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ORANGEBURG/, S. C, FRIDAY, OCTOBER {J, 1879.
No. 40.
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Branchvills.
Brancitvillk, S. C, Sept, 2G, 1879.
Editor Oranijebxirg Democrat:
I htwo thought that a lino from
this bustling, busy town might not
be unacceptable to your readers. But
little appears iu your paper from this
eeotion of the county. It is not, how
over, your fault?it is ours. Wo do
siot write?and we do not write, not
because there is nothing to say, but
because of an indisposition to exer
cise pen and head. I am satisfied if
wo would write you would give us a
place every week in what I conceive
to bo one of tho newsiest county pa
pers in the State. If I had the car
of Orangcburg County I would say
substantially to every man that he
was doing himself and his family and
his county a positive harm by not
taking and supporting this paper.
Their was a time in the history of
this town when it was about as much
as a man's life was worth to spend
the months of August and September
here. But under the direction of
thoughtful and enterprising men who
have for several years been at the
head of affairs, the streets have been
thrown up, tho lots have been Glied
up by hauling dirt, and tho town has
been thoroughly drained, so that now
health reigns where a few years ago
sickness and death brooded. A lady
said in my presence several years
ago, in defending the place, that the
"town was healthy but that the peo
ple were inclined to be sick.'' Now
it can be said "the town is healthy
and the people are inclined to health."
There are just now many indications
of thrift. Old houses are being taken
down and new, more substantial and
sightly ones arc going up. The
painter is also busy, and in a short
time Mr. Mitchell, who is a superior
workman, will give a more sightly ap
pearance to the place. Mr. A. P. II.
Dukes, who leads the trade, has
greatly enlarged and beautiGed his
place of business. He is opening
now a very heavy stock of good in
all lines, and is marking them at very
low Ggnres. I heard his clerk say to
-irim yesterday "there Is no-place l?r
this piece of One dress goods we must
sell it out to-day at cost to get rid of
it." He is a very accommodating, en
terprising and successful merchant.
Indeed, the town is full of excellent
men, in the mercantile line. Messrs.
Bruce, Rhoad, Myers, Loryea, &c,
are all doing well. It is I believe
the best cotton market on the line of
road. It has sold as high as 10 3 4
cents, and }'OU weight it yourself. I
do verily believe that if the people ol
Orangeburg, lower Barnwcll and up
per Collcton knew how cotton was
banc'led here, and how cheap goods
were sold, that they would all turn
their attention to this plaoe. We
have wonderful facilities here, two
daily mails from Charleston and two
to Charleston, and four opportunities
of going to the city by rail in twenty
tour hours. Wo have two churches
in and near the place. One Metho
dist and one Baptist. Breaching in
the former three Sabbaths in the
month, and in the latter one Sabbath
in tho month. These churches are
on good terms. They vie with each
other only in seeing who can serve
the Master best. The churches arc
well attended, and religion is very
far from being under par. We have
also in and near two schools?one
taught by a lady and the other by a
gentleman. Tbey are now running
as public schools, and are very well
attended. There is just now no
Trial Justice here. There are two
applicants for the position, but neith
er has yet been appointed. I do not
know that we will be beriously dam
aged if no appointment is ever made.
I have long since been inclined to the
opinion that if we had fewer and
Birapler laws and less law facilities,
we would be a more contented and
orderly people. There is, however,
to all this, one draw back, which the
City Fathers might control?to wit,
tho large number of hogs that are al
lowed to go at large in the streets by
day, and sleep around the doors and
corners at night, thus generating
filth and fleas. Have wo not written
enough to show that the future of
Branchvillo is assured. If not conic
down and read it in the unchronicled
-. Vox.
Tho last slave sold in the Confed
eracy was in 18G5, near Richmond,
a colored man who was bought for
900 heads of cabbage. Cabdago was
worth a dollar head consequently tho
colored man footed up at $900.
"He Goes for M. L. B."
Orancsekuug, Sept. 20th, 1879.
Mr. Editor:
I noticed! a letter in the Dkmochat
last week signed t4M. L. B." which I
confess I am unable to understand.
I have come across the writings ol
this individual before, and they are
all wrapped in mystery and enigmat
ical a(lueions. Why dou't he write
in plain English so that he might
evolve some thought for his readers
to profit by? All that I could make
out of his article was a would-be ridi
cnlo of Critic. But this won't set
well. The people are pleased with
Critic and know bim to bo a practical
and successful fanner, which is more
than they can say of "M. L. B."
When a farmer writes on agriculture
and his farm is a failure, his words
are of little weight; but when every
thing around him prospeis, as with
Critic, his advice, whether written or
spoken, is heeded. Such are the ag
ricultural writers the country wants,
and not failures. Let them go ahead.
The people arc listening.
Observer.
I take the above from the Orange
burg Times of last week. Observer
has evidently too much bile on the
stomach?he should take something.
There are several, however, who owe
Observer one for a licarty laugh,
among whom is critic himself.
"'1 hat individual," armed with Ob
server's pup-gun, purposely lay iu
ambusli for Critic. No doubt this
rusty charge of wind was Observer's
only amunition reserved for a holi
day, but wasted on "that individual."
He speaks individually for the peo
ple, and like a knight errant?a se
cond Don Quixotic--sallies out to
redress their wrongs, and let us know
what they want. It is a pity that
Observer's eyes are like a wood
cock's so near the top of his head as
tp leave no room for brains.
M. L. B.
Wicked Ben.
Old lien Butler is the best nomi
nated candidate that has ever been
before the people. Most aspiiant'i
are satisfied to secure the majority of
a single convention, but not so with
Butler. The unanimous votes of
three conventions^have put Uiin_^o4i
the track for the governor's mansion.
The Greenback convention consisted
of about twelve hundred delegates,
the Butler Democratic convention of
nine hundred and fifty, and the Inde
pendent Republican convention of
about twelve hundred and sixty. The
temporary chairman and secretary of
the Independent convention held
similar positions in the first Republi
can convention ever held in Massa
chusetts twenty-five years ago. The
Republicans have nominated Lieu ten
ant-Governor Long for governor and
are terribly afraid that Butler will
beat him. The straighout Democrats
will make a nomination, but four
fifths of the party will go for Butler.
Butler runs entirely on State issues
and goes for economy. The Republi
cans have been very extravagant, and
they fear the hand-writing on the
wall. We hope Butler will win. He
is no worse than the stalwart ma
chine Radicals.? Winnsboro Actos &
I J er aid.
Munificence.
Northern munificence will soon be
come as proverbial as Southern hos
pitality used to be. The princely
endowment of a Southern institutiou
at Nashville, Tcnn., by Vauderbilt,
and the liberal donations from chari
table Northern people to every well
endorsed claim for sympathy shows
?hat the "ynnkeo" and the Southern
er are after all one people, one race,
one stock, one blood, one common
humanity. The last generous re
sponse to suffering Memphis by Jay
Gould, the New York broker, author
izing drafts upon him to foot up the
bills for all needs is a monument
more enduring than brass could be to
the liberality of the munificent donor.
Let Ii? hear no more of sectionalism
when such examples refute the charge
that the virtues of benevolence be
long to any particular section of the
human family.?Beaufort Crescent.
A Clean Job.
Two sons of Erin, shovelling sand
on a hot day stopped to rest, and ex
changed views on the labor question.
"Bat, this is mighty hard work we're
at." "It is, indadc, Dennis ; but what
kind of work is it you'd like if you
could get it?" "Well," said Dennis,
leaning reflectively on his shovel, and
wiping the perspiration horn the
back of his hand, "for a nice, aisy,
clane job, I think I would like to be a
bishop."
Sound Advice..
The New York World gives the
following advice to the South, which
roust commend itself to the people of
this .section ?s both sensiblo and ex
pedient : "The Northern Democracy
are to be assailed as the upholders
and defenders of an alleged cruel and
coercive policy ot tho Southern Dem
ocrats in reBpect to dealing with the
negroes as citizens, as voters and as
laborers. In the face of such an im
pending contest at the North it will
not do for the South merely to pro
test that it has no policy to present,
but must stand still to act as an um
pire between the East and the West,
should they disagree. Let the South
ern States understand that they are
self-governing States under the Con
stitution and then let the "Solid
South" prove what its civilization at
home is to be, and what doctrines
about free election, finance, taxation
and public economy its people will
uphold. Since the Stalwarts will
have it that a "solid South" dictates
to the Northern Democracy, let the
"solid South" accept the situation
and put out its Hag* phi inly and bold
ly, in order that tho independent vo
ters ot New York may seo for them
selves what it is that the South seeks
and will vindicate. General Chalmers
of Missississippi, in his outspoken
declaration that such a Union sol
dier and lover of civil liberty as Gen.
Hancock is his first choice for the
Presidency, sets up a standard in our
columns to-day which we do not
think will terrify the business men
and tho right-minded voters of the
North."
Atrocious Murder.
On Saturday last a young negro
woman, named Margaret Simkins,
living on-the plantation of Captain
James Brooks, five miles northwaid
of us, wns shot through the neck with
a single-barrel shot gun and instant
ly killed. She was lying at the time
across the foot of her bed, and length
wise in the bed Jay her husband, Jno.
Simkins, sick of intermittent fever.
TbTs-mati ? eftof ts-rhafc- ljfc-wiresTnrte'ef
by the sudden report of the gun, &c.
But, to make the story short, the
jury of inquest, which has met twice,
have rendered a verdict that the wo
man came to her death at the hands
of her husband, and consequently the
man, John Simkins, has been lodged
in our jail. The woman was about
25 years old ; the man is about 30.
Jealousy is supposed to be the cause
of the foul deed.?Edgf?ld Advertis
er.
One Good Result of the War.
The misfortunes of the war, culmi
nating in the loss of servants, has de
volved on the daughters in Southern
families much of the bard work form
erly done by the slaves, and they
have become more practical women
than they could ever have been if
reared with a servant at their com
mand, ready at all times to do their
bidding. In all that pertains to the
art of housekeeping, the girls of to
day are better educated than their
mothers were. Th:y have learned to
work for themselves, and for the
families of which they are members.
Cultivated in mind, muscles and mo
rals, boautiful iu form and manner,
modest in speech and apparel, the
Southern girls are tho peers of any
the world can produce.
A Bargain.
There is some humor in Texas.
The other day a man brought out a
forlorn spavined-looking steed, and
I addressed the spectators thus: "Fel
low-citizens, this is the famous horse,
Dandy Jack. Look at him. He's
perfect. If he were sent to the horse
maker nothing could be done for him.
What shall I have for the matchless
steed?"
"What will you take for him?"
yelled the crowd.
"Two hundred dollars."
"Give you ?5."
"Take him, I never let 8195
stand between mo and a horse trade.
That's business."
-
Joe Peutz took a rille to his wed
ding, at Mark,s Gap,Texas. The sex
ton tried to persuade him to leave it
at the door on entering the church, but
be persisted in carrying it across his
shoulder as he walked with tho bride
up the aisle to the altar rail. His ex
planation was that a rival suitor had
threatened to kill hita on this occa
sion, nod ho meant to bo prepared for
I defense.
Woman's Righti.
Do not be frightened atthe caption
reader, for wo are not gobg to indict
on you a long homily on modern
Woman's Rights. We ire opposed
to all that kind of nqisense, but
women have God-given lights, much
higher than any of tlese. Chief
among her rights is prote/tion at the
hands of man. Recent)/ we com
mented on the Sprnguo Oonkling af
fair, and condemned the creatures,
who pretend to be men, .'or throwing
dirty slurs at a lady on to evidence
whatever of hes guilt. There is
where wo have ever stool. Female
virtue lies at the very foundation of
society?without it, there can bo no
society ; without society no govern
ment, and without govornmcnt no
progress, no civilization. It is a
thing infinitely ahove pico. It is
only the meanest of Gods creatures
that will wantonly rob a women of
her good name. If, in a thoughtless
moment, ono repeals sotao rumor
concerning a woman, one r?eis a loss
of self respect, and the slug of con
science proclaims that a gnat wrong
has been done. A man who can,
without remorse, add, by Iis tongue,
to woman's blame, is fit fo; any crime
that his cowardice will permit him to
perpetrate. A woman's chr/ncter is
much dearer to her than 1hY life, and
ho who attacks her character, .is
much worse than tho nsslssin who
socks only the woman's Ife. God
made woman the weaker, and has
placed her under the protection of
mnn. She does not vote nn* mix in
tho out-door turmoil of j lifo, nor
do we agree will? those Ifho would
place her in such position^but while
she is in the home, as nai's weaker
companion, he should deceit her hon
or, even at tho expend. J?f the last
drop of bis blood. ProuKion is the
right of the woman,' anflwhen she
barters it away for thcjfijallot, she
throws herself out of tluhcuannel de
signed by her MakerJbejotnes the
target of tho world's rffalife, and the
moral standard of society | ea down,
down into utter anarchy.^
MatrimonialTairs.
Matrimonial fairs are still kept up
in tho south of Ireland, where all the
"likely hoys and girls" in the parish
are on view, and all the "matches" in
the year are made. For days before
there is quite a stir in tho neighbor
hood, and a twitter run3 throagh tho
entire female population. There is a
universal stitching and a buying of
ribbons ; every girl you meet on the
road holds out her hand for six
pence, and you can't speak to a do
mestic servant without hanging out
signals of distress. On the day of
"Shrafting" the girls stand in a row
on the village green, while "the
boys," as they are called, cluster to
gether at a little distance, dressed in
their best, bht looking ns sheepish as
possible. Tho real business of the
occasion, however' is done by the
parents on both sides.
Why She Wept.
A young lady of Douglass, Mo.,
recently showed more good sense
than is common with lovesick dam
sels. She had been courted by a
young man who took the name of
Westmoreland, and who, though a
stranger, had secured her consent
and that of her parents to their mar
riage. The twain were on their way
to be married, when Westmoreland
was arrested by Sheriff Donald, of
Springfield, Mo. It appears that the
real name of Westmoreland was
Wood, that he had been indicted for
fraudulent voting, had skipped from
Springfield, and that the sheriff had
been sent in search of him. When
the young lady was informed of the
facts she cried as though her heart
would break. Sheriff Donald asked
her if she wept for her lover, and she
gavo the sensible answer, "No; I'm
mad to think what a fool I was."
"Thar is times for all things," said
Daddy Wilson, "and one of tho best
of 'ein is the time when you hold both
bowers and the ace?don't you disre
memher it." uBut,"snid his grandson,
s'pose the joker, nn' queen an' nine,
an' ten is in the other feller's hand,
what then?" "Dern yer modern im
provements 1" exclaimed tho old man
sorrowfully.
If Cetcwayo should come to Ameri
ca he would find but little difficulty in
making money, I'oeplo would rush
in such numbers that he wouldn't
know whether ho was a walking
match or a boat race.
Gentlemanly Girls.
The young lady of the period rath
er prides herself on her gentlemanly
appearance. She wears a round hat,
and raises it by way of acknowledg
ing a how ; uses her umbrella or par
asol as a cane ; thrusts her gaily col
ored handkerchief in her "ulster"
pocket, and flourishes it from time tc
time in a marked manner. She uses
slang, and characterizes her male
friouds as "jolly fellows," or "slow
coaches." This boldness towards her
male friends is far more disagreeable
to us than the wearing of hats suita
ble for men, or garments cut in a
shape formerly used by gentleman
alone. Girls make a great mistake
in thus forgetting the delicacy of
their sex. How strange they do not
know that manislmess or boldness
is as offensive to young men, if they
are true gentlemen, as it is to their
mothers. Young men know that the
jewels need to be sought after, and
do not lie on tlie surface to be picked
up by any one. When young men
are ready to marry, they seek the
modest, unobtrusive young ladies.,
who are busy with books and home
duties, who dress in quiet taste, and
arc neither in gait nor manners in
clined to mnnishness. Girls like
these do not need to "do the court
ing," or dress conspicuously to at
tract the attention of the other sex.
Think less of your "nobby hat,'' girls,
and more of the heads beneath theui.
?Palmetto Yeoinan.
A Fatal Accident.
A most distressing accident occurr
ed at tho residence of Mr. W. P.
Wright, in Martin township, near the
Abbeville line, on Monday evening
last, which resulted in the death of
Mr. William Fields and the painful
if not serious injury of Mr. Wright.
It seems that Mr. Wright had called
together a number of his neighbors to
assist him in raising a crib, which
was to occupy the same ground of an
old one recently torn away. On one
side of tho old building was u shed,
which it was desired should remain
"nn~(iT>rcomu ^ ipo-^oA iJubn&whnililT
ing, and which had accordingly been
propped up. As they were proceed
ing with tho raising of the new crib,
however, from some cause or other,
the shed fell, striking both Mr. Fields
and Mr. Wright, the fuimer dying
from the injuries received within an
horn's time. Tho injuries sustained
by Mr. Wright were not so serious,
though at first it was feared he could
not recover. He was better when we
heard last, however, and it is thought
he will be able to be out in a few
days. Mr. Fields was a valued citi
zen, a quiet and industrious fanner
and a good neighbor, who enjoyed
the confidence and esteem of all his
acquaintances. He leaves a wife and
several children to mourn Iiis untime
ly death.?Amhrson Jntelliacncer.
The Reason Why.
We often wondered why girls mar
ry. An Austin young lady upon
the subject says : "Well, no, I don't
know as I'd marry for money alone,
but if a man bad plenty of money al
lied to a sweet disposition, and a
mustache that curled at both ends,
and nice blue eyes, and a respectable
profession, and his father was rich,
and his mother and sisters were aris
tocratic, and he wanted to marry me,
and would promise to let me have my
own way in everything, and keep me
liberally supplied with coin, and have
a nice furnished house with a big pi
ano in it, and would give me two dia
mond rings, and would pay my dry
goods, milliner's and dressmaker's,
bills without grumbling, and I really
and truly loved him?I wouldn't con
sider his money any drawback to the
match."
Tub Fort Way no (Texas) Demo
crat reports th.\t in Johnson County,
a lady was visited by two of her lady
friends who spent the day with her.
She told them of having lately re
ceived a large sum of money, and
that the absence of her husband an
noyed her because sjm was afraid of
being robbed. That night a stronger
stopped at her house, and during the
night, being awakened by a noise in
tho lady's room, he looked through
tho window and saw two negroes in
her bed. He fired at them,ami killed
both, arid just then two persons fled
from near tho house. On investiga
tion it was found that the negroes
were tho lady's guests digniscd, and
it is supposed tho two who fled were
their husbands.
Second Hand Love.
What.care ? if you have loved before,
So that you love me?love me best and
last!
Nor would I ask you to forget the ties
That bound your heart to happy days
now past.
'Tie tho remembrance, of tholoves that
wore
By which your heart oau guogo Its
love for me;
E'en as my own throbbed at another's
touch,
Beats it now more quickly with
thoughts of thee.
I know that you have whispered oft be
fore
Tho same sweet nothings you breathe
to me now;
? know your lips have passionately
pledged.
In other moments, Constancy's fond
vow.
I know that there are tender menioi les
still
That speak to you of happiness gone
by;
I know that, in its deepest depth, your
sotd,
Hath hidden feelings that may never
die.
Yet care I not if you have loved before,
Mo that those loves are but in memory
past;
Nor do I ask you to forget those dreams
Now that you love me?love mo beat
and last.
Ohio.
Tho Detroit JP>ee Press, comment
ing on the boast of the Radicals,
says; "There has not been an elec
tion in Ohio within the past six years
tiiat the Republicans have not claim
ed, in advance, that they would have
a majority of 20,000 or upwards, and
there has not been an election within
the same period of time in which they
had an absolute majority of 5,000
votes, and the highest plurality for
their party was but 7,51 G given for
Hayes in 187G. The Democracy car
ried the State in 1873 and" 1874.
The Republican plurality in 1875 was
but 5,544, and the majority less thau
3,300; the Republican plurality in
October, 187G, was but.C,03G and the
majority 4,753 ; the succeeding No
vember the majority was but 2,951;
in 1877 the Democrats carried the
State, and last year the Republicans
had a plurality of but 3,154, and were
in an absolute minority of over 41,
000. The Republicans may sarry
Ohio this year, hut if they do they
will hardly have a single vote to
spare. The force which almost car
ried tho State, both in October and
November, 1877, is solidly on the
side of Ewing, and it alone can hold
the Republicans down to a bare ma
jority. When it comes to voting the
Democrats of Ohio arc usually on the
I spot."
Knights of Honor.
"The Knights of Honor is one of
tho very best Mutual Benefit Associa
tions in the world. Statistics prove
it to be in the front rank, if not
ahead, of Associations of this kind.
In an experience of six years it .has
paid two thousand dollars each upon
seven hundred and tluee deaths; and
one thousand each upon two others,
making a grand total of one million,
four bund cd thousand dollars; and
all this has been done by fifty-four
assessments, or an average of nine
per annum; in other words, it has on
ly' cost a man under forty-fivo years
of age lifty-four dollars to pay his
shave toward making up the enormous
sum named above ; and all tho time
he has boen insured in tho sum of two
thousand dollars, at a cost of only
nino dollars a year. Who can ask
for anything better or cheaper than
that? and the result is more astonish
ing when wo consider the fact that
the Order lost last year within a peti
od of ninety days, during tho yellow
fevar epidemic, one hurj-lrel and
ninety-three members by that terrible
scourge; and whose bench is have I een
paid and are included in the above
named deaths."?Plattsburg {N. Y.)
Seniinti.
A sea captain, trading to the
African coast, was invited to meet a
committee of a society for the evan
gelization of Africa. Among nume
rous questions touching the habits
and religion of the African races, he
was asked : "Do the subjects ol the
King of Dahomey keep Sunday?"
"Keep Sunday!" ho replied, "yes,
and every other thing they can lay
their hands on."
Thrice has Ben Butler, like Cre
sar, been offered the crown. First
by the Greenbackcrs, then by the In
dependent Democrats, and finally by
the il aller it es, or Independents, puro
and simple, Unlike Caisar, however,
the modern warrior-statesman didn't
make a, motion to ?put by" the
glittering bauble. Whether those
proposed to give it can "deliver the
goods" remains to be seen..
Oats.
Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
How - to improve your lauds and
make paying crops, was the proposi
tion we started out with. I contend
Mr. Editor, that the Oat orop ranks
first in importance to the farmer in ?
order to accomplish this desirablo ob
ject. Very many farmers, In our
county, are prejudiced against this
crop. Onr fathers, in ante bellum
days, entertained the erroneous no
tion that tbe Oat crop was poisonous
to land, and many of our present
farmers, who have cotton on the
brain, believe it to be a great exhaust
er, so much so that they will not sow
it on lands good for cotton or coro.
They plant on hill-sides too late ip
the Bcaaon, without a particle of ma
nure. What can they expect to reap?
"J. 0. H.," answers, Nothing ! for he
baa tried this manner of planting -?
Oats. It won't pay. "J. C. H." as-/-?
serts from personal experience, that
the Oat crop, properly planted and ^
fertilized, is the most remunerative *
to the farmers of Orangeburg County.
McQ. Salley, a successful Oat grower,
will bear me out in this assertion,
and his crops of corn and cotton fol
lowing Oats, prove conclusively that
Oats will not poison your lands. I
am anxious to remove this prejudice
fiom the minds of our farmers, and I
think I can do it. Conic and see
what a luxuriant growth of Peas,
(notwithstanding the unprecedented
drought we have just passed through)
I have on those acres, from which
I harvested, over one hundred bushels
per uote. The Oat plant is a hearty
feeder and thirsty plant. Ammonia
and bone is the manure for Oats, with
deep plowing to hold moisture. Oats
should be planted from the middle
of October to the middle of Novem
ber, on well broken soil, properly
fertilized. Orangeburg County affords
the best climate in the world for
fall Oats. J. C. H.
Two Years In Texas.
Yesterday wo met at the union
passenger depot a younj&nan wjto
was on his return to his home in
South Carolina after spending two
years in Texas, where he had been
engaged herding cattle and getting
them in shipping order for the East
ern market. He says he has had
enough of Texas life, and proposes lo
spend the remainder of his existence
in tbe States. Speaking about the
roughness of tbe western part of the
Lone Star State, he remarked that,
while on a trip to that section he
came in contact with a man who said
be bad not seen a woman in two
years. He said that he thinks this
quite likely, as he traveled all over
the western portion of the Slate for
six months and did not see but ono
woman. Tbe entire population of
the country westward of Fort Worth
to tbe lino is composed of cowboys
and stock raisers and herders, with
here and there a small settlement
of half-breed Indians. Our inform
ant states that he saw numbers of
Georgians in Texas. Some of tbem
were doing well, while others were
only managing to live, and intend to
return as soon aa they can procure
transportation.~ Atlanta Constitution.
Character is always known. Thefts
never enrich; alms never impoverish ;
murder will speak out of stone walls.
The least admixture of alle?for ex
ample, the least attempt to make a
good impression, a favorable appear
ance?will instantly vitiate tbe ef
fect ; but speak the truth, and all Na
ture; anb all nids will help you with
unexpected furtherance.
Two girls who lately ran away
from Long Island are thus graphically
described by their father : "Laura age
18, dressed in a straw hot j Florence
J., ago 1C, blue suit." We tremble iu
view of the possibility of the fair Lau
ra's hat blowing off.?Boston Trans
cript.
Singular, isn't it, that when a man
gives his wife a dime to buy a box of
hair-pins or a gum ring for the baby,
it looks about seven limes as big as
when he planks it down on the bar
for a little gin and bitters for the
stomach's sake ?
When a man pulls out his sixpence
and gives that, when he is laying by
thousands and thousands of pounds,
I can only consider that he forms a
pretty accurate measurement of the
valuo of his religion.?Spurgeon,
