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

smiles and rtibs his hands and bends his
bead, and the Words ezude from his
mouth as If shef We're actually viscous.
But who, + say, likes himf To women
he is all soft aattery--to men he 70 all
gentle ds.erercej he acquiescss With an
obsequiots bow before you, have said
what you mean; and Mrs. General, who
devoted her life to cultivatiug in others
'stewed prune" expression of counteu
ance, could nave been taught by
Palinurus. The difficulty is that the
sugar is sunded. You have to receive
the manners of Palinurus as the boys bit
Deacon Truss's candy-with the con.
scious possibility of eneounteriug a
boulder. AL this sugar is sauded with
ius'ncerity. The boulder against which
you might break your teeth is falsity.
Aud why, l say, as read in the news.
Paper the report about the grocers-why
should not sugar be sanded, if manners
are?
Does it 20 beyond mannersY t asked
myself the question because I CHANGED
to see Felina tripping by in the morn.
ing sunshine. A bright, pretty, pleas
ant young woman I believe that YOU
think her, apparently equuble as the
mild breeze aud gentle as the ideal May
L know her well from old family associa-
tion, and ! shall not deny that she has
great attractions. It is cheerful, buoy
ant temperament. She is gay, aud
makes others 80. Feliua is a sweet wo-
mau, is the general remark and dow
ager ladies tap Whisker, her husband,
with their fans us he brings them stewed
terrapln at supper, and say to him, "Do
ycu know yeur blessings3 Do you
know what it is TO have such woraao
AS Feilna US the sugar in your cup ?"
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 sthe house is un,idy, the
children are slatternly. Felina is very
lovely, but vwy lasy and shiftless.
Certainly, dear madame" he replies to
Mrs. Terrapiu; certainly Fclina is the
sugar in my cup" 'Audibly he says no
moro, aud stands grinning before tho
dowages. But ifhe does not say it to
himself, he feels always, Sugar oh,
certainly, sugar; but it is sandud."
When Feifua had passed did not
take up Thy paper. I was thinking of
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
elevatins than philanthropy Hail
philanthropy, aud all the oppressed
peoples and unfortunate causes !" What
charm that call has! Our friend has
not spared his. tongue or ryhis pen in ad-
vocatfng the project of u balloon express
to the moon, which he declares will be a
boon to suffering humanity. Give US, {"
he cries, 10 perverse and fckle genera
tion, give us but balloon express to the
moon, and humanity will cease to suffer.
In the name of humanity demand this
and every other kind Of express" Here
are honest sympathy aud sincere hope
There is no reason for doubling that our
FREUD nieans what he says He over
flows with sweetness toward his kind
He is eloquent, devutedj and when we
call the roll UT those whom progress aud
reform delight to honor, we do not for
get his name.
In Tact, TO very many vi "a; :;::s ::..:::;-
stands for an exceptional character O
fidelity sud simplicity and seifsacriiice +
and those of Us who are 30 lucky as to
have children mediate the proprety Of
giving thcm his ranIo. But what is thisk
insinuatiou OF lostis, that in our friend 4
case honesty is the Best pciiey? Therd
is something anpleasantly suggestive il
his tone. Aud when it appears thai
our friend has invested large sums o
''Inney in the chance OF lunar express
when we discover that our friend of hu
nft'ity is Intensely selfish and yindictive
that tire &svotee of the rights of op
pressed peoples has made huge for
tune by blockade running into thei,s
ports, aud that the champion ofall unfor
tunate causes has had an eye upon tn,
support ct the rest of their friends, wt
do ros say THAT he is false aud u scound
rcl, Tor he ID not; but we do say that
the reported is evidently correct, aud (