Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1872-03-13


be won. AS survivors of the 'Lost
Cause" let lis bow to the decree of ON
impotence, and with virtuous zeal fill up
the measure of our days, in pursuing til,
encs of peace and usefulness; and learn
this tyntI-cnoug! for man to know
Virtue alone is shnppincas below,
One self approving hour, whole years outwcighs
OF stupid starets, and of loud huzzas"
And now ] would ask if there is an
occasion that cnlists the attention of man,
that can with safety exclude the sympa-
thy of the gentle sex? Is there IN aim
OF life that has n nobcr incentive than
woman's approval? Is there IL hope that
is not nercenary without her favor ::
Nay except VIC are animated with pur-
poses that ay every duty tributory to her
claims, VIC forfeit that refined manhood
that owes everything to her influence
and worth. Whether it is her smile,
that is the plaudit to urge us on in the
race of life, or her tears that arc the last
waning lights that follow to the tomb,
she is the molly link that binds about our
carliai nature, the talisman of virtuons
hopes, and the guide star" amid this
waste of trouble. Here arc they, whose
busy fingers, ccaselcss prayers, and truant
tears were the cattcndants of every bivouac
al clashing struggle. Here are mothers
who, with Spartan pride, send forth the
wcarcrs Of the Grey" and bid them re-
turn with the shield or on it." Their
part in the history of to-day. is to treasure,
as only woman's heart car, the vacant
places of their jewels, and consecrnte
'ovcrs effort to home, where escape d.sn he
had in It's sacred retreats from tho dis
cord without.
There is a spot Of earth, supremacy blo&t;
d.arer, sRGctsr spot, than all the rest,
Where man, crea,ions tyrant, casts aside,
His sword, his sccptre, lageantry and pride,
While in his softencd looks, bcnignly blend,
The ,i;e tie son, the husband, father, friend.
Here woman rcigns, the mother, daughter, wife,
Srcws with fresh flowers, the narrow way of
life
around her knees, domestic duties meet,
And tircsde pleasures, gamllol at her feet,
While in the heaven Of her delightful eve,
IN angel guard, of loves and cruces lie,
Where shall that land, that spot of carl, be
found
Art thou man; patriot; lool, around,
Oh, thou shalt find, howe'er thy footsteps roam,
That best of places, only in thy home"
y lecturer, whose name We suppress
because we do not want him bothered to
death by applications from Lecture
bureaus, was recently addressing rural
audience. On using the word "phcnomc-
non" he saw Mt once that he had flown
too high, and that his meaning was not
visible to the naked intelligence of the
spectators. With Il felicity that is rare
i'll gentlemen who receive only fifty dol
lars and their expenses, he proceeded to
explain. 1T is possible he remarked,
"that YOU don't know what nhcnomc-
non is. We'll, | will tell YQu. You
have seen COW, no dobt Well, COW
is not q phenomenon. You have seen an
apple-trce. Well, an applc-trcc is not
a phenomenon. But when you sec the
COW so up the tree tail foremost, to pick
the apples, it is a phenomcno2." The
only applause he got that evening, came
in here, and was richly won. But see
how genius is misunderstood The next
day the village newspaper came out with
calstic attack on the gentleman for say
ing that he had seen COW clpb up an
applc-trce! This Feminds us of the re-
porter of the Lopdpn times, who, in re-
porting Mr.. Hopes late speech, made
him describe Mr.. Ayrton rs the "iester"