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Editor Qrangeburg Democrat:
? Jn a previous communication I ro
feVrcd to a class of teachers who
stand in the way of progress, and
mado allusion, parenthetically, to the
incompeloncy of woman lor this vo
cation. This seems, and vory natur
ally, to have aroused the indignation
of many of those charged iu that
opinion.
??School JMarm" essayed a reply in
which she affects to abhor the idea of
being put in, the category of newspa
per polemics; and as to the imperti
nent coxcomb who, quite oblivious of
hia obligation to woman, darpsto as
sert an opinion, Especially when it
approaches so near that truthfulness
by whose beauty one woman was
"struck" and by whoso plainnccs
many have been offended?-"why, she
doesn't wish to Know him, have noth
ing to say to him, ?S;c." 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 knowledge, his thorough com
petency to decide such momentous
issues, and her fear of having her
??edge forever blunted, dulled hope
lessly." This sort of quibble may do
for some, but sensible peoplo prefer
facts, or argument based on facts.
It is only to correct an error in the
construction of my article and lo an
swer some direct enquiries that I
agajn call attention to this subject.
"Will Esculapius kindly furnish us
wifh a list of the qualifications pre
requisite in a first-class teacher?" Ol
course he will, and commend them to
your study.
They are : first, intellectual capa
bility ; second, moral character and
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--m tho make up of a
good teacher as four quarters arc to
the completion of a whole. Let all
be piesent and ability to teach will
be unquestioned ; let one be lacking,
and incompcteucy is npparont. Wo
man is intellectually capable. When
wo come to the moral element, I dot!
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" the brightest
emanation from Diety. But how
about the other elements. The fac
ulty of imparting information is a
rare gift, and not an tcpiir
ed talent; hence, slightly changing
Horace's oft quoted line, we might
say: Praeccplor 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 ol
any problem. A man may Lave wis
dom 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 vornan to govern. Man was or
dained the head of the woman and
the family?.-the author and the ad
ministrator. Uuquestionally 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 largo and d?serv?
edly popular schools where ladies
teach as assistants and it is fair to
presume that they arc not wanting
the elements of a good teacher, save
tho power to govern; for if the
principals be removed, the schools
immediately go down. Here they arc
practically ajudged incompetent.
Without the power to maintain dis
cipline they arc most 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 tho importance of securing the
best teachers for the primary schools,
I quote below from an editorial in the
Times, presumably from the pen of
Mr. S. H. Mcllichamp, whoso large cx
porienco and acknowledged ability as
a practical educator cntillo bis views
to peculiar respect, "It is a great
mistake to suppose that ordinary
teachers will do for tho primary
schools, and that wo pnly want our
best teachers for the higher Softools
and colleges. The fact is tho rpverse
of this opinion would be nearer the
truth. ? * * The education of
tho boy improperly taught in tho pri
mary schools Is apt Q,luays to be defi
cient." (italics arc mine.)
The editor of the Educational Col
umn in your paper maintains this
view. Our honored School Commis
sioner is pressing it upon the atten
tion ol all concerned. From every
quarter comes up the cry of our great
need of efficient toachers, This is
what I want to see supplied. I^pt no
one, who is not qualified, to teach in a
high grade school, prcaume to teach
the primary. This applies to male
and female teachers. "School Marm"
errs in undeistanding roe 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
it unnecessary for mo to reply. 1
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. Esculapius,
A Story Teller Vanquished.
"When I was a young man," said
Col. B., we lived in Illinois. The
farm bad been well, wooded, and tho
stumps were pretty thick. But we
put the co: 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
handsome bays cs 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 MaJ. S,, j
who had been a quiet listcner,rcmark
cd quietly : "It's curioJs, but I had a
similar exporienoo 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 her homespun?-said it
was tho strongest cloth in tho State.
One day I hail just plowed through a
white oak stump in tho way you
spenk of, colonel. But it came togeth
er before I was out of tho way, and
nipped tho sent 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
slump out roots and all. Something
had ?.o givo, you know,
Seasonable Advice,
A metropolitan paper commenting
on the fact that the greater number
of people to be seen at the seaside
and popular resorts are ladies and
very young men, while tho husbands
and fathers remain at their drudgory
in the city in order to earn tho mon*
cy necessary for their families' indul
gence, reads tho parents a lecture on
the subject, and remajks: 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, I
are a man and not a more 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.
W?f. Sawyer, aged seventeen, and
Maggie llaggcrt, aged fifteen, eloped
together from Gloversville, 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 Utica magistrate, on
tho complaint of tier 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 his ofH.cc, and nearly
fifty applicants presented themselves.
Out of the whole number he in a short
Lime selected one and dismissed the
rest.
"I should like to know," said a
friend, l*on what ground you selected
that boy, who had not a single re
commendation P"
'?You are mini?ken, my friend,"
was tho reply ; "ho had a great many,
and if you ca.ro to iistcu (J will crjqm
erato iv few qf tliem. lie wiped Iiis
feet when bo camo in and closed the
door after him, thereby showing that
ho is careful. He instantly gave up
Iiis seat to un old man who is lame,
showing that ho is kind and thought
ful. He took ofT Iiis cap when he
oamc in, ami answered my questions
promptly and respcclfulty, showing
tliat he is polite and gentlemanly.
He picked up the book that I had
purposely laid on tho Ho or and re
placed it upon the table, while all tiic
rest either stepped over it or shoved
it aside; and ho wailed quietly for
his turn, instead of pushing or crowd
ing, which evincos an honest, an or
derly disposition. When I talked
with him I noticed that his clothes
were cleanly brushed, his hair in nice
order, and smoothly brushed, and
his teeth as while as milk, and when
lie 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 more for what I can tell
about a boy by using my eyes for ten
minutes than all the line letters you
can bring mo."
Josh Billingisms.
If a young man hain't got a well
balanced bead i like to sec him part
his hair in the middle
I don't take any foolish chances.
If i wuz called upon to mourn over a
dead mule i should stnud in front of
him and do mi weeping.
There is no man so poor but what
he kan afford to keep one dog, and i
have seen them 90 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 makes the most of you.
Happy thought.
I never argy agin a success; when
i sec a raltlcsnaik's head slicking out
of his hole, i bear off to the left and
say to myself that hole belongs to
that snaik.
Tharc is one thing in Ibis world
that money kant buy, and that is the
wag of a dog's tail.
b'lattery is like colone water ; to be
swelled of, not swallowed.
Didn't Believe in Advertising.
The I'iedinont Ntws gives the fol
lowing ; A merchant of Culpeppcr
was protesting a day or two since,
that advertising benefitted nobody
but newspaper publishers; money
paid for advertisements was thrown
away ; nobody read them. We offer
ed to insert, in the most remote cor
ner of tbo paper ho might select, an
advertisement offering $\.bO a bushel
for wheat, provided ho would make
the offer good to those who might
read the advertisement aud call on
him. And do you think he would do
it? Rot a bit of it. And this is tho
way with most 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 faitli they
bavo iu their own works, and tacitly
acknowledging 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
ndversity takes to drinking, is n
grown-up baby ; but he 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 becauso ho doesn't use elegant
language, is a baby Ibat had no busi
ness to bavo ever grown up. An
ovcrdoso of soothing syrup would
havo been a blessing to him. The
eighteen year old girl who is senti
mental, and sighs for his early com
ing at tho gate, well she 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, i3 tho worst type of a
grown up baby.
Thoughts iincmi the Examintion.
PROVIDENCE, S. C, ?ug. 20, 187,9.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat;
All females who are interested in
public school teaching will remember
that last Friday, the 22nd inst,, was
the day cf "fire," as I would style it,
or perhaps running tho "gauntlet"
would bo* more modern. Well, 'tis
past for tliis year! Draw a long
breath, of relief, and, don't begin to
sigh for the next.
Carefully considering tho delicate
constitutions of females generally, for
we can sympathize with one another
better than the sterner sex, except
the pastor and family physician, J
would venture a few brief sentences
in the way of preparation for anothpr
time. First, go to tho place where
the examination is to bo held tiie day
before, not the building itself, but to
a hotel or private house, and by n\\
means get a good night's repose, with
out dreamy 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 stall'? The desks arc not cover
ed with velvet, nor arc the seats push?
ioned ; and as you may not do mupb.
writing but make a great many efforts
to do so, scribbling will, in nine
cases out of ten, * be the final re
suit. Third, The questions arc asked
in such a manner as to bring into ex
istence all your hidden and forgotten
light whether, under corn measures,
or heaps of wordly cares, sorrows,
responsibilities, perplexities, ami last
but not not least, earthly affections.
So, be cool, considerate, and like the
man whose wife (be it an everlasting
?harne 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 thougl|??some have
[been hidden too deop/I fear, and
some never learned, ffiuE>hy atoms
of knowlcdgo droppedTby thrjfatcllitcs
above you, you may come out a wiset
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 a9 good a teacher, as he is now
an eminent lawyer. Mr. Sheridan
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 gteat 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 tho school campaign for
1880? If so, lay your right hand
above the seat of life, and closo your
optics and allow me to slop down
with all the diguity of a teacher and
a mother. John Johi..
A Witty Professor.
On tho door of the Greek class
room, Professor Rlackie, of Edin
burgh, had occasion a few weeks ago
to put up this notice: "Prof. Placido
regrets ho is unable to meet his class
es." A waggish student, spying 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 qundrangle
as the "lasses." Hut who can joke
with Uiackic? Tho keen-eyed old
man, noticing tho prank that had
been played on him, quietly erased
another letter, and left the following
to be read by whom it might concern :
"Prof. Blackio regrets ho is unable to
meet his asses 1"
_
A Big Lie,
Tho 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 tho bitter kind.
In n recent issue it publishes an ex
tract, from a speech by Wendell Phil,
lips, in which Ihc lie about. Wade
Hampton feeding his negroes on cot
ton seed is reyamped. That lie was
exploded so long iigo that even Wen
dell Phillips should havo bocn asham
ed to put it together again, especially
as his imagination could easily have
manufactured a new and entertaining
lie that would not bp ao easily detect
ed. 0
"I am Dying, Egypt, Dying."
Tim Richmond Enqnivir gives tue
following interesting story of the
death of Gen. Lytlc, author of the
beautiful poem, "I am Djing, Egypt,
Dying." "Ho was hilled far in ad
vance of hie oomtnand, while gallant
ly leading an assault upo^n our lines,
and the Bleed and his dead rider were
both captured. So soon as it was
known that tho autjjor of that rare
poem, as faimjjar and as grpfttly ad
mired South as North, .'I'ara Dying,
Egypt, Dying,' lay dead in tho camp,
olllcors and men crowded around to
take a last look at Hip poet-goldier
who had achieved ?o great a literary
triumph. There was no rejoicing
over this fallen enemy ; but there was,
in truth, something on each soldier's
cheek thai, for a moment, washed
away the stt.ins of powder. Tender
ly l^ey Ippk him u,p ; and when Urn
Uqltlo wqs oyer, an cecoi t of honor,
appointed from among the leading
Confederate officers, bore him back
to his own camp, under a flag of
truce, and on a rudely constructed
funcrnl-hicr, with his martial cloak
around him. In life ljp had touched
that chord of human sympathy which
makes all the world nkin ; and in
death its harmonious vibrations si
lenced all rcsontmpnt, 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 tuny be given in a word or
a look, without diminishing aught of
our wealth. With courtesies alone
wo may illumine our pa'hway, and
pluck down blessings which no gold
could purchase, To he brotherly, to
befriend and cheer and console as far
as in us lie, these arc the crowning
graces of humanity?and all these aro
born of kindness, It is anger, breed
ing hate and cohtumply, that has fill
ed the earth with misery and ruin.
Anger ~ botween- Hundred \ and races, <
l>utore which all that is beautiful in
man vanishes, leaving only the wild,
fierce 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 peaco and happiness.
The home-hearth has been the ocnlio
of a paradise, and the community a
fraternal Elysium. Verily, "Better
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 mailer bow trivial the
occasion nor how small the promised
fruit. It is tho only language of our
nature that is universal and irresisti
ble.
Food for Reflection.
Act well your part. Dont't be sel
fish. Remember that it is by impart
ing happiness to others, and making
ourselves useful, that we rccoive hap
piness. Stand by this truth, live it
out, and always keep doing some
thing useful for the common good,
doing it well and acting sincerely.
Endeavor to keep your heart in tho
attitude of cherishing good will to all,
thinking and spoaking ill of no one,
and always with a kind word for eve
rybody. Selfishness is its own curse:
it is a starving one. The man who
does no good gets none. He is like
the heath in the deacrt, neither yield
ing fruit nor seeing when good coro?
etil, a stunted, dwarfish, miserable
sbrup. Let all your influence be ex
erted ior the purposo of doing all you
can for tho common good and indi
vidual welfare of every otic.
The Reason.
A man was standing at a corner
tho tho other day gazing at nothing
in particular, when a friend stopped
up to him aud said : "I see you havo
a mourning band on your hat?"
"Yes, I have; it's for my mother-in
law." "Your rootber-iu-law?." "Yes
my mother-in-law!" replied the man
in mourning. "Why, I didu't know
sho was dead?" "Well, she isn't?
stye recovered."
A^ woman at Greonburg, Ind., was
not sure that she wished to die, but
thought she did ; so sho put her neck
into a noose, stepped off n chair, tak
ing precaution to hold a sharp knife
in her band. The choking left her
no longer in doubt thai she still de
sired to live, and she hastily cut the
rope above her head.
I . Little Women.
IM like ft wife?ft little wife,
I want ^10 stately dame,
frfo regal Juno's .lightning glance
Can vel my heart uthune.
Let others bend, with eager gaze,
At haughty beauty's throne,
But ah! It Is a fairy queen
Who claims me as her own 1
A dainty, woo, and winsome thing
Like her the poet ehigs, -
Who seems to tread this grqssor earth
Upborne by,fairy whisfs,
Who walks antftaiksand.?ln^ and smUea
In such a witching Mr ay,
Thnt lovb must iii her pathway sprang
Ab flowers spring in May.
The little bird, as all oau see,
Has e'er the sweetest song;
To little flower* in the shade
Tho sweetest blooms belong;
The IHtlo gen\ of purest ray
Is found* without n flaw,
And little women, rule the world.
Jty univeral law.
Her little head is always poised
With such an airy grace;
She's (juiie an artist in her hats,
And eritlc in her lace,
llet- dress, however rutlletl and puffed
I s dainty, trim ami neat;
And, oh! St. Crispeu's leathern soul
Would rnelt before her feet.
VU Jrust those fept, those Uttlp feet,
To never trip or rail
1*11 trust those little hhnds.for help,
If help can come alolf;
I'll trust that little heart to solve
The puzzling things of life;'
I'll wail for thee, my dearest one,
To be my little wife! " r '
How to Take Life.
Take life like a man. Take it just
as though it was?as it^ is?an earn
est, vital, essential ajfpjr. Take it
just as though you wcro personally
born to the task of performing a mer
ry part in it, as though the world
waited for your coining. Take it as
though it was a grand opportunity to
do ami to achieve, to carry forward
great and good schemes ; to help to
cheer a suffering, weaty, it may be,
broken hearted brother. The faot is,
lifo 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 manor wqm.an that ac
complishes ono lithe of what might
be done? Who cannot look upon op
portunities lost, plans mmchicved,
thoughts crushed, aspiration^ unful
filled, and all caused from the lack ol
the necessary and possible effort V H
we knew better how to tako 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 Us.the treasure without money
and without price. She oan only ask
in return, that w.hon you look upon
her, your eyes shall speak a mute de
votion ; when you address^ her your
voice shall be gentle and kind. That
you shall not despise her because she
cannot all at onco understand your
vigorous thoughts and ambitous
plans, for when misfortune and evil
have defeated your greatest purpose,
her love remains to console yoi*.
You look upon the troo of strength
and grandeur; do not despise the
flowers because their fragrance is all
thoy have to give. Kemcmber, love
is tbc only thing which God pcrmita
her to carry beyond the gravo.
Labor
Honest, hoarty, contented labor is
tho oniy 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 loogevity. Dabor, in general, in
stead of shortening the term of life,
actually increases 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, whilo the busy bec Oils its day
in usefulness and honor.
A Horrible Fate Averted
During a terriblo wind storm tho
house of Mrs. Adelaide Burton, of
Roxabcl, N. C., was blown down and
the lady covered with debris. She
was finally taken out, apparently
dead, aud propagations raado for
burial. At the funeral, as the casket
was being removed to tho hearse, she
raised up and asked what this all
meant. Her suddon rovival created
consternation as well as joy. It was
found that shp had only been in a
trance. Sho is perfectly well, and in
a few hours was supcrintendiug tho
workmen clearirg away her wrecked
dwelling.
Tfjbulo jtp, aJVIpther. 1
Children look into those eyes, listen,
to that dear voice, noticplbq. feeing
of even a single touch that isbestpw
ed upon you by that gentle haadl
.Make much of it while yet; yon h|XP
that most precious of all gifts, a Wr*^
ing mother. Read the uufatbottMrnhju
love of those eyes; the kind ? aflilel^*|;
of that tpue..and iflPk, howeVer slighi
your pain. In after life you may
have friends, fond, dear friends ; but
never will yon '. bayp ;.sj;ajn t&'ejinex
prcssiblc love and geo^cupss Idy\shm.
upon you which none Inn, a mother
bestows. .Often d,o j .,oijjb .fo^ty^
struggles with, tjjo o^qrk, uncaring
world, far the sweet, deep seiiui[ii^?f|'*:
felt when, of an evening, ncslltiignin
her bosom,/ jhVteijed to, some^qqle^s
tale, suitable to my age, read in her
lender and untiring voice/ Never
can I forget the sweet glances cast
j upon mo when I appeared asleep;
i never her kiss of peace at night.
Years have passed away since w.q
laid iier beside our father in Ihju
old chnrph-yard ; and still her voice
I whispers from tup grave, and her
eye watches aver mo, as I visit spqts,,
long since hallowed to the memory of
my mother.
Editor's WbrK,
JSome people, ignorant of ?fh^fc
good,, editing is, amaginothojjettingty
up of selected matter to bo tho ea9i-(\ ?
est work in the world to do.!whereas
, i ?.iiit;:,.'.
it is the nicest work done on any.pa
. nil.' irdl nA'M
per. If they sec the editor with scisj.^
sors in Ids hand, they arct sure, to...
say ; "Eh I that's the way you get, on
otiginal matter, eh?" accpnjpAnyLvus .
their new and witty .questions with
an idiotic wiuk.or smije. Tho facts
arc that the interest, Um^ variety arid. ,
usefulness pf a paper ,deppnd', in jip
small ^egr,ce upon the selected mas
ter, fand'few men aretc^aoablepf j^bo
position who wouhl ,;;.pt themselves .
be.able to write mn^y of,,tho ?rUc^s.^
they e?J?ct, A sensible editor dp- -...
?irqs CG- !cj .selected ?. matter^i*
because ho knows .that one~ caimc^7
makejsp.gopd as five or six.
Hands Off;
A woman's safeguard is to keep a.'
man's hands off of her. It you needj
his assistance in .walking, take' h'm
arm.instpad of Uis lading ^ypjirs^' ?fus't'4
tell him in plain E.nglisbWVanjils <wf>-K
He may not Jike it at the time,* but
he will reSpec^ you in.future tcn-loM.
more. Men will be and do. just wKnft *
the women allow them to. do. Jfen .,
will not do lo trust, .Give a'maji '
your arm and you will pnd him very
confidential, and he will.take a grpjot
many privileges he would hot take if1
ho were not permitted to dp so. Ho.
will give your arm many loving
squeezes and sly twists that ho could
have no opportunity of doing, and
the opportunity is just what ho i:i
after,
??..?* ? ? ... . tl : ??>:\.yj\ j v?!t JUJ?S?
The Republican campaign in Maiho
is not llouriohing. Even the New
York Times correspondent aflirma
lhat.the party cannot obtain a mafip#4''j
ity on the popular vote, ami in thip
caao a combination between the Dem- ?
oprata a^ud^reenbacker? will malte'1
the Governor. The Radical leadettf*
are ail at 'sixes and sevens. Skcx
man acored a failure in hjLo. campaign. -
The Maine JRadicolp.oro stalwart, and J
are infected with aofcmoncy theorieW- ?
Sherman advocate hard, money, and
was not vindictive Enough about tho
South. The cleotion iu Mainepohje^'.
off on the 6th of September. ? :
Tuu man who spends a liletime in
investigating the idiosyncrasies ot tho.
spinal column of . an insect only ,
known in Central Africa, and which
pan only bo sepn under a powerful
microscope^ generally gets a monu
ment and is e Icq ted lo various socle?, i
ties, w^ilp tho maji wjio gets op a
ten cent squdnjeh ap^ sells. j$j for.
half a dime lives his allotted, np.au
and dies without causing a ripple p{
excitement.
Mr. tG. XV. Curtis says, ??be bloody
shirt has become again the banner of
American liberty, and he Who does
not wear it is a cqntempljblc coward.'*
Bold language for a wariior "who
served his 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.
Extcnsivo preparations are being
mr.do in California to view thp eclipse J
of the sun, which will be visible iu
that Stale next January,
