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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
A Danbnry Funeral.

The day MIR. Ruby across the way was
to be buried, Mrs. Moriaty told her
daughter Clarinda that she guessed she
would attend, as she wasn't feeling very
well, and ride would do her good.
She knew there would be several cover
ed carriages furnished at the expense of
the family, and she was equally conf
dent it could be SO managed that she
would occupy portion Of one of them.
She was among the first ut the house,
and occupied prominent position. AS
the other friends arrived she took Oc
casion to recall "reminiscences Of the late
Ruby that brought tears to their eyes,
and when the services were over, as the
first coach drove up for its load, the dis
tress of Mrs. Moriaty at tho doath of
MIR. Ruby was so marked as to excite
the liveliest sympathy. Then the sec
ond coach eame up. Mrs. Moriaty had
got down to the gate by this time, and
as the door Of the second coach was
opened, and call made for the occu
pants. 1t seemed extremely doubtful if
she could hold up another instant. She
leaned against the post, and stared into
the coach, and over its rich upholster
ing, and said the late Ruby seemed moro
like son to her than neighbor. Where
upon the usher looked appropriately sad
and called up the third and last coash j..
This had yellow cushions and piuk
atrapa, and Mrs. Moriaty didn't hesitate
to protest that In the death of Mr.. Ruby
the community had me. 2 loss it was not
possible to recover from aud she would
follow him to his last resting place if she
had to do it on her knees, and ould
feel grateful for the opportunity. Then
the third and last coach filed and droy
off to take it's place in the line, and Mrs.
Moriaty dried her tears, chokcd back the
sorrow of her heart with one Nigh
ty gulp, and strode into her own house,
shutting tho front door without the aid
of the knob. She told Clarinda that it
was the scaliest affair she evor went to-,
and had it not been for the body there
would have been no funeral at all.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
An AdrOit Fraud.

Some nine years ago, Solomon Bacon
we'll known merchant in London, re
ceiycd letter from his correspondent
in Hamburg, which grievcl and trou
bi.d him. 1t stated that the writer had
been dcirauded by his nephew, son OF
IA widowed sister, of 100000, and had
fled to London with the money. There
WAS n reluctance to make the matter
public, and DIR. Bacon was desired to
keep silence; 'but, the letter. went on tc
say, iii you would invite John to dinner
and when alone tax him with the CT imc
he might perhaps refund the money
Should he do SO, You may give him
$500 The London merchant found
the young German, took him home, and
when the ladies had Withdrawn from the
dinner table he acquainted his visitor
with his knowledge ofthe fraul. Alarm
was depicted on the countenance of his
guest.
'You will not make this public, Mr..
Bacon 2 he asked.
Not if you return me the money now
and here
But I lost FL 900 last night at Creek
ford's, and have not the power
We'll, said the merchant, return me
then $4,000, and thougac l little ex
cced my instructions, l will nevertheless
give you back G5O0.
My uncle is very good remarked the
young man. and he forthwith handed
from his pocketbook nine FL 900 notes
to his host.
Il cannot change one of these, said
Mr.. Bacon; will not my check do as
well 2
Quite replied the German; and
having received the $500 check, hastily
left.
The following morning Mr.. Bacon
went to his banker to pay in the notes,
and found to his surprise that they wero
all counterfeits. His next inquiry was
after his check; but that was already
cashed. He then telegraphed to his
Hamburg correspondent, and learned
that he was profoundly ignorant about
the whole affair. 1t was as adroit a
fraud rs ever plotted
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
How Meats or Men May be Kept
Cool.

Capt Warren, famous though his
Cooker" has tried his hand at the
transportation OF meat by the rctriger
ating process; and the English papers
give his apparatus great favor. Two
patents, based upon a process of CAPITA in
Warren, have been tried and failed.
The apparatus Of Captain Warren con
sists of small steam engine, to which is
attached second cylinder for condcusing
ether vapor. The cold produced by the
expansion Of the condensed ether is
utilized by being communicated to brine
contained in pipes around which the
ether circulates. The brine thus cooled
is used in its turn to freeze water or to
cool air, the water being contained in
reservoirs immersed in vessel oil cold
brine, and the air conveyed in pipes,
which wind backwards and forwards in
such n vessel. The ether being in a
closed apparatus, is scarcely at all wasted,
and little more than It's first cost is taken
into account. In experiments made, the
air in room, after being withdrawn ut
temperature Of G2 degrees, was almost
Immediately returned into it at 45 de
grees; while, az this process continued
the temperature Of the room was rspidly
reduced and easily brought to the freez
ing point. Capt. Warren claims that
the temperature Of any limited space can
thus be kept to almost any required do
gree; and he proposes to apply the
method to tho construction of cold cham
bcrs on board of ships, to be used for
storing fresh provisions, or in case of
IN erchant ships, for perishablo freight.
Ho proposes also to cool railway carriages
in hot climates, to provide cool vans for
the conveyance Of dead meat and other
provisions in India, to cool the air ad
mitted to hospital wards in hot climates,
and to provide an unlimited supply of
pure ice ut almost nominal cost
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
inexpensive Happiness.

The most perfect home 1 ever saw
was little house, in the sweet incense
of whose fires were no costly things.
But the mother was the creator Of .
home her relation with her children WAS
the most beautiful that I had ever seen:
even dull and commonplace man was
lifted up and enabled to do good work
for souls by the atmosphere that this
woman created; every inmate of her
house involuntarily looked into her face
for the key note of the day, aud it al
ways rang clear. From the rese bud or
clover leaf which, inospite of her hard
house work, she always found time to
put by our plates at breakfast, down to
the story that she had on hand to Ebe
read in the evening, there was no inter
mission of her inau,noo. She always
has been, and always will be, my ideal
Of a mother, wife, and home maker.
If to her quick brai n, loving heart
and exquisite face had been added the
appliances ofwealth and the enlargement
of wider culture hers would have been
absolutely tho ideal home. AS it 10. il
is the best have ever seen.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
Now is the Time.

To improve stagnant business, the
best rcmedy or stimulant is to ADvER
rIsE. This is necessary in tho peeulias
state of business, when people ara con
su'tiug tho newspapers rs their house
hold gods, conveying the only true and
reliable source of information on pass
ing events, especially now, in the auo
tuation of trade. Indeed, SO true is THE
that just now no man much less any we
man, starts out to spend S5 greenbaek
without holding council of economy al
or after breakfast with the last issue Of
the payer spread for reference, to ascsr
tain where the greatest likelihood exists
OF getting value received aal 25 per
cent. addition for panic rates. Adver
tise +! Let the people know what you
have, and at what moderate prices ven
are selling, aud the response will he
found at once. as
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
How to Cure Dyspepsia.

Alden Gobble, lover of TO-
was dyspeptio, and suffered great un-
easiness after cutting. So he goes to the
great DR.. Aberncthy for advice.
What is the matter with your asks
tie doctor.
why, I presume I have got the dys'
pepsia.'
sAh 7 said the doctor, Il see Van
koe who mas swallowed more dollars and
cents than he can dig est
L am an American Citizen said AL
den, with great dignity; Il am secreta ry
of our legation to the Court of St.
James
'Then,' says Abernethy, you will soon
get rid of your dyspepsia
Don't see the inference, said Alden;
lit amt natural consequence, guess,
that man should cease to be i'll be
cause he is called Il x X to fill an impor
tant Office
But tell you it does follow. for in
the company you'll keep yon'll have to
eat like Christian. I never saw u
Yankee who didn't bolt his food like q
boa constructor. How can you expect
to digest food that you neither take the
trouble to dissect nor time to masticate?
It's NO wonder you lose your teeth, fol
you never use them; nor your digestion,
for you overload it; nor your saliva, for
you expend it on your carpet Instead of
your food. It's disgusting; it's beas tly
You Yankees load your stomachs as q
Devonshire man does his cars-as full
as it will hold, and as fast as he car
pitch it in with kayfork; and then y |
complain that such load Of compost i.
too heavy for you. Dyspepsia! pooh
It's beastly guzzling, you mean. 1 tell
you what, Mr., Secretary of Legation
take half the time to eat that you do to
drawl out your words, chew your food
half as much as you Go your tobacco,
and you'll be we'll in month
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
Significance Of the Fingers.

Each finger, and the mount at the
base of it, is named from planet. In
the normal hand the second fnGer is
the longest, the third the next longest,
the first nearly us long as the third, and
much longer than the fourth, OF little
finger. Jupiter is the first finger. fit
be long and not ill-shapen, and if the
mount at its base be we'll developed, it
indicates a noble and lofty character,
and religious minded person. IT dis
proportionately long, it will mean differ
cnt things according to the type of hand
in which it may be found, or according
to the type of that particular finger in
the first type, an over-long first finger
would denote an inclination to the fan
tastie or the exaggerated in religious
matters; or it might, perhaps, mean
religious madness or, if other signs in
the hand favored this view, it could be
taken to denote pride. Pride is form
of worship-the cult of self. In the
second type of hand, the excessive de
velopment of Jupiter might mean ambi
ton, or, if it were in hand that was
eminently unselfish, it would stand for
something puritanical in manners and
morals-a tvo great severity. In the
third type, very long first finger would
probably signify vanity. The second
finger is Saturn. IF too prominent it
announces melancholy, or misanthropy,
or downright cruelty, according to the
type of hand but if the finger be within
due proportion, this sadness may tax c
the form of pity for others, or it may
mean becoming gravity. The third
finger is Apollo, aud belongs to the arts.
In pointed" hand Apollo will gi7e
poetry and music Composition J in
"square" hand, painting, sculpture,
(here art leaves the domain OF the purely
contomplative; it becomes partly active
from the combination Of manual skill
with what is only imaginative y and in
"spade shaped" hand Apollo will give
h's'rionic p,wcr, an aptitude for acting,
or a love Of theatrical amusemcuts. On
the stage arts is joined in the closest
manner to motion. The fourth finger is
Mercury. IF we'll proportioned it
promises scientific turn of mind
resouroetulness, aud diplomacy-tact
The thumb is Venus. Chrocnomony
and palmistry agree in almost all particu
lars about the thumb. In both systems
it is treated as the most inportans part
of the h; nd. The upper joint, that
with the nail, stands for the will the
second division, the reasoning faculties !;
The base, the animal instincts.-,&
Pa"ts .Myt=ine.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20

plicity, thai he was happy to say Sarah
did not call for water during the whole
night. The last remark was quite rid
die to her, and she looked curious, but
said nothing, no one venturing to ask
him to rise and explain. He did not
know it was a joke played upon him
until the attendant told it as such to
the company.
Finally the happy couple went to
housekeeping, aud never were man aud
wife more heartily congratulated or more
higaly esteemed than they were. They
ware the favorites in the city Never
was wife more lovely or husband more
kind and devoted, but he didn't know
any thing about providing for the
lardcr, only as Sarah taught him. One
little incident may suffice to illustrate
She told him one day to get some rice.
He went Immediately to tho store and
told the clerk he wanted to get some
rice. GLOW much ?" inquired the
clerk. ooh, not much," said the Pro.
fessor, 81 reckon three or four bushels
will do for the present" The clerk
was very sorry to say they had not so
much on hand, but that they would soon
have more. The clerk persuaded him
to try to make out for few days with
some fifteen or twenty pounds. Sarah
and the clerk were not the only ones
who laughed over the incident. He
never called fer ths three or four
bushels aftcrward.
IF the Professor and his wife are still
living they must be well stricken in
years, and if they see this brief sketch
of their early lives, and find any errors
in it, they will pardon the writer.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20

cnticing flies into the house with mali.
cious intent. Shall you provide the
neishborhood (of aies) with deadly food
or submit to be nibbled alive? That is
the question. And you fall into men
tai discussion concerning The ccmpara.
tive annoyance of dead and Of living
in the midst of which you drop into
what would be comfortable doze ex-
cept for the audacious return of the
identical fly you have been fighting,
W hich lights on the tip of your nose,
and you awake feeling absolutely
cross.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
How His Name was spelt.

A story is told by the Boston Trans
cript at the expense Of a distinguished
theological professor at Audover, Mass,
whose usually retentive memory is
occasionally little treachcrous on pro
per names. While visiting neighbor
ing city some time since, as he stood up
on the dopct platform, waiting for a
train, a gentleman stepped up, aeoosted
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
Our Subject Being Flies.

Flies - considered individually, the
subject is small. but it is very numerous
In fact, OF ull small creatures not abso
lutely vicious, the common fly is the
most vexatious. Mosquitoes bite-they
must to get their living; bees sting-to
defend themselves; cockroachcs run
away when you attack them-thry are
afraid but flies nibble upon you in IN
agsravating a,nnucr, never getting
enough, and nothing will drive them
away; they return with fierce persstcu
cy after cruel and constant rebuff.. You
commence to read your newspaper in
comfortable arm chair, or to write for
the sake Of friendship, fame, or daily
dread, at your desk. In the middle OF
the fist sentence soft footsteps Le.in to
tickle the top of your left car You
shake your head emphutcally, without
fling your pen. The intruder les off
few inches, and re aights on the back
OF your hand. Another shake, aud
again lie settles on the top of your head
and begins to promenade up and down
the parting Of your hair. You give
your head u vigorous slap. never by any
chance hitting the hy. Il. is equally
content to crawl over your fore head,
aud you meekly brush him away, hop
ing that gentle measures may prove
efectual. He tries your right ear, and
with calm resolution you wave him
away. The creature sees his advantage @
and audaciously ali shts on your nose.
Resolved to keep your temper, you
think you will let him take his own
time to leave, hoping it will be soon,
and forever lie pecks with gentle but
restless persistence, and you write visor
ously, rcsolute not to be disturbed by
srifes. Suddenly down goes your pen,
making an ugly blot on tho fair sheet,
and you employ hoth hands in giving
your nasal organ good rubbing. Pa
ItcuCe, as LII Luumcut, IL exhausted.
You mediate murder; you plan it de
acknowledgements in the first degree.
You lean back in your chair, aud set
yourself as tray. The bait is good;
the expected victim approaches; you
wait breathlessly; your hands falls with
blow that makes your cheek tinglc-
but you look up to see him securely
fluttering above your hoad, ready to try
again. Yon will be more cautious and
give your mind to the business. You
take your handkerchief, double it judi
ciously, and hold it ready to descend
with swift vongence. The fellow is on
your left hand-such little creature to
disturb your equanimity7 Slowly, slow
ly, and you will get him! Witch sud
den and tremendous force you pounce
upon him-and he sails away unharm
ed! You feel most unoomfortably irri
tated-conquored by an insignificant
ayl And you reflect (while brushing
away the swarm which by this time,
have come TO see what is the matter)
upon poisons, medicated fly papers, aud
all the cunning devices advertised for
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-12-20
NEW PATENT.
DR.. PATRICK's COTTON PRESS

The undersigned Agent for Orangeburg
County begs lenve to call the attention Of
COTTON PLANTERS to the same and
would advise every ono in need Of COT
TON PRESS topnrchaso patent at once.
For CHEAPNEsS, SIMPLICITY, and
POWER, it has no equal.
Any one desirous Of aecing the "modus
operandi" Of said Press, can do so by calling
at the Store OFF. W. Patrick g. Co., Russell
Street Orangeburg O. H., 8. c., where n
model can be seen, or address Capt. Fl
STOKES Gent Agent Midway 8. G.
]. w. PATRICK, Agt.
Ornngeburg County s. G..
july.2e 1879
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Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-01-31
DEATHS


DIED, at the residence of DR.. VIM. A. Wa
tiers, near Clarksburg, on the 10th instant,
WILLIAM ]. NEEL, in the 2)th year o. his
age.
Thus has passed away one Of the most pop
ular and amiable young men of our county.
Ready at all times to accomm odate his friends
and their name was legion-there was no.
thing he considered too much trouble in the
service of friend.
In all the relations of life he was affection
ate and kind, consideraie of the wishes of
others, and courteous and polite to all with
whom he came in contact, whether in busi-
ness or in society
Possessed Of such a disposition, and with
refined and gentle manners we believe it to
be the simple truth that he lived without
having made an enemy, and his death is re-
GREETED and monrned by all who knew him.
Minglng our tears over his early grave
with those of his nearest and dearest loved
ones, let US all endeavor TO bow with humble
submission to the will of an All Wise Provi-
dence, and to realize the truth that we too
are mortal. P.
DrED,-A IIerndon Station Fairfax county
Va, January 10Th, 1873, Mrs. ELIZABETH
f. BUTLER, consort Of Chas. NJ. Butler, SEN,
in the G3rd year of her age.
Baltimore and Washington papers please copy Z
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-01-31

1t is thought the Credit Moblirr investiga-
ton will close early next week. Thus far the
Investigation has not proved very favorable to
many members of Congress who have had a
finger IN this Mobiler pie. The last gentle
man that turns up as being concerned in it is
Vice President Colfax, whose reputation seems
to be somewha. damaged by the investigation,
SO much So that he asks that committee Of
investigation 20 be composed of political op-
ponents, be appointed in his case. As the
Vice President is not member of the Senate,
he is not amenabie to that body for any NAL
feasance in Office, and can only be reached by
impeachment The committee, therefore, was
not appointed. Damaging as the evidence has
been throughout this investigation TO all par
ties concerned, it will astonish the people to
see report condemning the action of any one
of them. The whole affair will be white
washed, and if hard word should happen to
be spoken against any, it will be in an apollo
getic manner, and a request that they don't do
so any more, as it might injure the Republican
party.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1873-01-31

A New ENTERpRIsE.-Some parties in North
Carolina are engaged in falsely representing
themselves as revenue officials and are issuing
bogus commissions and letters of instruction
to people unwary enough to be their dupes.
One man had been made a secret superintend-
ent by James Woodward, commissioner of in
ternal revenue, (of course, this is not the true
nancy and writes TO Washington to know
when his pay, which was fixed in his commits
sion at 81 500, would commence. The COM
missions are stamped '1nternal Revenue Of
flee, Washington" Some rascals are making
money by thus defrauding those who are ig-
norant of official forms.
1t is believed that regular system offrauds
has been inaugurated, and extended not only
throughout North Carolina, but TO other parts
of the South.