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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-06-29
Respectfully.
JAMES S. HEYWARD.
The following was handed to Us by
Editor ofthe Tax Payer.
VANcE's FFRRY, s. c..
June 26th, 1878,

Editor Tal-Pdycr
Your editorial in last paper con-
corning County School Conventions is
to the point. Isay that Oraugebu re-
can have q Convention. Why not ?
The thing is practicable. Our State
Superintendent would, 1 think, medt
with US. What say you, teachers {?
Speak out. TEACHER.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1878-06-29

The Merchants have all agreed to
close their places IF business on tha
day.
G. w. BRUNsoN,
l.. II. WANNAMAKER,
p. G. CANNON,
w. p. BRUNsoN,
W. L. IzLAR,
Committee of Arrangements
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-24

The footing Of the list for 1854 is s6l. OF,
while that for 1878 is but $13.45, for the
same articles. In 1864 laborers received at
the rate Of two dollars per day, while now
the SAME class of workmen receive from n
dollar to a dollar and a quarter a day but
the dollar a day they now earn will pur-
chase nearly two and one-ha.f times as
much as the two dollars they earned in
1916
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-24
TRADE WITH RUSSIA

Since the first of January, 1878, eighty
one shipments, consisting of tools, machin-
cry, rope, n other articles, nave been
made from this country to Russia, through
the efforts of q Russian gentleman who is
trying hard to divert to this country that
portion of the Russian trade now command
ed by England. In n recent interview with
n representative of the Philadelphia Press,
he said
THE trade of England with Russia
amount to 1873 DOC, 900 roubles. / do not
despair of reducing this one half in favor of
America within five years. We want to
fight England; if we cannot do it by war
fare, we can by striking at her where she is
most sensitive and yulnerable-in her trade.
/ find your manufacturers here willing to
lend their aid and to sell for the smallest
profit, looking to the future. 1t keeps the
mills going it brings our money here in
stead of to England. In Pittsburg and Oil
City, and especially here in Philadelphia,
where l have had transactions, l find every
body willing to cooperate in this way, and
/ lave found assurances that distance will
be no barrier to a successful trade. There
is now, more than ever before, q splendid
field for American goods in Russia. 1t is
not to be supposed that we will put one
cent more a we can help into British
pockets, while we do want to build up oul
trade and more closely cement our friend
ship with America. But one thing must
never be forgotten. The goods must be of
the best quality; the price must be such us
to compete with the British. There is no
sentiment in business. l venture to say
that if an effort is made here by your mer-
chants to push q trade with us on these
terms, they will find n most gratifying re-
sponse."
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-24

Each inhabitant in the United States
pays s2.02 for the support of the public
schools, and $1.39 for military purposes.
These two items of expenditure in other
countries of the world are as follows
Prussia, 81 cents and S2.29; Austria, "a
cents and 81. 80 France, 90 cents and 81
so; Italy, 10 cents and $1.57; England
and Wales, GO cents and 1886; Switzer-
land, So cents and 81.
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1878-10-24

An Item of Interest to Every Lady who
Desires to be More Beautiful
than she now Ia.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
Interviewed.

A rather goOd-lOoking young darkey
called upon me the other day, and after
tWirling his.hat in his hand for COnsid-
cradle time, blurted out:
"Boss, does you know meF
Indeed I don't"
" You was a ossifer in de army OBJ de
Potomac, waren't yOu?
eyes"
Had charge Of stebedores at Belle
Plains, eh?"
"Yes."
"WalI, don't you know me now?"
"No; don't recollect you"
"Wall, I is Sam"
"Sam what"
OATS lis what We ak me afore, and dat
isn't nv name, I tell ye once agin.
"Your name is Sam. Now Sam what?
"Boss, 1 kin tell ye jis what it Is; my
name isn't Sam What, but jist Sam"
ooh! that is it, is it? Well, what was
your masters name?'
"He runn'd away long go. Got Nc
master now"
"Wbat was your fathers name"
"Nebber had no fadder."
Your mothers nameT
"Nebber had any modder."
"Your brothers, sistersF
"Nebber had any fadder, no brudders
no sisters, Boss; I'll jist tell yer all der Il
about dis. Use q VaTginny Niger, come
out oh de bondage, and when you see ne
YOU see all der is OBJ us. Now you go way
wild your Belle Plains. You a hosslte.
oh de guard, and not know Sam; we'll
! dat is remarkable.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
AWoman's Opinion Of
Hayes.

Mary Clemmer writes from Wash
ington:
HAYES is a clean, obstinate, self
satisGedmau, who believes thorough
" in himself, in his "luek, in the
Lord, and his wife. In the conduct
of his life he IS invariably dir, eted By
these four, chiefly by the first andlnst.
The result is that, while by no means
| a stranger to policy, or to the giving
of political rewards, or even to the
artful lodges which the saints OF
this world, I observe, do not disclalm
to apply; on the whole, the moral
atmosphere surrounding the man is
clear and heaIthful. He does not
have to go into retirement for days
/ together, as his predecessor did, to
sleep off the stupid fumes Of toe
much strong drink. Heis not "hor-
sew" nor is he saturated with tobac'
co, nor utterly given up to the socie
ety Of the vulgarrich. The men who
surround him as his immediate advl,
sers are men cor spicuouslya above re.
proach. Personally it would be diff
fcult to find company Of men oi
! finer integrity, if not of larger capac
itv, than the country may find IN
Evarts, McCrary, Thompson, Schurz
and Key. Could you honest people
at home know the difference in the
conduct Ofbut one department-that
of the Navy-under the present Sec
retary and that of Lis predecessor
you would begin to have some hop
of the administration of the Govern
ment Of the nation.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05

Why THERE IS NO RAIN IN PERU.-In
Peru. South America, rain is unknown.
The coast Of Peru is within the region OF
DerpetuaI southeast trade winds, and
though the Peruvian shores are on the
verge of the great southeast boiler, yet
it never rains there. The reason is plain.
The southeast trade winds in the Allan
tic ocean first strike the water on the
coast of Africa. Travelling to the north
west they blow Obliquely across the ocean
until they reach the coast Of Brazil. By
tbis time they are laden with YaPOr,
which thev continue to bear along across
the continent, depOsiting it as they 60,
and supplying with it the sources of the
Rio de la Plata and the southern tribu-
taries of the Amazon. Finally they
reach the snow-capped Andes; here IS
wrung from them the last particle of
moisture that a very low temperature
can attract. Reaching the summit Of
| thatrange theynOw tumble down as cool
and dry winds on the Pacific slope be-
vond. Meeting with no evaporating
| Surface, and no temperature colder than
that to which they were subjected on the
mountain tops, they reach the ocean
Thus we see how the tops of the Andes
/ become the reservoir from which are
supplied the rivers Of Chill and Peru,
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05

Col. Bob IngersOl, with all his
faults, utters many sober truths that
are worth consideration. Here IS o
parable for Greenbackers, that Is to
the point: "Here is a shoe shop One
man in the shop is always busily at
work during the day-always indus
trious. In the evening he goes court
ing a good, nice girl There are i've
other men in the shop who don't do
anv such a thing. They spend half
of their working hours in lOa6Dg and
their evenings in dissipation This
first young man by and by cuts out
from these others and gets a boot
and shoe shop of his own. Then he
marries this girl Soon he is abe o
take his wife out to ride Of an even
inc. The five laborers, his former
companions, who see him INDUCING
in this little luxury, retire to a neigh
boring saloon and pass a resolution
that there is an eternal struggle be-
tween labor and capital!
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
Curious Customs.

Some of the most curious customs that
are to be found in any class OF people
are found among the MOravians, who
have their headquarters in the beautl-
full and ancient town OF BethIeheIn,
Pennsylvania.
IT has ALWAYS seemed to the writer to
be a strange custom to toll the churCh
bells when a person is dylngi but the
Moravians do a more curious thing yet
When a person is dying, "a member o.
their sect, word is at once taken to a
person appointed to the duty, who I'M
i1ediatelv proceeds to the church ana
climbs high up in the belfry, when he
fakes a trombone and plays a tune
This tells the sad news to the MOFavlans
thai one who has been languishlng has
"gone hence" or that a sudden visit Of
the shadowy angel has borne its ghastly
and bitter fruit. The sound Of bells Is
such q common occurrence that one may
toll and toll, and the business man o.
the slumberer will fail to notice; but IN
the silent hours of night if the unaccus-
toned music Of the trombone Is walked
where is the slumberer that will not
hear it? And where is the person whose
souI it will not thrill? As the trumpetel
Is supposed to stand on the walls of Zion
and announce the coming of a spirit
from the land of mortality, it is pleas
antlv romantic to imagine that ne
catches the music from the earthly from
hone and echoes It throughout the regioT
of spirits, to be in turn rc-cchoed by
whom and where we dare not even ny
TO think. What originated the custom
it is very hard to determine, as 1t ha
been observed almost for counties
ages"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
The EngIIsh as CommerelaI PeOple.

English people have frequently be-
trayed a good deal of sensitiveness at
NapOleon's celebrated criticism that we
are a "natiOn of shopkeepers." 1t all
depends on the definition-in what we
consider the shopkeeper to consist. The
old Greeks had prejudice against re-
failing, because they associated 1t with a
petty retailing spirit. But it Is not at all
truS that littIeness of mind must neces-
sarily accompany httleness Of transac-
tions. There is a famous sentence Of
Hebrew writ: "The cities whose mer-
chants were princes, and their trattick-
ers the l. &Orable of the earth" The
merchants of Venice we're statesmen
and princes; they are forever recOgnlZ-
able by their pictures and palaces. All
| through our medieval cities we have the
combination of business and nobility.
Nor are our London merchants, In their
honest broadcloth, inferior to those who
once wore the TyTian dye or the Nene-
tan velvet. The spirit of commerce
now runs like a fibre through all orders
of the community, binding together class
with class and interest with interest.
The present age witnesses the somewhat
curious phenomenon "Of nOblemen IN
business" There was a time when 1t
was thought a great thing for a trader to
be raised to the peerage; at present the
peers seem buSily rushing into the ranks
of trade. Every one now can give a list
of titled people with connections in busl-
ness. There is a current rumOr to the
effect that a great peer is a sleeping part
ner in a large retail business house
in the West-end. 1t is well known that
the brothers-in-law of a princess are eE-
gagged in commerce. The sons of the
Duke of Argyle are pretty well content
to lay aside their titles when engaged III
business transactions. 1t has also trans
Uired that ROYALTY itself-GeOTge ~, at
| least. when Prince of Wales-had q bUsi-
ness share in one of the London mCrn-
ing papers. Business has sent It's hDres
throughout all the country, and no class
of the community have greater CONNER
Cial interests than our arlstocracy. Inc
English are emphatically commercial
people: but it is not less true that we are
essentially an aristocratic people, and
that amongst all classes Of the commu-
nifty there is an Unmistakable teehng OF
regard for those who occupy exalted sta
tiOns. The subscription list, which has
noble lord at its head, Is llkelyt to be hlled
far quicker, and with much more respect
able sums, than one which lacks TINS
adornment, while we all know the at
traction which title has on the pros
pectus of a speculative company. The
fact is. a respect for aristOCTatlc assOcla'
tions is so deeply woven into ON
! thoughts and habits, that it has become
a second nature 20 us. This Characters
tic national feeling has OF course It's com
merclal phase. Many scions OF noble
houses have earned lots Of guineas by
fees as directors, or still greater remuner
alton as prOmOter.-LOIldOn Society.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
SOMEBODY'S DAZZLING.
,to a ward Of whIte-washed walls,

Into q ward OF white-washed walls,
Where the dead and the dying lay
Wounded by bayUnets, shells, and balls
Somebody's darling was borne one day.
Somebody's darling So young and so brave
Wearing still, on his pale, sweet face,
Soon TOO be hid By the dust Of the grave,
The lingering light Of his boyhOOd grace.
Mated and damp are the curls Of gold,
Kissing the snow Of his fair young brow,
Pale arc the lips Of delicate mould
Somebody's darling is dying now.
Back from the beautiful, O.ue-veincd face
Brush ever. wandering silken thread
Cross his hands as a sign of grace
Somebody's darling is still and dead
KISS him once for somebody's sake
AIurmur a prayer soft and low
One bright curl from the cluster take,
They we're somebody's pride you know.
Somebody's hand had rested there;
Was a mothers sOft and whitef
And have the lips Of sister fair
Been baptized in those waves OF light3
God knows best He was somebody's love;
Somebody's heart enshrined him there,
Somebody waited his name above,
Night and morn on the wings OF prayer.
Somebody wept when he marched away,
Looking so handsome brave ana granoi
Somebody's kiss on his forehead lay
Somebody chung to his parting hand
Somebody's watching yet for him,
YearnIpg to hold him again to her hearti
There he ues-with the blue eyes dim,
And the smiling, chndlike lips apart
Tenderly hurry the fair young dead,
Pausing to drop on his grave tear;
Carve on the wooden slab at his head
"Sornebody's darling lies buried here P'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
Words Of Wisdom.

If laughter is the daylight OF the SOUL
a smile is its twilight.
By bestowing blessings upon others,
we entail them on ourselves.
Danger should be feared when distant
and braved when present.
To give pain is the tyranny of beauty
to make happy is her true empire
Patience is a virtue which some peoP,s
think everyone needs but themselves.
The froth of the head not unfrequently
becomes venom when itreachesthe heart
The miser lives to die rich, and is the
paoler of his house, and the turnkey OF
his wealth.
The mind that busies itself much with
the future has need to be an unconlmonly
cheerful one.
The light in the world comes prnci-
DoIIv from two sources-the sun and the
students lamp.
Riches do not half so much exhilarate
rs with their possession, as they torment
us with their loss.
The worst-hearted of enemies is often
less to be dreaded than the most kind
hearted of friends.
You may speak out more plainly tC
your associates, but not less courteously
than you do to strangers.
When you hear suspicious persons
boast of being the friends Of their kind
ask them what sorI of kind that IS.
The death-smile Is the grandest thinS
in the world. It makes the dark Pas
an arch of triumph into a radiant Future
You can't get anything in this worll
without money, some say; but this Il
not true, for without money you get int
debt.
It is but step from cunning t,
knaverv; lying makes the whole differ
ence-add that to cunning, and it i
knaveTy.
Money is well spent in purchasing
tranquility of mind.
A celebrated wit was asked why h
did not marry young lady to whom h
was much attached. 81 know not" h
replied, except the great regard We hay
for each other"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
A Coed Income for Some En-
ergeffc Lady or Gentleman

Z -
The Ohio Scale Works, Of Cincinnati,
have Just completed, and are now intro
ducing to the public, under the title Of the
s. UNIVERSAL FAMILY SCALE" an
article that has always been needed in
every household; and, in communica-
ton addressed to the publisher Of this
paper, the prOprietOrs ask Us to refer
them to some reliable party who viii rep
resent them in introducing it to the peO-
pie of this county. It is very seldom that
a new article steps so suddenly into uni
versal favor. HOusekeepers are loud IN
its praise, for It possesses the merit Of be-
ing always ready. There are no weights
to hunt up and adjust, is always reliable
will not get out of Order-and is an Orna-
ment to the kitchen. The description Is
simply base surmOunted by hollow col
umn, in which works q spiral spring so
scientifically gauged and adjusted as TO
weigh anything up to twelve pounds with
I perfect accuracy. On the top Of the col
| umn is the platform on which the articles
to be weighed are placed By the mere
| turning of a screw the tare Of the dish,
plate, or whatever you may use IN weigh
/ ing. is taken out and the net weight given
| HOusekeepers at once see its value IN
weighing sugar OF fruit, IN making pre-
serves or jellies, or in testing the butchers
| or grocers weight, and the thousand and
| one cases that occur where something that
should be weighed accurately is necessary.
1 The Scales are handsomely painted and
| bronzed, ard are sold at about One-third
! the price charged for the inferior scales Of
/ the same capacity. It seems to us that
nearly every family in this county would
want one, aud it is certainly rare OppoT-
I tunity for some smart and energetic party
to pick up quite a nice little income dur
| ipg the next few months. The Company
I has agents in no more favorable location
who are making $500 to $500 ler day,
and there are certainly several in this Vi
cinity who can do as we'll We recommend
such to address the ONO SCALE WORKs,
Elm and George Streets, Cincinnati, o.,
/ and all information, etc, will be cheerful
" given them by mentioning our paper.
nOvTW3
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
MY MARY.


She bloEon1ed In the country,
Where sunny summer filings
Herrcsy arms about the earth,
And brightest blessings brings.
Health was her sole inheTitancs,
Ard graca her only dover;
Inever dreamed tie wildwood
Contained SC sweet q flower
Far distant from the city,
And inland from the sea,
Ny Mary blO0med IN goodness,
As pure as pure could be
She caught her dewy freshness
From hill and mountain bower,
Inever dreamed the wildwood
Contained so sweet q flower.
The rainbow must have lent her
Some ofits airy grace
The wild rose parted with a blush
That nestled on her face.
The sunbeaIns got entangled In
The long waves Of her hair,
Or she had never grown TO De
So modest and 50 fair.
The early birGs have taught her
Their oyOus matin song,
And some OF their son innocence,
She's been with them so long.
And for her now, il need be,
I'd part with wealth and power;
Inever dreamed the wildwood
Contained so sweet q flower.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05

LFor the News
Jim LeWis's Lamentation.
Dedicated to James Lewis, who now lies in West
Union Jail for the murder Of Harrison Copag,
in May, le7S.
BY BUCK ROwLET.
-Four long months in the West Union Jail,
-Four months have to st8y,
For way-laying man on a by-paih,
And taking his life away.
Oh, had I a chance for redemption,
A different life would lead,
And my poor, misused wife and my children
I won ID try hard hereafter TO feed.
And now II be sent to Columbus,
Ten years or more to stay,
And no doubt they viii give me lte-lcases
And then / win neer get away.
had at home two poor blind daughters,
Who have died since in Jail have been,
But I never used them az father,
And may God forgive me my sin
Ihave at homea son. Charley by name,
Who Of his mother win I hope lake good care
And using his poor father for example
VIII Of murder forever beware
Alb. Robinson. my accomplice in crime,
Back on me she clearly has went,
She has clipped with John Asbery Clifford
And left me all alone to repent.
Oh, citizens and friends, of my county,
Be cautious while pushing my suii,
And remember. while thinking Of COpaer
Il was cowardiCe caused me shoot.
il. BOARDlIAN-Dear Sir: The above
piece of poetry contains nothing but solid
facts. Ihaye not written from knowledge
gained from other parties. am we'll aC-
Guainted with Lewis, and was we'll aC-
quainted with Copas previous to bis death,
and until three weeks ago have resided
in the immediate neighborhOOd Of the spot
where the crime was perpetrated. am to
be subpoenaed as a witness IN the case
when the trial comes off. If you think it's
worth a space in your paper you are well
come to 1t. b. 4.
Berrvville, o.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05

CHANGING HATs.-Barry, the painter,
was with Nollekens, at Rome, in 17e9
and they were extremely intimate.
Barry took the liberty one night, when
they were about to leave the English
cofee-house, to exchange hats with him.
Barry's was edged with lace. and NOlle-
kens' was a very shabby, plain one. Upon
his returning the hat the next morning
he was asked by Nollekens why he left
him his gold-laced hat. "Why, to tell
you the truth, my dear boy" answered
Barry, 81 fully expected assassination
last night, and l was to have been known
by my laced hat"
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05

Flessher, the defaulting Stark
county Treasurer, has been sentenc-
ed to twelve years imprisonment
and to pav a fine Of S6O,OO0-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
PROBLEM.

An elderly gentleman asked lady her age. one
replied Take 81 from your age ana tle Ilil.5 ~ -
vour ace will be transferred Wnleu WI PC ~
a~e REQUIRED. the age of each. -.---
Oak Ridge, ID. A. 9LAel'
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05

He who travels through life in the
hope of jumping into the shoes OF
another, mostly goes on a bootles9
errand. '-
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05

Answers to srYouug Folks Corner Of noy. p
no Fnirmas-So. ], Ella StrouP, In hliSl2ai lll5
No. ,, Frank N0ser- 10. g, Caleb R7oo ana Bib
StrOnP.
The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1878-12-05
Young Folks Corner.
POETICAL ENIGMAs.

No. ].
am composed OILS letters.
NV 1st is i'm beauty, and also In beast
Nv 9d ia i'm BgIshizzar, that made great teas
Nv 81 Is in rat, but not in mouse,
M Am is i'm barn, but not IN house.
Nv 5ih is in tigcr, but not in lion, -,
Nv etE is in Ambrose, but not IN MI AlonI
nv 7fh is in lazy, MY eth is in land
NV gth is nm nose. but not il hand
nv fGfh is in Martha, my llth % caFanf
NV 17fb is in Belle, my l3Jh in Alryr
NV Itth is in bahOOn, bul not IN m0nAeys
I+y,v,,7 zr,Ty,s This Euivn.a The answer VII be
A snbiect for gossip in New Market 4. p.
Near New Market, d. Blu E-E j L-D D--'-''