Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1874-08-20
NUMBER %. s,-.i
FACTS AND FANoIEs.

1t is success that coIors all In 1ife;
success makes fools admired,i makes
villains honest. Thomson.
The sponge business ia Syria yields
about $125, 900 year, not an hundredthI
part as much as is yielded by the speng-,
ing business in America.
AT Decatur, ILL.,, tho streets are
drained by sinking wells forty feet, at
which depth there are duielssandsi
which do the work very efsctnally. f.,,r,
-Miss Thaokeray says, the SUM Of
tho evil done by q respectable and easy
going life may be greater in the end,
perhaps, than that Of many o disastrous
career.
Wien o Chicago woman feels par,
Gcularly spiteful toward mankind, she
sleeps with her feet out of. the window
80 as to prevent people from seeing the,
comet. t.''j"
"A Kansas school ma'arn wouldnti
dismiss sohool to let the scholars seeaaf
circus procession go by, and the board
OF trustees have secured teacher who,
isn't so-stuck up. .fitsit'2 ss= 9tsi q tsl
IA Wisconsin man has just been par,
doned, after seven years service in, theI
penitentiary, it having been ascertained
that he did not commit tho murder Of!
which he was accused. as ean9 I,a4t
Flour will extinguish the flames of
burning coal oil, according to some,
body in Wisconsin. AS soon as it ibei
comes generally understood that coaL
oil is dangerous, this discovery may,
prove Of great service.
Detroit Free Press: s;A young lady
in Milwaukee tainted away when her,
lover called and found her bare-footed,,
hJ1t II Gst
his hat of as she cried sgood. morn
ing. >" ii; rsfi III. -, b !. i,rsid
The daughter of Kicking Bird is,
thing, with arch, soulful eyes" >" The
elk teeth with which her cloak is orr,
namented are valued at two hundred
and fifty mules -''' 4. ';i'9iil
-Engaging candor Papa -" And
pray, Sir, what do you intend to settle
on my daughter and how do you
mean to live ?" Intended -" intend,
sir, to settle myself on your .daughter,C
and live on you T. f.is t.ss, al .sya
.--"I believe my fate will be that OF,
Abel's, said o wife to her husband, one
day. WHY SO ~ 'inuu uuired her husband.
Because Abel waa killed by q club,
and your club will kill me if you con-
time to go 10 it every night"
Some singers at concert were
somewhat startled the other evening by,
finding that the selection, "When
wea,ied watchers sink to Sleep" had
been printed on their programmes
"When married wretches,". etc. III
Within the past five years 27,7s5
miles of railroad have been constructed
in this country at $4,000 per mile; the
cost of these works has been 81, ILL.,
100000. The population Of the country
increases at the rate Of $50 per cent.
annually. The earnings of our rail
roads increases in about sizfold greater
ratio. sI9
-Cheerfulness is an excellent wear
ing quality. 1t. has been called the
bright weather of the heart. It gives
harmony to the soul, and is perpetual
song without words. 1t is tantamount.
to repose. It enables nature to recruit
its strength; whereas worry and discon-
tent debilitate it, involving copstant
wear and tear. s.!I
-Danbury Bailey writes from Lopa
don: They ask me if there are such
drinks as brandy smashes, claret pun
ches, gin-slings, and the like, and when
tell them I am not quite sure, but
think I have heard those things men-
oiobcu ny WoIluiy peuplo III blo stateS,
they say, "Ah, how wonderful !"
hope / have not deceived these people.
Stanley writes, " No drunkard can
live in Africa. The very fever discov-
ers his weak point, attacks him and
kills him. / knew nothing much of
this terrible recurring malady previous
to my African experiences, but / had
good cause before I ended my mission
to know that drunkard is least able to
Withstand tropical and malarious cli-
| mate.
--Pestered with contributions in
| verse, !" from persistent rhymster, till
his patience gave out, an American ed
itor wrote to his correspondent thus :
"If you don't stop sending me your
sloppy poetry, I'll print piece of it
some day, with your name appended in
full, and send copy to your sweet
hearts father" The poetical fountain
was spontaneously dried up.
"A cholera conference is 10 meet in
Vienna in the course of the autumn to
discuss the best methods of preventing
the propagation of the disease. Pro-
fessor Pettenkofer, who has carefully
watched the progress OF cholera in
Munich since its outbreak nearly year
ago, will be present, and will no doubt
have valuable information to contribute.
The number of deaths, which last win
ter amounted to 55 a day in Munich
Gas n maximum), had sunk last month
to two per diem.
"A Montreal paper says: ''The Ia
dies of this city will be gratified to
learn that the woman's rights movement