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Voi, II. ORANGEBURG, S. C, FRIDAY, NOVEBMEE. Q6, I88O. No. 48.
A Talk With Girls.
Let us speak very briefly of some
of the elements which go to make up
a beautiful womanly character:
The first is industry. Willingness
. and ability to work lie at the basis of
nil good character. The moral dis
cipline, the patience, tbo steadiness
of purpose, the power to overcome,
that are gained in work, and only in
work, are just as necessary to women
n'3 to men ; and the girl who is given
do chance of learning these traits is
sadly defrauded*
Besides, there are strong reasous
why girls ought to be well trained in
that particular kind of woik which
they are most likely to be called upon
to perform. All women, however
situated, should have a practical
knowledge of manual labor; should
know bow to cook, to purchase house
hold stores, how to avoid waste, bow
to cut and sew garments, how to nurse
the nick. All these things should be
a part of a thorough education, and
few women can pass through life, no
. matter what their means or station,
who will not find the time when such
knowledge will hold others, even if
personally they get on very well with
out it. Girls should be trained to re
gard all work in the broadest me?n
iug as honorable. Whatever is ne
cessary to be done is honocable work
for highest and lowest alike.
After industry come? thoroughness.
. It is not eno?gh to be busy ; we ought
to do well whatever our hands lind to
do, else we n>ay be forced to say
what Hugo Grocius said when he
came to the end: '-Alas ! I spent my
lifo in laboriously doing nothing."
? To be thorough In btud.y, to be thor
ough in work, ought to be the aim ol
every girl, not less'than of every boy.
" Our metb-jds of female education have
encouraged superficial!.? rather than
thoroughness.
After thoroughness, independence.
A babit of relying on your own judg
ment, a babit of thinking for your
self, ami caring for yourself, not sel
fishly, but in a true womanly fash
iou?a babit of taking responsibility
and bearing it bravely is one of the
habits that women as well as men
need to cultivate. Your parents ought,
to give you some chance to for hi this
habit; it is a great, mistake to shield
a girl from all care, and then, by and
by, when the helpers on whom she
was leaning fall by her side, to leave
her with judgment unlraitfed and
powers undisciplined, to carry the
burdens of life.
?Respect Tor character, for man
hood and womanhood, more than for
money or rank, or oven gecius, is
another of the first lessons that every
girl ought to learn. Virtue, truth, fi
delity, these are the shining things
that every true woman honors, and
ehe who values above these a coat-of
crino or a bank account, degrades
herself. There ie a silly snobbery
among some of our girls that is the
reverse of lovely, and should not be
encouraged.
We might speak of many other ele
ments of character indisponible to
the truest womanhood, such as trutb
iulness, and conscientiousness, and
purity, and modesty, and fidelity, but
we will only name oue or two more.
Consecration. It is a great word. It
means many tilings. It means, to
begin with, that God hae some pur
pose concerning you, some good work
for each of you to do. It means that
7/e hat, given you the power to nerve
In some way, and that He wishes you
to devote that power which lie bas
given you to that service for which
He created you. What kiud of work
He bas for you to do I cannot tell,
but I know that He bas called every
one of you With a high calling, to
some ennobling work. Not to be but
terflies, not to be drones, not to be
eponges, bus He called any of yen,
but to be helpers, and mtnistise, and
friends of all good ; to wait with
ready hands and loving hearts for the
service that you can do for Him.
Most of you will be called to the dig
nity of wifehood and womanhood;
there is no greater dignity than that,
and no nobler work. The woman
who builds and rules a beautiful and
happy home; who holds the honor of
her husband and the reverence of her
children ; who leads thoso whom God
has given her up to vigorous and vir
tuous manhood and womanhood, im
parting to them by daily communion
with them, her own wisdom and no
bleness, and sending them forth to
do good and brave service in the
world is engaged in a noble work, and
there is none grander within the mea
sure of a man or even of an angel.
But marriage may not be for all of
you, and should not be for any of yon
the chief end. While happy wifehood
is the glory and blesbing of every
true-hearted woman's life, and mater
nity the crown of this?more to be
desired than queendom, she should
hold herself loo pure and dear a thing
to marry for home, or'position, or be
cause it is expected of her. Many
women are living happily and nobly
out of wedlock, and no one is fit for
it who is not fit to live without it. To
I whntjeind of service He called yon,
then, we.cannot tell; but wc know
that for you as for Him, the joy of
life must be, uot in being ministered
unto, but in ministering. God help
you to understand it, girls, before it
it too late. There is so much good
in living, if one knows how to live ;
liure is such delight in seiving when
one hasslearned to serve, that we do
uot like to see any of you going on
aimlessly and selfishly, and laying up
in store for yourselves a future ol
disquietude- and gloom. There is a
better and brighter way than this, a
way that has never been pointed out
more clearly than in the simple words
of Mr. Hale: "To look up and not
down ; to look forward and not back ;
to look out am) not in; and to lend a
hand." Set y.ourf feet in that .path, .
and follow U palmntly, and you will
find it the path "that shineih more
and more unto the pefect day."
Grant's Infamy.
Donn Pialt writes un open letter to
his old (riend General GarOeld, warn
ing him of the vlnngers ahead of him,
and in the letter speaks of Grant as
follows: "It wus your committee
that investigated that national shame
called 'Black Friday,' wherein Fisk,
Gould and Grant sought, through a
use of the national treasury, to enrich
themselves at the expense of thous
ands of honest men. Is not my pur
pose to recaU'lhe details of that infa
my. The chief criminal was tracked
to the threshold of the Executive
Mansion, und your committee passed
n resolution calling upon the President
to appear before the cammit'.ce and de
fend himself from the damning proof
that made him the chief conspirator.
The night of the day the resolution was
passed you called with it upon the Pres
ident. It was after midnight before
you left the White House, amazed and
sick at heart, and at your suggestion
that very day the resolution was re
voked. I need not say that you and
I know why that resolution was so
suddenly abondoned. The fact that
under the circumstances it was re
voked tells the whole stoty. The
very Democrats of the committco
shrank from the threatened expos
ure."
Tiikrk is joy in Burmah just now,
for one of King Thcebaw's consorts
has quite recently presented that
monarch with a son. Mother and
child are doing well. The happy
father is so elated by the achieve
ments of his spouse, Su Hpayah Lut,
that he has announced his intention
to wed her younger sister forthwith.
As he has put to death nearly all his
relatives having any claim to the suc
cession, his Majesty cannot be too
fervently congratulated upon the
acquisition of an heir, from cutting
whose throat he will probably be do
torred by the feelings of a father and
the interests of a dynasty.
If you haven't paid for The Dkmo
citAT, don't feel offended when we
strike vour name ofT our books. We
can't send the paper for nothing.
Pasto this in your hat.
A Dispassionate View. j.
Tbo people of the Southern States
have taken their defeat with a great
deal of good humor. They behave
far better under their disappointment
than did their Northern allies. There
aro many reasons for this. The first
is their larger experience in such, mat-j
teis. They know an Appomattox,
when they see one. Another is that
they have local success to offset nat
ional defeat. They kept their half oS
the bargain. General Hancock wob
not beaten south of the line. Yet
another is that they are a more intel
ligent class than tbe Democrats of
the North, with more states maulike
instincts, and, therefore, greater ca
pacity lor accepting the situation.
But tbe chief reason is the character
of the people. Tbey have a natural
urbanity, which forbids the prolonga
tion of a struggle beyond tbe point of
usefulness. If beaten, they do not
scold. They can afford defeat, but
not ill manners.
That there are distinctive good
points in tbe Southern character, is
I felt by all who hare had much inter
course witli them. Their civilization
may bo said to tie of a lower type than
ours. They have not tbe ideas of
equal riguls, free speech, honorable
labor and universal intelligence,
which characterize;the Nortl?. But
it is our misfortune that we have lo^t
as well as gained in our advance to
these. At tbe very least there has
been a temporary loss. The exclusive
ly commercial character of our pur
suits has infected us with a scllish
ness, and eagerness, a crudeness of
manrer, which arc not seen to any
thing like tbe same degree in the
South. If it were possible to lift the
South into all that is best in Northern
civilization, without their lotting what
Xhey-havw of yootr-fo~th6nisolvT*gVttt^
result would be one of the finest syn
theses in character.
The question of their political fu
ture is pressing on the attention of
the Southern people. One set says,
"Let us give up politics, and attend
to our industrial dcvclopcment. The
fortune of the South lies in its wealth
not in politico." There is truth in
ibis, but half truth only. Tbe South
ern people ought to be rich, and will
be so as fast as the notion that labor
is disgraceful perishes from their
minds, with other legacies of slavery.
But the South cannot give up politics,
it would bo adjuring their own pro
per characters. Nor is it desirable
that tbey should. Tbe destruction
or diminution of public spirit in any
shape, or in any corner of tbe coun
try, would be a natioeal misfortune.
For the Southern people to sink into
mere cotton trudera and cotton Spin
ners would be a miserable ending to
an existence gloriously begun.
Others advise tbcm to join the Re
publican party. This advice is ab
surd, it bids them to do a thing
impossible. Tbe great majority ?I
them belong, on principle and convic
tions, to what we might call tbe cent
rifugal party in our national politics'
They aro naturally resistant to tbe
great process o! nationalization, which
has gone forward steadily since 178?.
As resistaots tbey have their uses.
They aro tbe checks and brakes on
tbo national vehicle. We have al
ways had such a party ; we always
will have it. It is required to con
serve the rights of local self govern
ment and popular initiation and to
I ensure that the inevitable process of
centralization of power is carried for
ward moderately and wisely. For
ourselves, we march with the party
ol movement, but we believe in tbe
need of a party of check. It is by
tbe introduction of fair play, equal
ri<!his, and freedom of discussion in
the munagement of their local pot
ties, that tbey will give the real idea)
of their party a fair chance in a nat
ional contest. We do not want them
to become Republicans; we want them
to leave otr being Mexicans.
To restore tbe negroes to their full
rights as voters, und yet to prevent
the re-eslablisbment of such govern
ments as plundered South Carolina,
is a difficult.task. It has been made
all the more difficult by the Southern
people themselves. Every past act of
wrong makes it harder to go right
now. As a consequence they hold
the negroes down politically, as one
might hold a wolf by tbe ears. It is
dangerous to bold on ; it seems de
struction to let go. We all see the
difficulty of tbe situation.?American.
The Word 'Negro.'
Tho Standard Bearer, edited by a
negro man, says : "We ure afraid that
some of our renders among tbe color
ed people misunderstand tbe word
'negro as applied to their race, and
one of our correspondents has most
vigously protested against our use of
it. He probably considers it synony
. raous with 'nigger,' a vulgar, mean
ingless epbthct, that no people on
earth use so frequently as tbe colored
people themselves. Tbe word 'ne
gro' is the proper race designation of
tbe coiorcd people in America, and is
rightly applied to the defendants of
bribes along tbe coast of Africa. The
names our young friend alludes to
with so much pride were Af.tican, but
l^not negro. Tho word 'African' has
no relcvacy as a iace designation any
more than the word 'American ;' an
American may he Esquimaux, Sioux
or Anglo Suxon according to the
blood in his veins ; an African* muy
be Egyptian, Moor or Negro for the
'same reason, and wo have never
though the word African a properly
descriptive adjective when applied to
our race. Thy term 'colored,' while
generally used, is rather meaningless,
.and strictly speaking, the word Negro
;{with a big N) is the only correct
lorm, and we see no impropriety in
using it. It is neither low nor de
grading, unless our actions make it
.than the words Irish or German.
Our ancestors weie negroes and no
moro barbarous or uncivilized than
the ancestors of the whites, and it is
only a false idea of its meaning that
makes our people object to its use.
In these days of fins phrases, it will
be w'll for us to use the shorter and
more expressive term, 'American citi
zens of African decent."'
A Horribe Story of Burnt Cork.
Miss Plant was the niece and adop
ted daughter of a wealthy farmer in
Nev< York. A few days ago she ran
off with a negro employed about the
place. They visited a number of
ministers and a Justice of the Peace,
but under no circumstances would
they listen to their entreaties to be
married. They had about gived hp
in despair, and left for the house of
one James Cant ins, who keeps a low
reeort. There the wife of Cantinc (a
while woman) resolved that the pair
should be united if she had to resort
to strategy. It was decided that her
face should be blackened with burnt
cork.- This was done and the pair
started off to the parsonage of the
Reformed Dutch Church, of Stone
Ridge, where Rev. V. S. Ilurlbcrt,
the pastor, without for a moment sus
pecting the decepjon, united them in
wedlook. When the news reached her
former home her uncle was nearly
crazed. Sampson and his wife have
settled down at Lapala, a negro colo
ny. Miss Plant, who is now about
i 17 years of age, would have fallen
I heir to the large part of the property
of her uncle, who is estimated tobe
worth from 860,000 to $70,000.
A gentleman madcj up his mind
that he would give his wife a pleasant
surprise by spending the evening at
home. After supper ho settled him
j self down foi u cozy time in tho bos
om of his family. He had no more
than comfortably fixed himself when
his wife abruptly asked him if his
friends didn't want him any longer.
Then his mother-in-law asked him it
i he hud exhausted his credit. The
I servant asked him if he was ill. One
of the neighbors wanted to know if he
j had any trouble and was afraid of the
law. AH of which occurred in twenty
j minutes, for in exactly half an hour
he was beyond questioning rango in
his club.
Miss Flynn'o Lover.
Miss Bitty Plyo? ?u studying
medicine and being courted at tbe
aaujo time. Mr. William Budd was
attending to tbe lat'er part of the
business. One evening while tbey
were silling together in the parior
Mr. Budd was thinking bow should
be munngc to propose. Miss Flynn
was explaining certain physiological
facts to him.
lDo you know,' she said, 'that
thousands of persons are actually ig
norant that tbey smell with tbeir
olfactory peduncle?'
?Millions of 'em,* replied Mr.
i Budd.
4And Aunt Mary wouldn't believe
me when I told ber ehe could not
wink without a sphincter muscle I
'How unreasonable. V
'Why a person can't kiss without a
sphincter!'
'Indeed V
*I know it is so !'
'May I try if I can?'
?Oh, Mr. Budd, it is too bad for
you to make light of such a sub
ject 1'
Then he tried it, and while he held
her band she explained to him about
I tbo muscles of that portion of tbe
body.
i 'It is remarkable how much you
know about these things,' said Mr.
Bndd?'really wonderful; Now for
example, what is the bone at tbe back
of tbe bead called?'
'Why, the occipital bone, of
course.'
'And what are the names of the
muscles of tbe arm ?'
'The spirnlis and the inlra-spiral
is, among others.'
'Well, now, let me show you what
I mean. When I put my iulra spi
ralis around your waist, so, is it your
Tr3cTnpttfff"^'n^
shoulder blade in Hub way?'
'My back hair, primarily, but tbe
occipital bone, of course, afterword.
But oh, Mr. Budd suppose pa should
come in and see us?'
'Let bira come! Who cares?' said
Mr. Budd, boldly. 'I think I'll ex
ercise a sphincter and lake a kiss.'
'O, Mr. Budd, bow can you 1' sa.d
Miss Flynn, after be had perforucd
the feat.
'Don't call me Mr. Budd ; call me
Willie,' be said, drawing her closer.
'You accept mc, don't you ? I know
you do darling.'
'Willie,* whispered Miss Flynn,
very faintly.
'What, darling?'
'I can hear your heart beat.'
'It beats only for you, my angel.'
'And it sounds out of ordei. The
ventricular contraction is not uni
form.'
j 'Small wonder for that when it's
bursting for you.'
I 'You must put yourself under
'treatment lor it. I will give you
j come medicine.'
'Its your properly, darling; do
1 what you like wiUt it. But somehow
the sphincter operation is one that
I strikes me most favorably. Let us
j again see how it works.'
But why proceed? The old, old
story !?Troy Times.
Geobob Alfred Townsend says the
Radicals intend to devote particular
attent'on to South Carolina, Louisiana
Florida and Mississippi. Let them
devote if tbey wish. Nothing they
can do will ever make us submit to
the thieving government we had in
tbo past, while, in our opinion, if tbe
Rads get on too high a horse the In
dependent vote North will down them
in a tidal wave in 1882 similar to that
1874. It behooves both parties to he
on their good behavior. They will
be clossly watched.
A correspondent wishes to know
j our opinion of "Touch the Harp Gen
tly." It is Ilrst class. Any song
calculated to make people touch the
harp gently ought to be encouraged.
Of course, one that would induce them
to leave it alone entire!} would be
preferable; but, a9 Benjam:n Frank
lin said, a move in the right direc
tion beats standing still.
Agricultural.
Ralph Waldo Emerson once oaid
of it, that the farmers has grand
trusts confided to him. In the great
household of nature he stands at the
door ol the bread room and weighs to
each Ins loaf. The glory ol tbe far
mer is thai, in tbe division of labor,
it is his part to create. Ail trade
rests at last on hiu primitive authority
He stands close to nature ; he obtains
from tbe earth the bread and the
meat. Tbe food which was not, he
causes to be. The first farmer was
the first man, and all historic nobili
ty rests on possession and use of
land. Men do not like hard work,
but every roau has an exceptional re
spect for tillage, and tbo feeling that
this is the original calling of his race,
that he himself is only excused from
it by some circumstances which made
bim delegate it for a time to other
hands. If be hod not come skill
I which recommends him tojlhc farmer
some product for which the farmer
gives him corn, he must himself re
turn into his due place among the
planters. And the profession baa in
all eyes its ancient charm as standing
nearest to God, and the first cause.
Then the beauty of nature, the trau
quiiity and innocence of the country
man, his independence, and his^pleas
ing .arts?tbe care of bees, of poultry,
of sheep, of cows, the dairy, the care
of hay, of fruit, of orchards and for
ests, and the reaction of these on the
workman in giving him a strength
and plain dignity, like the fnco and
manners of nature?all men acknowl
edge. All men keep the farm in re
serve as an asylnm, where in case of
mischance, to hide their poverty or a
solituue if tbey do not succeed in so
ciety. --,
T^Aj^eadT^*--^
ore in a state of mind as to how tbe
spoils of war are to be distributed
among the different competitors.
There is hardly a statesman of any
prominence in tbe parly who doesn't
claim to have elected Gaifield all by
himself, and as every man of them
wants first place in bis own particu
lar bailiwick, tbe situation is rather
embarrassing. In Pennsylvania alone
there are said to be over twenty
claimants for the Penntorship, while
for the succession from Ohio, which
has been prelty well drained of ho
statejmen, there are at least half
as man}*. One of the singular fea
tures of the Ohio contest, by the way,
is the reported cj ndidacy of Presi
dent Hayes for the vacancy in the
Senatorship created by the election
ot Gen. Garneld to the Presidency.
The competitors for other Senator
ships elsewhere and for other Cabi
net positions is also decidedly ani
mated, and tbe chances are that not a
few stalwart hearts will be made to
bleed within the next four months.
During the campaign every Demo
cratic victory caused a panic In Wall
Street, while every favorable indica
tion for Gat field sent stocks boom
ing. In this way the timid capital
ists were induced to vote the Radical
ticket. But the very day after tho
election the market tumbled disast
rously, and it hasn't gone hack yet to
I tho old prices. The whole thing was
a huge electioneering scheme engi
neered by tbe immaculate financier,
John Sherman. The best part of it
is that a number of guileless Radicals,
believing in the sincerity of the thing,
invested heavily before the election,
anticipating a decided boom after the
triumph of Republicanism was assur
ed. As they paid up the margin tbey
indulged in curses deep and loud,
over the way they had been taken in.
Tub President of the National Park
Bank, of New York, was one of thoso
they say, who deemed it an absolute
nccesity to crush out the rebellious
and Solid South. Yet.bia institution
has always been largely patronised
by the Solid South and he baa never
complained.
Ouu patrons are earnestly rcq test
j ed lo square up.