The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1872-06-15

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smiles and rubs his hands and bends his
head, and the words ezude from his
mouth as if they We're actually visoous.
But who, I say, likes himf To women
ne is ali soft fattery-to ,neu he fs all
gentle dsference; he acquiesces With an
obsequious bow before you have said
what you mean; and Mrs. General, who
devoted her life to cultivatiug in others
'stewed prune" expression Of couuteu
ance, could have been taught by
Pallnurus The difficulty is that the
sugar Is sanded. You have to receive
the manners of Palinurus as the boys BIZ,
Deacun Truss's candy-with the con.
scious possibility of encoun.eriug a
boulder. All this sugar is sauded with
lns'ncerity. The boulder against which
you might break your teeth is falsity.
Aud why, say, as read in the news.
paper the report about the grocers-why
should not sugar be sanded, if manners
are?
Does it go beyond manners? asked
myself the question because I chauced
to see Feiina tripping by in the morn.
my sunshine. A bright, pretty, pleas
ant young woman l believe that YOU
think her, apparently equable as the
mild breeze aud gentle as the ideal May
know her well from old family associa.
tion, and ! shall not deny that she has
great attractions. 1t is cheerful, buoy
ant temperament. She is gay, aud
makes others so. Felina is sweet wo.
man, is the general remark and dow
ager ladies tap Whisker, her husband
with their fans as he brings them stewed
terrap!n ut supper, and say to him, DO
ycu know yeur blessiugs2 Do YOU
know what it is to have such u woman
as Fellna as the sugar in your cup 2"
Whisker thinks that he does. He
lmagines that he knows all about it. She
is pleasant and gay, but she is not au
angel She Is, indeed, "a sweet little
thing" but the house is untidy, the
children are slatternly. Felina is very
lovely but very lazy and shiftlcss.
Certainly, dear madame" hc replies to
Mrs. Terrapin certainly Fcina is the
sugar in mig cup" Audibly he says no
moro, and stands grinning bcfore the
dowager. But i'll he does not say it to
himself, he feels always, sugar f. oh /,
certainly, sugar but 1T is sandrd."
When Feifua had passed did not
take up thy paper. I was thinking of n
certain friend of ours who, as he says, is
also the friend Of all unfortunate causes.
1t is my glory" he adds, ''to be ad-
dicted to philanthropy What is more
elevatng than philanthropy {? Hail
philanthropy, and all the oppressed
peoples and unfortunate causes !" What
charm that call has Our friend has
not spared his tongue or his pen in ad
vocatfmg the projeet of u balloon express
to the moon, which he declares will be a
boon to suffering humanity. Give US. ;"
he cries, 20 perverse and fcklc genera
tion, give us but balloon express to the
moon, and humanity will cease to suffer.
In the name Of humanity l demand this
and every other kind Of express" Here
are honest sympathy aud sincere hope
There is no reason f,r doubtng shat ou,
FREUD hetus what he says He over
flows with sweetness toward his kird
lie is eloquent, devoted; aad when we
call the roll Ut those whom progress aud
.tio.a' ,i:a::a..: = !h:::;of, -. Il, n:t Ger
Sct his name.
In fact, to very many Of US his nam,s
stands for an exceptional character oil
fidelity sad simplicity and self sacrifice +
and those of US who are 80 lucky as To
have children mediate the propricty os
gi7irg thcnl his uunIc But what is tliI
VI iip-tiS, >iIsiI DuT
case honesty s tie BEST pciiey? Their,
is something unplcasantly suggestive il
his tone. Aud when it appears thai
our friend has Invested large sums
money in the chance OF a lunar expresa
when we discover that our friend OF hu /
n'r'dty is Intensely selfish and vindictive
that the eevctee of the rights of op
pressed peoples has urade huge for
tune by blockade running into thci,
ports, aud that the champion ofaIl unior T
tunate causes has had an eye upnu tn,
support ct the rest Of their irieuds, W,
d' lrot say that he iS false aud scound [
rel, Tor he ID not; but we do say that
the reported is evidently correct, au.l