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

success makes fools admired,i makes
villains honest. Thomson.
The sponge business ia Syria yields
about $125, 900 year, not an hnndredthI
part as much as is yielded by the speng-,
ing business in America
AT Decatur, ILL.,, the streets are
drained by sinking wells forty feet, at
which depth there are ouialssandsi
which do the work very effsctnally. ,o.n
-Misa Thaokeray says, the su1a Of
tho evil done by respectable and easy
going life may be greater in the end,
perhaps, than that of many disastrous
career.
When Chicago woman feels par
ticularly spiteful toward mankind, she
sleeps with her feet ont of the window
SO rs to prevent people from seeing the,
comet. 9 go
"A Kansas school ma'am wouldnf'
dismiss school to let the scholars see,ai
circus procession go by, and the board
OF trustees have secured teacher who,
isn't so.stuek up. ~ lse W.; a,i9a
"A Wisconsin man has just been pare
doned, after seven years service in, thef
penitentiary, it having been ascertained
that he did not commit the murder Of
which he was accused. s'Ea ,saae basI
Flour will extinguish the flames of
burning coal oil, according to some.
body in Wisconsin. As soon as 1T be-
comes generally understood that coak
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,
but a Chicago girl would have kicked
his hat OFF Us she cried tgood morn
inf" 1! 4st; l.i., r,is D 8 s,rn1d
The daughter of Kicking Bird ;is,
described as lively, piquant little.
thing, with arch, soulful eyes" The
elk teeth with which her cloak is orr,
namented are valued at two hundred
and fifty mules 3'a'' : $''l i;i'''hi
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 gdaughter,c
and live on you !" a.. nv, ~ .oya
-ts' believe my fate will ba that Of,
Abel 8, said wife to her husband, one
sday. 1 g " ny 50 ?'' quired her husband.
Because Abel was killed by o club,
and your club will kill me if you con-
tinue to go 10 it every night" i
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. ,- il
Within the past five years 27,7s5
miles of railroad have been constructed
in this country at $40,0 per mile; the
400, 1000. The population Of the country
increases at the rate OF 2.50 per cent.
annually. The earnings of our rail-
roads increases in about sizfold greater
ratio. p,to
-cheerfulness is an excellent wear
ing quality. 1t. has been called the
harmony to the soul, and is a perpetual
song without words. 1t is tantamount.
to repose. It enables nature to recruit
its strength; whereas worry and discon-
ten5 debilitate it, involving constant
wear and tear. AL
-Danbury Bailey writes from I,on-,
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 have heard those things men
toned by worldly people in the states.
they say, "Ah, how wonderful !" /
hope / have not deceived these people.
Stanley writes, "N No drunkard can
live in Africa. The very fever discov-
ers mis- weak point, attacks him and
kills Kim. / knew nothing much of
this terrible recurring malady previous
to my African experiences, but 1 had
good cause before ended my mission
to know that drunkard is least able to
Withstand tropical and malarious eli
mate"
--Pestered with contributions in
Verse;" from persistent rhymster, till
his patience gave out, an American ed
itor wrote to his correspondent thus:
eff 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 day iu Munich
| Gas maximum), had sunk last month
to two per diem.
"A Montreal paper saSs "The la-
dies of this city will be gratifed to
learn that the woman's rights movement