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The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
A RED Hot ARMY.-Figures ar,

A RED Hot ARMY.-F Figures are
inexorablc, ,and they sometimes cut fun
ny capers. For instance, a letter appears
from Secretary B.iknap, asking for a
special appropriation of 100000 to
furnish the army with stoves, $40, 900
having been exhausted for that purpose.
AS there are 10000 men in the army,
this would give each man a four dollar
stove, South, as well as North The
curious reader will a,k what every man
in the army wants 70 ur dollar stove
for.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
NUMBER 2
A Hard Case in Court.

The following amusing sceue is said
to have taken place iG one of the courts
out West:
Judge-Bring the prisoner before the
court.
Pete-Here he is, bound to blaze a.
the spirits Of turpeutine said wken is
was on FIRE.
Judge-We'll take a little fire cut of
you. How do you live?
Pcte-I amt particular, as the oyster
said when they axcd him if he wouldbe
fried or roasted.
Judge-We don't want to hear what
the oyster said or the spirits of turpon-
tine either. What do you follow
Pete-Not particular, anything that
comes in the way, as the locomotive
said when she run over the niger.
Judge-We don't care anything
about the locomotive. WHAT'S your
business?
Pcte-That's various, as the cat said
When she stole the chicken off the n.
bic.
Judge-That comes near the line nov
suppose.
Pctc-Altogether in my line, rs the
rope said when it was checking the
pirate.
Judge-If 1 hear any more such oom.
parisons shall give you twelve
months
Pctc-I am bone as the beefstcak said
to the cook.
Judse-Now. sir, your puuishmeus
shall depend upon the shortuess aud
correctness of yours answers. I sup
pose you livc By going zoz==aa s.h.7
docks,
Pete-No, sir, can't go round the
docks without boat, aud I amt gos
ono.
Judge-Answcr me. How do you
get your bread
Pete Sometimes at small's the baker
and sometimes eat later.
Judge-No more Of that stupid iuso-
lenos. How do you support your
seiff ~. -
Pete some.imss e. my lsgs ana
sometimes in my chair.
JUDGE order you to answer thin
question CORRECTLY /: how do you do
Pete-Pretty well thank how do you
do?
Here Pete was allowed to retire with
ont further interrogato=;ss ss to lis CO.
cuPasion or mode of living.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

Two CURIOUS NEEDLES. King
'of Prussia recently visited a neodle
manuiactory in his Kingdom, in order to
see what machinery, combined with the
human hand could produce. He was
shown a number Of super6ne needles,
thousands of which, together, did not
weigh half an ounce, and marvelcd how
such minute objects could be pierced
with an eye. But he was to see in this
respect how even something still finer
and more perfect could be created. The
borcr-that is, the work man whose bust
ness it is to bore the eyes in these need,
les-asked for hair from the monarch s
head 1t was readily given, and with a
smile. He placed it at once under the
boring machine, tarned hole in it with
the greatest care, furnished il with a
thread and then handed the singular
nee lie to the astonished King.
Tho second curious needle is in
possession OF Queen Victoria. 1t was
made at the celebrated needle mann.
factory at Bcdcitch, and represents the
column Of Trajan in miniature. This
well known Roman column. is adorned
with numerous scenes in sculpture,
which immortalize Trajan's heroic ac.
tons in war. On this diminutive needle,
scenes in the life Of Queen Victoria are
represented N relief, but 80 finely cut
and 50 small, that it requires maguify-
ins glass to see them. The Victoria
needle can, moreover, be opened it con
tains number of needles of smaller size.
which are equally adorned with scenes
in relief.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

a clerical wag who was made tha
recipient on Christmas morning of an
unusual number OF embroidered slippers
worked by the fair hands of the young
ladies of his congregation, nearly sue.
hcient Co stock moderate sized shoe
store, was hearn to wonder if the young
ladies had taken him for ceatipe,te.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

~ Guy uoauly perm 'ehlb"0' 'N'"'o
through the woods, nov illuminated by
a faint glimmer of staitight. II know
notiwh atsimpulsc guided my, footsteps
| shall never know he3 many times I
crossed my own track or how close 1
stood to the brink of ths deadly ravine,
but a nerciful Providesisee encompasscd
me with guiding and Protecting care,
for when the morninSN dawned, with
faint red bars of oreut a,ht against the
eastern sky, was close the high road
some seven miles from - '' tat
Once at town. tolSSny story to the
police, ond dctachmes was sent ith
me to the spot. Rss p, I'D ~.
Aitermueh searchipsl many false
alarms, We succeeded $n finding the
ruinous old house btt it was empty,
our birds had flown .lor aid r recover
my valise and chain, wlioh latter | had
'eit under my pillow. R
Its Drew gang 1tid the leader of
the police; 'and they troubled US
these two years. | don't think, that
they'll come back here 1t present.
Nor did they. e-i sd' s's1 s'aai
But the strangcst lSrt of my story is
to come yet. Som6ttiiree weeks subsc,
qucntly received lstter from my sis.
ter who was with Allie in her English
home-a letter whose iutelIigencc filed
me with surprise. 800
II must tell you Something very
strange wrote my sister, that happened
td us on the night ofshsi17th of Octo-
bcr. Alice had not been well for some
time; in fact she had been confined to
her bed nearly week, and was .ittius
beside her reading 1t was late ; the
clock had just struck 'sSc, phcn all of
sadden she seemed to faint,sway, grow
ing white and ris 4 asS corpse.
fastened to cqlb6pkistauce, but aii-eu
en9rts 3l seemed ne van VAN restore her to life
..sagFf I-..rs - q JuSt ABOUT 10 scnu
for The doctor, when f,f senses returned
as suddenly as they a. ben, and she ra
siiia bddsapushis Z back, herlhair and
loookipgamildl saresA d her.
sAlise : ezelssiiA d, how you o, terri.
| s i,ts.tI ID 4s- -..s..A a.,s.Ass- Is
Not ill., she answered, but 1 feel so
strange. Cy=eie | have been with my
husband SIS q>fs q. .,.4
All our reasoning failed to convince
+ her OF the impo<s ,bility OF her assertions
She persists to this moment that she saw
you aud WAS with you on the l7th Of,
October, or rathcr on the morning OF
, the lSth-wheret aud how she cannot
tell-but we think it must have been
some dream. }. She is better now and |
wisil you could see how fast she is i'm :
proving
This is my plain, unvarnished tale. l
do not preterd'to explain or account ..for
it's mysteries. l simply relate facts. Lot
psychologists sunravel the labriuthical
skeip. ! am not supers, itous, neither
do | believe i'll ghosts, wrath or appari
,ions but this thing do know-that
although my wife was III England, in
body on the morning Of Oc.ober Is, her
spirit surely stood before. me in New
York at the momgentoi lg. the deadly peril
that mengced me, 1t may be that to the
subtle instinct aud strength o! wife S
holy love, all things are possible, but
Alice surely saved my life.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
He is Late.

She watches Mt tho porch.
o. The sun isncarly down;
What keeps her truant lord pos an'ud
He should be back from town. u
One short, sweet year sgo
He never made her watt "'
AS much too early then, tuetl--o5s.
As now he is 90 late! t,, -
Had Heaven bestowed on me n'#
That little lady there, J--aig
Whom love has made 80 spd,
And sadness made SO fair
Her hand, her check, her mouth
Should not kisses wait: -E
We're that sweet armiul mine,
| never could be late.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A New Haven man who went home
the other evening and found his house
locked up after Infinite trouble managed
to gain entrance through backuin.
dow and then discovered ON the parlor
table note from his wife reading az
have gone out; you will fud the door
Key on one side Of the door step
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

Says Canada paper, 1T would make
some Of our iue ladies start to see Lady
Dutierin promenadipg the streets doing
her shopping. She dresse. plainly and
sensibly, wears thick solsd boots, and
does not fear walk FROM one end of
the city to the other, or to face tn o
muIliest crossing"
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

y" HANNAH.-Au exchange says there
is station on tho Pittsburg Fort Wayne
aud Chicago rail,oad called Hannah,
in honor of deceased citizen of Fort
Wayne, a train stopped thore tho
other day, and tho brakeman after the
manner of his class; thurst his head in
the door and called out loudly, "lIauna"
~ young lady, endowed with the poetic
appollation Of Hannah, supposing he
was addressing her aud shocked at his
familiarity on shor: acquaintance frown
cd like thundercloud, aud retorted +,
''lo ou shut oar mouth!"
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A colored woman, aged lO7 years, has
just died near Louisville, who, on hsr
dea1h bed, confessed that she never kusv
Washington, nor narsed any Of the
distinguished mea Of aucieat timoa
She deserves statue in black marble
Boston Gio5e.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A Kentucky belle, Miss Amelia Pc
gram widely know for her beauty sfaia.
blllty aud intelligence accidentalls anS
fatally shot herself few weeks since
through the heart with pistol belong.
to her brother which had been Left by
him on table in her room.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22
THE MIDNIGHT PERIL;
OR SAVED BY A PHANTOM.

af'. .H
The night of the 18th of October
shall ever forget its pitchy darkness,
the roar Of the autumnal wind through
the forest, and the incessant 4 ,wn poar
of rain? aoa i.-i -El
This comes of short cut, muttered
petulantly to myself, as | plodded along,
keeping clnse to the trunks of the trees
avoid the deep ravine through which
could hear the roar ofa turbulent stream
forty or fifty feet below, My blood ran
cold as | 'hought of the possible consc,
quenccs of n niisstep or move u tho
wrong direction, Why had not been
conlented to keep in the right road
Hold on Was that light, or are
my eyes playing me falsc? d
II stopped, holding on to Sthe low
resInous boughs of a hemluck that grew
on the edge, of the. bank for it actually
seemed as il the wind would seize me
odiiy and hurl he down tho pr cipitous
"esccnt. .-@@ t-.'pG aa .r'I an.
1t was lighs-ithank Providenco-it
was light, and no ,y"us f,tuls. to lure
netn to destruction aud death
Hslloo co! :
My voice rang through the wonds like
clarion. I plunged onward ltkf6inb h
taug'ed vihes, dense BRIEFS an dlrocEI;y
hanks, until gradually nearing, / o,uld
PERCEIVE fgule wrapped in au oil cloth
lcale, or cloak /; carr, ing a lantern. Al
the dim light fell upon his face [ alm,s.
recoiled. Would not solitude in the
woods be preferable to the companion
shipoi rheswi,hcred, wrinkledqold IN IN !!
But 1t was too late to reccde now.
What's wanting ne suarled forth
with peculiar ur"tiou of the lips th,t
seemed TO leave his yellow teeth all bare
Il am lost in the weeds can you
| direct me TO RI istatidn,P 90
Yes; R statiou i. twelve miles
from here
Twelve zmil..s !'zs--...
| stood aghast. l,.,4 ss,
Can you tell me of any shelter could
obtain for the night7'
No
! y Where arc you goingy'
l.
To Drew''s, down mere by the ma pie
swamp t."" RS! sa
rs it tavern p. -. ga..a-
NO i#a9
Would they take me for night T?
could pay them well.'a. .lf
His eyes cleaned the yellow stumps
stood revealed once mere. AZ, a
81 guess 80 folks do stop there sotae.
times
is it far from here 2 aet. 81.
Not very about half milo
Then let US make haste and reach it.
| am drenehcd to the skin as
We piodded Oh, my companion more
than keeping pace with me. Presently
We leIt the edge the raviue, entering
what seemed like track less woods, and
keeping straight on until lights cleaned
fitiully through tho wet foliage
1t was resinous old place, with the
Windows all drawn to one side, rs if the
foundation had settled, and the pillars
of u rude porch "early ro,tcd away.
A woman answered my fellow travel.
lers kaock. BY companion whispered a
word or two sto her, aud she turned t.
me with smooth, voluble words of wei
come. 2-t
She regretted the poverty of their
accommodations but l vas welcome to
them, such as they were.
Where is Isaac?' demanded my
guide.
He has not come in yA." "
sat down on wooden bench beside
the fire, aud ate few moathfuls Of
| bread.
i should like to retire as soon az
possible, said I, for my wcariaess wa.
excessive. - '"" ~
'certainly,' The woman started W
With alaerity. 'r '''''" '''
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

Mrs. Mary c Mast, widow of the
late registsr of deeds of Ueavenworth
County, Kan, has been appointed by
tue Board of County Commissioners TO
succeed her late husband in that Office.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

IL wish was in Heaven" said dis.
couraged Mrs O'Clareuce the other
moraing. $50 would T." remarked del
brutal husband, "if hada, tfrien Is thers
whom value" III.
The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-02-22

A awful swell-The check after
tooth ache. s..f.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08

Eoa7yu7WSmg.
The most prompt dispatch and
careful delivery assured. The
connections and arrangements are
perfect to every point in the Ter
ritory.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08
Wit and Humor.

"Can not something be done to
prevent young ladies from being
insulted on our streets at night?"
asks a Cincinnati paper. There
can. Just have the girls mother
tuck her into her little bed about
eight o'clock in the evening and
lock the door on her.
Professor Daniels, of Vermont,
made a bet stating that he could
look a ferocious bull out of coun-
tenence, and competent judges
estimate that the Professor was
thrown up twenty-seven feet.
The Doctor was eventually saved
by the courage and tenacity of
his legs.
A gentlemen whose house was
under repair went out one day to
see how the work progressed, and
observing a quantity Of nails lying
about, he said to the carpenter,
"Why don't you take care of
these nails? They'll certainly be
lost" NO." replied the carpen-
ter "you'Il find them IN the BILL"
A female minister out West
kisses the bridegroom when she
marries a couple.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08
Mark Twain's Tribute to Woman.

At an annual banquet of the
Washington Correspondents Club
the following toast was read:
"Woman: The pride of the
professions and the jewel OF ours. "
To which Mark Twain respon-
ded as follows:
Human intelligence cannot
estimate what we owe to woman,
sir. She sews on buttons, she
ropes us in at the Church fairs,
she confides in us, tells whatever
she can find out about the little
private affairs of her neighbors,
She gives us a piece Of her mind
and sometimes all Of it. In all re-
lations of life, sir, it is just and
grateful tribute, to say Of her
she is a brick
"Where you place woman, sir,
in whatever position or estate,
she is an ornament to the place
she occupies, and a treasure TO
the world. Look at the woman
of history! Look at Desdemona!
Look at Lucretia Borgia! Look
at mother Eve! / repeat, sir, look
at the illustrious names Of history!
Look at Elizabeth Cady Stan ton |!
Look at George Francis Train !!
And, sir, / say with bowed head
and deepest veneratien, look at
the mother of Washington ! She
raised a boy that could not lie; but
he never had a chance. 1t might
have been different if he had be-
longed to a newspaper correspon-
dents Club"
Mark looked around placidly
upon his excited audience, and
resumed:
81 repeat, sir, that in whatever
position you put woman, she is
an ornament to society, and a
treasure to the world. AS a
sweetheart she has few equals,
and no superior. AS a wealthy
grandmother with an incura-
Bile distemper she is gorgeous.
What, sir, would the people OF
the earth be without women?
They would be scarce, sir, mighty
scarce! Then let US give her our
support, our sympathy-ourselves
if we got chance.
"But jesting aside, Mr.. Presi.
dent, woman is lovable, gracious.
kind of herrt, beautiful, worthy
of respect, of all esteem, of all de-
ferance. No one here will refuse
to drink her health right cordial
ly, for each and every one Of us
has personally known, loved and
honored the best of them all-his
own mother.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08
The Civil Service.
THE NEW PLAN WILL BE AD-
HERED TO.

HERED TO. g.
WASHINGTON, Oct. Is. - The
President and the heads of the
several Departments have recent
Iy expressed themselves more
than heretofore in favor of the
civil service system OF appoint
ments, as they have already, not
withstanding the brief period OF
its existence, been relieved of
much annoyance by ofice-seekers,
either in person or by the impor-
tunity of friends. Many members
of Congress, too, whose time was
much occupied in seeking places
for prominent politicians of their
party, find in the new plan of Sc
fections an excuse for not exert
ing themselves in that directions:
The President recently said to a
friend that the rules would bead
hered to as a general principle,
though the public interests might
once in a while require a di-
Walton.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08
Western Railroads.
GREAT IMPROVEMENTS ON ALL
THE LINES.

GREAT IMPROVEMENTS ON ALL
THE LINES.
The Chicago Tribune says that
although the earnings CT almost
all the Western railroads show an
increase over last year, the divi-
dends have in almost every ms
lance decreased; and the railroads
are short of money-so short, in
deed, that the merchants who
sell supplies to the companies at
Chicago, find it difficult to collect
what is due them. This is ascrib-
ed by the managers Of the most
of the roads to the fact that they
are devoting the bulk Of their
earnings to the reconstruction,
improvement and extension of
their lines, laying side and double
tracks and steel rails,and building
iron bridges.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08

cOnzzzSSSS072
Through correspondents in the
chief cities of the world. Orders
are filled to the letter.
C0nSignmenls
Of produce, merchandise or ma
chinery, for storage, sale or trans
mission, are attended to strictly
IN accordance with instructions,
and to the best interests of the
owners.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08
NEW BREWERY.
NOTICE.

The School Term Of District School No.
/, will commence on Monday October 9th,
at Is minutes to 9 A. NJ. Parents and
guardians are requested to have their chill.
dren report promptly at the above hour.
By order of the Board Of School Trus
tees. II. S. FITZGERALD,
Clerk of Board.
Yuma, October Sd, 1873.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08

=
Gold Dust, Gold and Silver Bull
lion, U. S. Treasury Drafts, Legal
Tenders, Soldiers Warrants, Bank
ers' Drafts, and Good Commercial
Paper. Grain, Hides, Wool, and
all Territorial and Mexican Pro.
ducts boughtat value ORCASH;
or advances made, as may be de-
sidered.
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08
YUMA EXCHANGE.

DEDONDO & FRoANK TAKE
h pleasure in announcing te-the1r
friends and the public generally the open
ing of their Saloon, on Main street, near
the,Steanboat landing.
Their stock of WINES, LIQUORS and
CIGARS cannot be surpassed anywhere
for excellence ofquality. -,
TO the Saloon is attached a splendid
BILLIARD TABLE, best one in town.
In connection with the Saloon, we have
one of the largest, and the best CORRALL
in Yuma. where teamsters and others can
find ample accommodation for their beasts
as we'll as themselves. Plenty of hay, grain
and water can always be found here:
febI IF REDONDO & FROANK
The Arizona sentinel. [volume] (Arizona City [Yuma], Yuma County, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1872-1911, 1873-11-08

Our Stock is complete; our con-
neclions the best, and we offer to
the people of Arizona, Sonora and
New Mexico, inducements not at
tainable at any other house on the
Pacific Coast.
WIN. B. HOOPER & co.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-04

Peter Charles Keegan, the Bourbon prince
of Madawaska has been renominated by Dem
ocrats, Republicans and Reformers in his lit
tie kingdom.
The Sagadahoc County Democratic Con-
vention was held in Bath, Tuesday and the
following nominations were made: For Sena-
tor, William A. Potter of Woolwich; County
Attorney, Francis Adams of Bath County
Commissioner, George A. Rogers of Tops
ham; County Clerk Of Courts, Henry w. Ow-
en- of Bath; County Treasurer, Samuel NJ.
Dopnell of Bath.
Mr.. Alfred Cole has nominated ticket ''for
the honest men Of Oxford County to support
which is as follows: For Standardization B.
Severy of Dixileld, Gilbert Barrett of Buck
field County Attornev-Henry Upton Of Nor
way; County ENTHUSIASTICALLY Walk
er of Rumford; County Treasurer. K.
Hammond of Paris.
The Portland daily press., 1873-09-04
News and Other Items.

The apple crop of Vermont is almost fail
ure, but pears and piuNs have done well.
The grape harvest in France promises to be
unusually fine this year.
The Mack brothers have not aftef all, been
driven from the turf. They have merely de-
served to be,
A Jersey City man has been selling out his
family secrets-at least he has sold his fathers
skeleton to a travelling doctor
The Boston Advertiser says Butler chair
man OF town committee in Essex County has
issued the following: Republican Rally To
Chuse Delegates to the Different Conventions"
The Shah says: ''Vienna is a very fine city,
[ have DO doubt; these houses look very beau
tiful in front; but 1 am sure there are many
bad places behind them. I'll tell you how I
know-l smell"
A six years old girl appeared at a Long
Branch uvenile ball the other night in a white
lace dress, worn over pink silk, that cost $500.
and wearing diamond earrings, necklace and
rings.
An Indiana woman, whose suit for divorce
had fingered along until she was COMPLETELY
out of patience, burst into her lawyers office
last week, her face radiant with joy, and ex-
claimed, esquire, the old mans dead!"
The lands of Illinois are devoted to the agri-
cultural products in the following proportions
Wheat, 3,O93,30S acres; corn, 7,O87, O4o; oats,
18l7,463: hay, 2,17S,237; pasture, 3,SO7 ,Os2 Or
chard, 800, 7o2; other field products, 500, 166.
Miss Elizabeth z. Peabody advertises to the
effect that anybody who is prepared to enter
the Boston University, and whose only diff
Guilty is deficiency of means, is requested to
confer with her at Cambridge. That is unset
fish generosity.
The 100000. 600 mortgage securing the bonds
issued by the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
was placed on record at Philadelphia on Satur-
day. 1t is engrossed with a precision equal to
print upon fine vellum paper, and is bound in
Turkey morocco