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--?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,