us on {our ai rival. The morning passed ?quickly in the pursuit o) various games interspersed with music and songs, by the younger portion of the ^pleasure-seekers, the chidrcn amusing 'themselves swinging and playing in the boats, while the older and wiser Jolks dispersed in (sociable groups, Kdo'wed with lenient glances the giddi ness of young beads in remembrance ?of their own youth, conversing in low j ?tones among themselves. Refresh :mente having been partaken of at an ?early hour, two bouts were put in navigable order and in company with ?"our cousins" (sisters and aunts be .iug superfluous) we set out to explore ?the unknown waters. Despite the ^narrow channel, intercepting boughs and unexpected curves, Messrs. 1).! ?J.. J. ?F., J. S., and 13. F. proved equal to all emergences, avoiding any immersions, and banishing the disa /greeable little '-outre tctnpa familiar tto all young ladies who venture out dn bateaux, and to their skill we ?were indebted for U most pleasant ex 'bursion. After ascending the stream .about half a mile, passing en route through a romantic little lake set 1 kc a gem in the tangled wildwood, we ^penetrated for some distance a tribu tary stream, and reached the turning point at the littlo tree, n "mere ?flhrub," us our merry pilot term Ihe largest specimen of vegetable growth we ever beheld. How we hud envied I ?California her glorious inonarchs of ?.the forest, but now we tire satisfied ?that if our own soil cannot produce! such prodigies of nature, she does the best possible. We could fancy an Indian wigwam fashioned of the huge trunk and almost see a dusky face .peer out of the rustic door. How wc I wished for an ariisL as the oarsmen rested from iheir labors under tho j shadow Of "the shrub"?the lone I tree, the hue sky, the green banks, j the two boats motionless on the black j w*aicr as their merry voyugors taxed i their minds.to make a -strange wish j on the strange spot?would have made a pictuio pleasing to look at ! when the time for such scenes is past.; j however, it hangs in memory's hall i marked with indelible lints side by ? side with other sketches taken in the I hiighlest colors from the fair morning j of life. The return trip was delightful?in deed so pleased were all,-that a voy age as far below tho lauding was de j torinined on immediately. We.pass ed port merrily turned into the other channel, and were 'proceeding brave ly through clinging vines 'in unwol come proximity to our hats, when ; there came an impediment to our hitherto .smooth course. The boat i was anchored to a hidden pivot on which it turned ever so nicely, pro vided 3011 were not a passenger. We were then put through an aquatic quadrille, for it was now "balance to tiie left and swing corners," "solo gent" into the o'her boat, "hands all 'round, forward and hack," as it ?struck against ours iu tho effort to dislodge it; "holies to the centre? forward agam?back to your places," "all aboard," and safe al last, but wo did not proceed much farther before "Full for tho Shore" rang out right heartily over the water. A landing being effected, we found'that an im promptu ball-room had been con structed and several orators eloquent ly setting forth the pleasures of the dance. But lew accepted the invita tion, though, for the staging looked I insecure, and the majority did not care to brave the heat and fatigue, pielering to continue the amusements of the morning, or [day the pari of spectator, our recent experience.on dancing boat having iadl6pOScd us lor more. Having seer, the picnic to its close, we will finish the note about the tree. A certain young bachelor wished for the huge cypress to be transplanted in his yard, where he proposed con struc'ing of it an icrial suminer resi dence, and he also wished lor a pret ty housekeeper to put in it: therefore this being luap-yeai, ho thus an nounces himself a candidate. Hav ing leekles'-dy placed himself before the public, he offers as recommenda tions, tlmt be is a good housekeeper himself, has several veats' experience I in domestic arts, owns a beautiful grey, lives near the 1'. ()., and can not be excelled as a garduer. To prove tiiis be is sending around speci mens for exhibition. As wo write,; there lies before us a novel one, in tin: shape of a line potato. This spec-j imen, however, is the smallest he has eniliva ed, he having made a written statement to the ctfect it is impossible j jor hi in to carry one of tin: largest' size on horseback. Having advertised ; himsell and bio wishes so freely should any of our lair readers desire lo make a leap year overture, we would bo pleased lo furnish his ad dress should you make personal in quiry. A11 innate love of truth, never theless compel me to warn any such venturesome mortal, thai he is a dan gerotis character lo trille with in the way of leap year overtures. Not lon<f since, one uu on-light eve, a parly of ladies witu their escorts drove into ids \ ard >' Ith the avowed intention of taking tea in Iiis bachelor domain, but on learning the bill of fare, they rotte out again without leaving their seats! in the buggies. And .since then, he' has been heard utteiing a threat to I shool the next who treat him so; so ladies, take care, oh ! beware how you approach this would-be-Ueucdict. M IOKON Jv' TA. May 8ih, 1880. Where Sarah Was. A fanner bad some wheat stolen, and he was so sure ho know who the thief was that he secured a warrenC for a certain young man living near him. When the case camo up for trial the defendant said he could prove an alibi. In order lo do (his he had br ought in "his girl," a buxom lass j of twenty two. She took the stand and swore that ho sat up with her from 7 o'clock in the evening till day light next-morning. "People can very easily be mista ken," observed ilie plaintiffs lawyer. "1 don't care?I know be was there," she replied. "What did you talk about?" "Jiove," she 'promptly answered. What time did the old folks go to bed ?" "1 give 'cm Ibc wink about ten." "Sure ho was there at midnight, are you." "Yes, sir." "Why arc you sure?" She blushed, looked over at hor lover and laughed, and gelling a nod lo go ahead, she said : "Well, sir, as the clock struck 12, the old man jumped out of bed, up-stairs, and hollowed down : 4yer mar wants j some of thai catnip tea !' And we got ! siu:b a start that we broke the back of the r< eking chair kcrpluuip." "Then the jury must understand j that you were seated on Samuel's knees?" "I object," put in Samuel's lawyer and his honor remembered thu day of his youth and sustained the objection. Married Without Shoes. About twenty years ago a smart young man named -Johnson, in the wilds of the Cheat Mountains, in Wes Virginia made up his mind to be married. "But-you have not a penny," re monstrated his friends. "I have two hands. A man was given two bunds-?one to scra'.eh for himself, the other for his wife," he said. On the day of the wedding John sou appeared in n whole eoat and trousers, but-barefooted. "This is hardly decent," said the clergyman. "I will lend you a pair of shoes." "No," said Johnson, "when J. can buy shoes I will wear them. Not before." And ho stood up to 'be married without any thought of his feet. The same sturdy directness show* ed'ilscll in his future course. What he iiad no money to pay for he did .vithout. He hired himself to a far-j jtner lorn, year's work. With the money be saved, he bought a couple [of acros of timbered land and a pair of sheep, built himself a but and went to work on his ground. His sheep increased, as lime .llew by he bought more, then he sold oir the cheaper kinds and invested in j Southdown and French Merino, i His neighbors tried by turns raising j cattle, horses, or gave their attention I to experimental farming. Johnson, having once found out that sheep raising, in Iiis district, [brought a handsome-profit, stuck to jit. He hud Ihcl shrewdness in seeing i ihe best way and that dogged persis tence in folio* ing it which are the ' elements :>f success. Stock-buyers from the eastern-mar | ket found that J oh u son's lleeeos were ithe finest, and his mutton llie sweet est on tho Cheat. He never allowed their reputation to fail. The end of which course is that the man who mar ried barefooted is now worth a large properly. j The story is an absolutely true one. and may point a moral for hordes of j stout able-bodied men. Life of a Journalist. The lot. of the newspaper man is lila; that of the policeman, "is not a| i happy one." It is his oflicC, bis duty,' ! to say ungracious things. He has to j ! think and write upon the ovcr-lcvolv ing edges of current event?under the I pressure of urgency?catching a view here and a view there, and putting this and that together into a tolerably consistent raison d'etre. Technical! I consistency he cannot hope to attain.! No man is so able, s.o aslutt, so ; ready, so poised and eo-sagacious as to catch Ihe very phrase for the fleet ing impression of the moment which, to the (Utter seeming of wisdom and prudence, shall survive the wear and lear of time. All that the best man can hope to com puss, all that the grea est ever aim at is spiritual (Con sistency, born of true feeling?the in ner light of sell-conviction which doth not shine alar?the wish, ill put, perhaps, but still the wish, to do the State some set vice. The Jour-uulist, | being himself s veritable slave, und truly of the lamp, has but one genii \ beneath him, ami that is bis pen ; | and, if Ibis pen could speak, it would utter for its poor master, again and again,these famous and golden words : ; ??I've writ the foolish fancy of his brain, \ The aimless jest that striking hath caused pain; 1 ve helped him to pen many a line for bread. To joke with-sorrow aching in his head, Ami make men laughter when his own heart, bled. Day after lluy the labor's to be done. And SUM as comes the postman and the sun, Hie indefatigable ink must run." The Gentleman Wins. If you speak the right word at the I right lime; if you are careful 10 leave people with a good impression ; il you do not tresspass upon the rights of others as-well as yourself.; if you do not put yourself unduly forward ; if you do not forget tho courtesies which belong to your position, you are quite sute to accomplish much in life which others with equal ability fail to do. This is where the race is not to the swift nor the battle to the strong. It is where you must make people feel that you are unselfish and honorable and truthful and s.ncere. This is what society is looking for in men, and it is astonishing how much men are able to win self-respect ami usefulness who possess these qualities of good breeding. Jt is almost the turning point in practical liie. _ No Sacrifice Too Great. Princess Pauline, of Wurlcraburg, who has just renounced her title and j all privileges of .her rank in order to j marry the man she loved evidently i had a will of her own. In a short ad dress preceding the cerctnony the of- j liciating clergyman reminded the bridegroom that the royal bride had surrendered a good deal that was es ! loomed grand and valuable in life. When the bride's turn came to make j trie marriage response she added to | the syllable uyes" the following! words in a quiet tone : "I declare I give up nothing that can at all be valued in comparison to the happi ness awaiting me, and I consider my lot a most enviable one." Soc'itil Errors. Wo press our friends to'como to 8co us; wo entreat ihcm to remain longer, nnd wo aro vexed in our hearts if they take us at our word. It has become a matter of 'course to invite people whom you do not want j and to beg them to stay when you are 'anxious to have them go. One should think twice before accepting hospital ity, and should alwa\s bo cureful?not lo wear out his welcome 'It scorns an intuitive social law to welcome the coming anil speed the patting guest. No host or hostess likes tho j visiter, however pleasant, who makes j the time of his slay linked sweetness I long drawn out. Yet we find plenty of people, otherwise sensible, who [commit this error. A few instances come to ouf pen's end ihm moment. I A young lady wo knew very well was ! visiting Boure frieinjg In town, and on leaving, iuviled two of bar girl eom | panions to accompany her home. Al the train they were joined by two young gentlemen who came lo say good-bye and lb see the in off. >ln the warmth and thoughtlessness of her heart, the girl invW.od Ihetu also to pay her a visit, and lo the surprise of all, the invitation watsaccepted. The train moved off with the entire party-; the young gentlemen saying <hey would return by the next down tinin. One of them did ; the other si ay cd a I the farm-house several days. The weather was bitterly cold, servuts few and the heads of Iho house were old people, one of Hie tu an invalid, l it was no great malicr of regret to any one when al last bo announced his intention of going. The curriagc was otderd to drive him the twelve miles of miserable muddy road that I lay between tho farm-house and the station; he said good-bye and drove away. The young ladies-cheerfully dressed themselves lo receive other company when, as they sat by the lire, they heard tho souiitl of wheels, and presently who should walk in hnl the two week's bore. He came in flowing, and blushed confusedly as he saw the cold, surprised looks ol the young ladies. Ohe would think this would have shown he had worn ?out his welcome, but he taxed the hospitality of ibo farm-house another week. More discerning and sensible was a young lady friend of or.is who was visiting elegant friends in the -city. They were very kind and 'attentive, and at iho expiralion-ofbor visit they pict.sed her *so" wafnny^ to remain longer that she collected; but no sooner had she so decided, than her sensitive perception felt a change in tho social thermometer. Hospitality fell below blood heal?the waimtll of good-will diminished ; so she quit Un packed her trur.k that night, ordered a carriage next morning, begged her friends not to consider bcr vacilaling, and in spile of their protestations, bade them an nffccliontle goodbye, and departed. The little experience taught her a lesson and went to the formation of a firm character. Josh Billings. 14Man wants but little here below," may have bin true when il was fust written, but ever since llie war he wants aul he kin lay his claws on. A puppy plays with every pup he meet, bul old dorge have few associa tes. Necessity begotTuvenshun, luven shun begot Con venu nee, Convenience begot Pleasure. Pleasure begot ltiot and Disease, Iliot and Disease be tween them tiegol, Poverty, and Pov erty begot Necessity again?this is tho ruvohrshuu ov man, and ia about aul he kin brag on." I sei pose there i- between fifty and sixty million ov rats in Ainciiku (I quote entirely from reentry/), und J don't serposc lhar is a singh: necessa ry rat in the winde lot. This shows at q> glance I ow menny waste rats thare is. Rats enhance in numbers faster than shu pegs do by machinery. One pare 01 hell by rats is aul tbati eny man wants tew start the rat busi ness with, nnd in ninety days, with out eny outlay, ho will hav rat9 to turn oph. Success in life is very ?1?^ tew make us forget the time when we wasn't much. Il is jist so with Iho frog on ihcijump ; he kant remember w hen he wus a tad pole?but other folks kan. Brace Up We like that slang phrase. Wo like it. because there is lots of r.oul in | it. You never know a mean, sling-)',' shrivel soulod man walk up lo a dis-j couraged or alllictcd neighbor and slap him on Iho shoulder and loll him ' lo "brace up." Ii is the big hearted,1 opehhanded, wholesoulcd fellow that j comes along when you are cast down i and squares off in front of yon and tell you, "thai won't do old fellow?\ brace up." It is. he that tells you til good siory and makes you laugh in spite of yourself, thai lifts the cut lain that darkens your soul and tell you lo look out to see the light. It is be that reminds us lhal there never was a brilliant sunsei without clouds, lie may not tell you in just so many and such words, but he will make you "brace up" and see the silver lin ing for yourself. An exchange says : "Don't despise little tilings." For our pail we don't. We have more regard for n little gold dollar limn we have for a big silver half dollar. An Impertinent Q?esticrj. Editor Orangeburg Democrat: Do you think it a great "sin" for a girl to flirt with a young man. By ! answering the above you will greatly j oblige Swj;et Sixteent The above impertinent question found its way to our sanctum, and we shall endei'vor to answer it without i knowing who itspropounder is, as the [only name signed to it was "Sweet Sixteen," whom we 'rust has never engaged in this questionable "sport." The regular "flirt" is defined by the best authorities as a vein, airy, trif ling girl, who enilcavor3 to attract admiration from a desire to gratify her vanity, and then rejects her lover. She treats him with an appearance of favor, but with a design to deceive. Consequently she is dtcitfid, and to that extent it is wrong. Flirting is a folly, because it is not discreet. Evciy young lady should be the representative of her sex, and it should be her earnest endeavor to' [embodi in herself all womanly worth, j When she reflects that by rectitude! I of conduct she dignifies and elevates I to a higher standard of excellency all I womankind, it should be an inceu , live, nny, a powerful motive, to illus ' Irate in her own life whatsoever is ! putc and lovely and of good report. Flirting is a sin because it is not ! bom st. Love is a passion, Cod given ( ! and not to be ashamed of, but to' i counterfeit it is a sin, because when a j girl encourages the attentions of a! lover whom site knows that she will reject when he confesses his dove, she' is acting a and to act a lie is a great (leal worse than telling one. Remember tuts and don't descend to moan, ignoble flirting ways. Hath er look upward, bo true to yourself and all ntouud you, and though, you j cannot afford line dresses wherewith] ? to adorn yoursejf you will be a lady\ j in the best-sense of the term. Let the! young itcn and young ladies love each other as much as they please ! honorably, but don't pretend to do i , by acting a lie Advice to Girls. j ! The lady who Jills the chair of Pro [ fes or of Domestic Science in the Illi nois Industrial University has been giving sensible "Advice to Gills" in I a lecture at Si. Louis. She called , women the wot.Id's home-makers, in j sislcd that reform in women's cduca j lion was the urgent heed of the titoos* {and emphasized the fact that intelli : gent cooks, educated housekeepers j and enlightened mothers were begin-; j ning to be appreciated. Women were i not instinctively good housekeepers [any more than men were good me-! I chauics or good fanners. It was an error to suppose that in mailers per tntning to the home instruction was not needed. It was said that coin-; j mon sense alone was necessary, but common seiico and proper sense dif fered. Despite their general unprc parcdncss ninety-nine out of a hun dred'girls would still persist in get-! ling married. This hist assertion, j which would be true if there were men enough, possibly supplies the ! ? key to a remedy. Let it be enacted! ! that no girl shall get married until she can pass an examination in do j mestic science. j Horrible Fate of a Ghoul. I Indiana furnishes the most horri- i I hie case on record. Gordon Trues j dale, a handsome South Bender, bad: j a desire to procure a collection of hu-' I man skulls, being an amateur phre nologist. He dug down into the, gtave of Sarah Plaits, cut lhetflesb [around the neck, placing his foot on the breast of tin corpse, ^ renched ; the head off by main lone. He dis jointed and threw away the lower jaw. Ho poisoned his nose with some ol the matter from tin1 corpse, ami his head swelled up until incisions had to iie made in bis nose and forehead to prevent tin; skin fiotn bursting. His eyes actually decayed and bceauic sightless, and the odor was so horri- I hie that attendants were at first obli j gcd to lice from the bouse and after wards bundle him with gloves. He confessed Iiis crime and died in awlul! ago;ty. As soon us the breath left the body it was placed in the coffin,] but it swelled so as to hurst oil' the \ lid, and the remains were hurried to j the cemetery in the. night and buri-1 cd. A Quiet Way. The Manchester Union says that "the spirit of tnurdar is unusuullj rampant in New England." This, it sc' ms to us, is going too far, but as it comes from a very respectable jour nul published within the bounds of that saintly portion of our rcpuidic, we are compelled to accept it as line. I According lo the Republican co.te, | there can be no murders outside of the South. The other day a Connec t ticut man disemboweled his son with J a carving-knife. The politics of the I parties were not stated, but it is safe' to say there was no breach of the, ! peace. It was a family affair* and' j somewhat it) the nature of a social; ! rocrcation. True the son is prevent cd from voting, but a lather has a] I rit'ht to prevent his son from voting; j in New England, provided be doesn't follow the example of the Southern i ass'.issi n by usi,-,g a shotgun. New i i Kugland methods arc altogether the' ! most peaceable. j W?i ?s of Wisdom. Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all so ciety. A wi.3c rich, man is like the back or stock of the chimney, and bis wealth j tho fire ; he receives it, not for bis own need, but to reflect the beat lo other's good. Death makes a beautiful appeal to charity. When wo look upon the dead form so composed and still, the kindness and the love that arc in us all will come forth. Good men have the fewest fears. Ho has but one who fears to do wrong. Ho has a thousand who has overcome that one. It is a secret known to but few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's con versation, the first thing you should consider, whether 'he has a greater inclination lo hear you, or that you should bear him. Friendship has a noble effect upon aP states and conditions. It relieves our cares, raises our 'hopes, and abates our fears. A friend who te lales his success talks himself'into a new pleasure; and by opening his misfortunes leaves part of them be hind him. Vicious habits are so great a strain upon human nature, and so odious in themselves, that every person actuat ed by right reason would avoid them, though ho was sure they would be always concealed both from God and man. and had no future punishment entailed upon them. Opposition to the Chinese. A New York letter says: "A movement would seem to have begun by some property owners here lo drive Chinese tenants from the city. No threats are used, as in Sun Fran cisco, but what is quite effective, and scarcely loss unjust, the landlords in the Chinese quarters in Molt street are declining to let their houses to tho Celestial?, and informing those who are now occupying them that they must leave when thou*.leases run out. 'il is admitted that the Mongo lians have paid their rents with a promptitude which might-well be imitated by oilier people; that they have made no trouble lo their neigh bors, nor have Ihey quarrelled among themselves ; that the .police have sel dom or never been called ^'upon to silence disturbances in thoir district, and that were it not for the- cesium they wear their presence would scarce fy.berecognized. Of couise, if they are driven from Moll si reel, t hey will find a resting place elsewhere, but'it is discouraging to And New York, even lo Ibis extent, joining with San Francisco in the cry that "The Chinese must go." The latter are accepting the situation with charac teristic meekness " Disposal of the Dead. ? i The Ivamlcbadales keep special dogs for the purpose of consuming their dead. The Latookes, of Zanzi bar, bury their dead who die from disease or old age, but make il a rule to leave those i.luiu in battle lo be devoured by wild beast where they lie. The Parsees bring their dead to certain round towers, called lowers of silence, lu be eaten by vultures,, which make those towers their dwelling ? places. The Moors lay the bodies ol Iho dead on the ground, and piling pitckly thorns on them lo keep off beasl, leave them lo decay. The ancient Colchians suspended the corpses of men in trees,, but thoir wo men Ihey buried. Tho Goods and IthiIs, of India, burn their men but bury their women. The Zodas bury their children, the victims of infanti cide, and burn all others; the Greeks used both burial and burning. Among the Romans hartal was the earlier custom. -Burning was not general till the .republic, but was uni versal under the empire. The Fgyp lians embalmed their dead. The Mohammedans and the Christians both use burial. North Carolina Romance. Mr. F.ddv gave Miss Ilintzloman al line set of jewelry, al Newborn, N. C, and she wore il for several weeks. Then he brought a suit to recover it, on iho ground Unit lib bed simply lent il to her. She testified that, by the terms of a mutual agreement, she waste pay for the jewelry by kissing Mr. Eddy every morning for a hun dred days. He called and got his kiss, on his way to work, every day for about a month. Then ho grew bold and wanted to lake a hug as well as a kiss. There was no provis ion in the bargain for hugging, and she repulsed him, even restricting his kisses to a mere touch of his lips to her cheek. Ho thought he was being cheated, and hence bis oll'oils to re cover.?New York Sun. The Stewart Grave Robbers. The tumor is again renewed in New York that proceedings are likely to betaken soon against tho man who stole tho body ol ihe late A. T. Slew ail. Tlio present story is thai an ac complice lias confessed, and thai' eight persons, whose whereabouts arc known lo detectives, have been in dicted by the grand jury. Ii is fur ther said that the repentant accom plice is now dead, and thai this fact has increased the difficulties in the I way of prosecution. A Girl's View of It, Getting raaniedis not altogether the one-aW?*U affair that -eonio have supposed. Tho popular ^iilea, that all young women are just crnKy to marry anybody that will come along, arid that tho reason they tlon't get mar ried is because-nobody will ask them, seems lobe a mistaken one. A St. Louis girl?and a St. Louis girl is as apt to have good sense as any other girl?has boon making some calcula tions which are of much interest. Young men who now have their pow erful intellects centered upon the sub ject of spring pantaloons and tho newest shade in nectic3 might con template the matter with some profit if they make their minds reach around it. The St. Louis young .woman is complaining of the scarcity Of mar riageable young men, but she has some reason about it. She 3gures out that she knows, perhaps, one hun dred young men, in round numbers. Of'these -she thinks she knows about thirty intimately, and of those thirty there are not more than four whom she would consent to nmrry for love or money on the spur of the moment. It may not bo a pleasant jvay of put ling it, but what she-says is that, tak ing a hundred young meii as they conic and go, only one out of Qvcuy twenty-Jive can be set down as unob jectionable and able to make a living for himself and wife. This is an aw ful thing for those other twenty-four young men lo think of, and yet it is not necessary for one to bo nllogethor a philosopher to suspect that theiSt. Louis girl is about right. She is evi dently tired hearing the endless com plaints about the uselessuess ?f tho average young woman when she knows lhat the average young man is quite as much out of place in the world. In fact, a useless young wo man docs stand a chance of growing up to something or another, but a useless young man doesn't do 'that,, even, by any sort of accident. Young men have got lo make a change in themselves in some way ; Ihey aie lia ble to bo wanted for something be sides partners for the next waltz.? Charleston Sunday Nvies. Mighty Sjovv Scholars. Our Northern brethren are mighty slow scholars. Every year or so one or more of 'em come down 10 make a rcconnoissnncc, and they go back and. say we are all right?great pcopde? splendid people?have been slandered awfully, and so forth, and right straight we hold up our heads and wag our tails, just like a dog when he gets a kind word from his master. Mr. Beeeher come down, hoJ Dr. Vincent come down, and General Sherman and several others, and they g??back and say : "Hoys, there's no harm in them fellers down South ; they are all right." B'.it, bless my soul, nobody believes 'em, and wo have got to enlighten 'ein one at a time, just like we did Brother Tal iiKigc, anil it's going to take tw.o or three thousand years to do it. Mr. Tal mage says the North baa not done us justice. Well, that's so ; but we want lo know about what lime they will do it. There was a darkey in Use calaboose, and he sent for .ludgq U rider wood and told lutn what he was put in there for, and the Judge-said: "Well, Jack, ihey can't put yon in here for lhat. It's against the law." "Is dal so, Mas' John?" "It's so, Jack," said Ihe Judge, "they can't put you in hero fur that." "Bui 1 is in here now," says" Jack. "Mas' John, shore as you're born I is in here right now."?Columbus (Qa.) Enguircr Sun. She Ha J Forgotten Something. Mr. and Mrs. Jones were starting* for church. "Wait, dear.," said the lady, "J'vo forgotten seineihing ; won't you go up and get my goats oljf the bureau ?"' " Your goals," replied Joins, "what new-fangled thing's thai?" "I'll show you," remarked the wife, and she sailed up-stairs and down again with a pair of kids on bar hands; "there ihey arc," said she. "Why I call them things kids," said the surprised husband. "Oh, do you?*' snapped iho wife. "Well, so I did once, but they are so old now J'ru ashamed to call them anythiug but goals." Then ihey went on to church and smiled sweetly on Iheir friends, and put a nickel in the missstonnry box, and tho next day Jones' wife had a half-dozen pairs of new gloves in a handsome lacquered box of the latest design.?Steubenville IL.rald. Wo prefer Bayard, another prefers Hancock, another Seymour, Thurman Llendricks, Ac. Judging others by our own wish in this matter, we shall be more than gratified lo know that cur lavoritekas been chosen, but if.it be decreed otherwise by the Conven tion, not the warmest and mos,t en thusiastic friend of Abe fort unate can didate shall give to him a more hon est, earnest and unselfish support than ourselves.?Norfolk Ledger. it is now decreed that wedding cauls shall be issued three weeks in advance of the comming event. But this rule doesn't woik well in Ohio where the biidcgtooui himself doesn't usually know uf the approach;.ig marriage until about 15 minutes be fore the event, when her big brother comes in and tells him of il.