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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-12-05
FFICE OF
COUNTY t0MMlSSI1NERS
ORANGEBURG COUNTY.
OEANGEEUIG, S. G.,
November 2Oth, 1879

In accordance with Section 2G Of an Act
of the Geneaal Assembly of the State of
Couh Carolina, entitled "An Act to Reduce
MI Acts and parts of Acts in Relation to
County Commissioners, their Powers and
Duties into, one Act, and to Amend tho
simc; ratified April IL. 1875; all Claimcs
fled in this Office during the Fiscal Year
lS7S-19, and the action AIKEN thereon arc
hereby published:
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1879-12-05

tcctly sure Of itn n)w. We have all
been heard. The public can judge. l
have no fears Of the verdict.
JAS. +. IzLAR.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
A London N..msnapcl Ones.

A correspondent writes from London
an account of his visit to the office of
the London Times. He says: There
are large dining-room and restaurant
in the building, where all the men get
their meals who wish, at cost, except q
trife above, which goes into sick fund
for the benefit of the employees. In the
basement is a large emachine-shop where
I saw at least twenty hands at work, and
where a large number of the Waiter
printing machines have been built,
besides those employed in the office.
In the press-room are eight OF these
machines in daily use, each one printing
1880 in an hour, in all 10O,OO IN every
so minutes they are in motion. In the
paper room was a considerable store of
paper in reels, weighing 500 pounds
each, and 40 of those reels are used IN
eyery issue. They 90 to press about
l a. m, and then get off before 3, and
was told by Mr.. Macdonald that within
20 minutes after the last form is locked
up the matter has been stereotyped and
six presses are running. was shown
into room where are wires connecting
with all parts of the continent, and
within arms reach stands a type-setting
machine, managed by two boys, to which
the telegraph slips are passed. They
can set up and correct in an evening as
much as six columns of matter, which
is sent down through pneumatic tube,
by which channel all the matter reached
the stone. In another room are two
sets of wires running to Parliament,
from which full dispatches are received
while the two Houses are in session. In
a room connecting with the machine
shops are two type-making machines,
which are kept constantly at work, and
Mr.. Macdonald told me he had found it
cheaper to make type than to distribute
it. The business room is on the first
floor, and then there is an inquiry room,'
where information is furnished to those
outside who have the right to ask it /;
several rooms that are devoted to the
advertising department, and others for
the editorial staff, which is large. The
establishment is complete in all its parts,
and the employees find beneath the roof
every necessary comfort and convent
nee to be had in good hotel"
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
AST5TA BTTTA OHIO FRIDAY, FEBRUARY Z, 1879.
A Remarkable BOY,

George Albert Page is the name of
remarkable boy, says the OswegO PdItd-
diltm, who lives with his mother in a
small frame house a short distance south
of Eakeport, a little hamlet near Oneida
lake. He will be IA years old on the
18th day of January next, and is per-
fectly formed, with the exception of his
head, which is of enormous size. It
measures 28 inches in circumference;
II inches from the front to the back; 9
inches across; 1S3 inches from ear to
ear, over.
The forehead is Al inches high and
the face 1O3 inches long. The head,
which is twice as large as that of the
average person, is covered with black
hair. Another singularity is the eyes.
These are inverted and can only look up.
He cannot see anything below the level
of his eyes. The lid that closes over
the eye, instead of being the upper one
as is generally the case, is the lower one.
The face, otherwise presents no unusual
appearance. The boy is feet inch in
height, and weighs about so pounds.
He is in a perfectly healthy condition,
and eats regularly and in large quantities.
After each meal he smokes, and would
practice the habit continually were he
allowed to do so. He was three years
old, before he could raise his head, and
5 years old before he could stand on his
feet. From his infancy until nearly
years old he was almost skeleton in
form, but now he is nearly as well de-
yeloped as an ordinary boy of his age.
In consequence of the strange position
of his eyes, he has never been able to
acquire any learning, and does not know
the letters of the al phabet. He is, how
ever, quite apt, and is quick to catch the
meaning of anything spoken within
his hearing; but he cannot express him
self. and Invariably asks his mother
what to say. His head, which is very
heavy, increases in dimensions as he
advances in age, and when he reaches
maturity will probably be one-haf
larger than at present.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07

uah -, %. -5ssaIIJs Deglns: First get
your seaips! s5s
THoUGHTs that burn-Amateur poet
ry when the editors waste basket is
overfiowing.
NEVER 90 in debt. Such a man
never went into bankruptcy.-Io,oa
State Register.
A GIRL in st. Louis got a valuable
corner lot in her stocking last Christ
mas.-Chicago Times.
BUCKwHEAT PANCAKES enable pris-
oners to break out The attack is kind
O. rash, however. Graphic.
A BANKRUPT, condoled for his en-
barrassment, said: ''Oh, l am not en-
barrassed at all; it's my creditors that
are embarrassed.
Way should we celebrate Washing
tons birthday more than mine?" asked
teacher. because he never told q
heP shouted little boy.
MEM. BY AN OLD MAm.-WbatP
Il L'Hon1nae propose! That's nonsense.
goodness knows. The mischief is that
man does notpropose.-P Punch.
WHEN man knows a little some-
thing and can make jury that knows
nothing understand it, he is spoken of
as an expert.-M o. Ptcayu1e.
"AN' why is an Irishman loike a
shipP" asked Mike. "Bedad. it's be-
cause aich wan of 'em is followed by a
wake" was Pats ready reply.
WE saw young man with two heads
on his shoulders the other day, but
didn't consider it much of a curiosity
one belonged to his girl. College
argus
A MERCHANT in Dallas, Tex, has his
residence built on the corporation line,
and his bed in the middle of the house,
SO that he sleeps in the city and his
wife in the country.
Glow OLD are you, sissy" said a
recently, to a little girl
who was trying to ride for half fare.
" Nine at home, sir, but on the cars
only SIX" was the ready reply.
AMONG other inducements held out
TO make lunch counter popular, n
village paper announces that the pro-
Prletor will lend his presence to
grace the festive board.''
BREATHITT COUNTY, Ky, is described
in the Louisville COurier-Jour1anL as
"A land where revolver and rife
Ar usetl lOr tine purpose of settling dispnteB
Who're life IL re .arded as only a tr1te
sHn US usual Tor people to die in their boots.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07

A MIsER's character described in two
lines: "You who are acquainted with
NsA X can you tell me the reason why,
being so rich, he always takes a third
class passage 70 go to his villa?n "Oh,
it is very simple. 1t is because there
is no fOurth-class "-LOndO'1 Paper.
TIE baby-earriage is condemned by
Berlin physicians in cases where the
little one sits facing the nurse and is
pushed backward. The natural desire
of The eye is TO draw nearer to what it
sees, and the practice of reversing this
normal order of things and causing
surrounding objects to recede is liable
to affect inJuriously the development Of
both sight and brain.
A DOTCIDIAN once met an Irishman
on the lonely highway. AS they met
each smiled, thinking he knew the
other. Pat, on seeing his mistake, re-
marked, with look of disappointment:
" Faith, an / thought it was you, an
you thought it was me, and its naythur
of u.s." "Yaw, dat is dru. am anuder
man, and you is not yourself, and we
are some other podies."
A RUTLAND lawyer, in referring to
some prisoners, addressed the jury as
follows: ~ tell you their knees shook
as shook the knees of Beltiheezer, when
Paul said unto him: Thou art the
And Biddefort advocate,
blushing at the conduct of his oppo-
nent's client, shouted in open court,
" Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in
the streets of Jerusalemr'-N.Y Y. EUen-
ing Post
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07

D0VUHo IrlgnIened at the a.
proaeh Of person. Their treatment
should be such as that they will actual
~ learn to entertain an affection for
their keeper, and if they do, they will
naturally be tame and docile a flock
of wild sheep is about the most un-
profitable investment that afarmer can
make. They are continually getting
themselves into some trouble, and Csaus-
ing. great annoyance, if not loss, to
their owner.
We have seen some fockmen iUmp
into flock. and pull and haul the sh eep
by the wool until the animals were not
only half frightened to death, but suf-
fered great injury otherwise. A 81 leep
should never be caught or lifted by the
wool. Some one has said that if ny
one doubts the improperly of liftin E
sheep by the wool, just let him per. nit
himself TO be lifted by the hair, and it
is good suggestion. When sheep are
thus caught or lifted, the skin in so me
instances is actually torn from the
flesh, and if the injury is not to that
extent it cannot but affect the flesh to
some degree.
A sheep should be lifted by placing
the arms around the body and near the
forelegs. This is the easiest way to do.
especially with large sheep. To catch
the animal, the hands should be thrown
about the neck, or else the sheep should
be caught by the hind leg Immediately
above the hook. This latter may bo
done with the hand or the crook, and
when this way is adopted the utmost
gentleness should be observed, and the
sheep gently drawn back until the other
hand can reach the neck. 1t is scarce
ly necessary to remind the keeper that
when the crook is used upon a sheep
which is closely surrounded by other
sheep, that great care must be exer-
cised lest the other sheep Jump against
the one caught or against the crook, in |
which case severe damage may be done
Western Rural.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
EOW GREEK MET GREEK.

so it is true, Jessie Handbook! Gol.
have been trihing with me from first to
last. May God forgive you-I cannot! !!
said Ralph Ashton, bitterly, as he drop
ped the white hand and gaZed down
Scornfuliy at its owner.
"Why, Ralph" lisped an affected voice,
81 never dreamed you meant anything
really, it seems so Odap
"Odd,' Jessie Hardbrookw and his
eyes flashed angrily. "You never
dreamed that I loved you? You knew
it we'll! Day by day you have been
leading me on. Why, when you saw
that was beginning to love you from my
very soul, did you check me? Twas
because you wished to swell the list of
your victims. 1 congratulate you upon
your success. Now farewell forever" !"
And before the apparently astonished
young lady could frame sentence, the
door had slammed behind Ralph Ashton.
He strobe tiercely down the street to
his studio, and entering it, locked the
door behind him. A picture stood on
the easel, partly concealed by a cloth
which had been thrown over it. This
he snatched hastily off and revealed
full life portrait of Jessie Handbook,
Just as she looked the first time he had
met her, clad in white silk trimmed
with tube-roses, the same which
nestled in her long, golden curls. A
smile parted the saucy red lips and
dimpled one daintily tinted cheek. 1t
was Jessie Handbook, surely, but a
thousand times more beautiful, for he
had endowed it with soul-not hers,
but one of his own creation-one that
he imagined that the woman he loved
possessed.
He had spent much time on this pic
ture, and had succeeded beyond his
widest hopes. It had become the
greatest pleasure of his life to sit before
It, and with every stroke of the brush
paint and fancy wonderful dream OF
the future when he should call her his
very own.
All this may seem romantic and non
sensical for strong man to indssy-s s
but it was true. Ralr - - ~
the sensitive natilv
leans toward =
practical s;ac
or atf7
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
Whole Number 1913
An Extraordinary Book.

A very remarkable and interesting
addition to the CuriOsities at the British
Museum has Just been made. It con-
sists of a complete copy of the famous
Chinese Encyclopedia, amounting IN all
to 1920 volumes. This work is note
worthy in many respects. Its produe-
ton was due to the wisdom and energy
of Kang-He, the greatest and Wisest of
Chinese Emperors. Kang-ae was the
pupil of Adam Schaal, the great German
mathematician, and from him imbibed
a strong liking for literature. During
his reign, which lasted sixty years, and
is one of the most memorable IN
Chinese history, he conceived the plan
of a great Chinese dictionary; and not
content with that alone, he appointed
learned commission to collect and verify
all Chinese works, with view to their
embodiment in one authoritative edition.
Kang-He died in 1722, before the task
was completed, but it was carried on un-
der the direction OF his successor, and
was at length finished after about forty
years of labor. The commissioners are
supposed to have taken all works from
about 100 B. G. to 100 A. D., and hence
the whole Chinese literature of any inn
portance or interest is to be found in
the 5,O2O volumes in which the results
of their labors were published. The
subjects are classified under six headings,
namely, writing relating to the heavens,
the earth, mankind, inanimate nature,
philosophy and political economy. A
Chinese tradition states that not more
than a hundred copies were originally
printed. The price paid was only e1 SOP,
certainly not very high figure for such
a unique wsrk, which in the opinion of
all who know anything Of Chinese
affairs is a very great acquisition.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07

------r, E.sSyyIo0 mas uIDDle0 q hole,
is reaching through, and, to ali appear
ances, interviewing another mouse as
to the difficulties of his ambitious at
tempt. Another pin has two mice run
ming over golden girdle, WI ich, by
the adjustment of glowing topazes Of
extreme smallness, and garnets equally
small, looks as though heated, which
would argue certain recklessness. to
say the least, on the part of the mice in
question. Still another pin has upon
it horrid little Deaths head, in white
enamel, in which very diminutive
points glow behind the hollow sockets
of the eyes, and, upon examination,
prove to be two lighted cigars of ruby.
This IS of French design. A fourth pin
has golden skeleton adjusted by inVis-
ible wires, which jerks at every motion
of the wearer.
There IS a certain fascination about
these weird pins that gives Une an un-
accountable desire to possess them.
Pin fifth has two skeletons dressed in
the masquerade dress of - Pantalon''
of the ballet, and with their caps set
jauntily crooked over their sightless
eyes.
A beautiful design is bird balancing
itself upon siiVer-barred fence and
holding in its beak a spray of coral
berries. Another equally pretty has
two unfurled fans at the end, and in the
center "carbuncle stone" An odd
pin has two heads of negro children in
black enamel, with diamond eyes and
grinning mouths with teeth of ivory.
One of the most curious and costly,
and most difficult 10 keep from injury,
owing to its mechanism, is slide upon
which are set two jeweled eyes, imita-
ting human eyes, shaded with lashes
and eyebrows of enamel, and which
move from side to side by tiny spring
that the motion of the wearer stirs.
The effect is odd, and is that of rolling
rather than simply turning the eye
from side to side, yet the exquisite
beauty of the crystals, colored to repre-
sent the ball, iris and pupil, is a tri-
umph of the jewelers. art.
A very handsome pin has a Turks
head, with a superb Oriental turban.
The care Of selection of the tiny, many
hued jewels that make up the stripes
and aigrette of the turban must have
been tOilsOme, but the effect is singular
ly good. A brilliant affair is a party
colored enamel pin, with several spread
cards held in a mans hand,-M Y
Herald.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
How Mem Can Live at Great Heights.

There has been an interesting CORES
pondence in the London Times as to the
degree of comfort with which men can
live at great heights. 9lr. Webber,
writing from the Grindewald, in Switzer:
land, states that in Thibet he has hVed
for months together at a height OF
more than fifteen thousand feet above
the level of the sea, and that the result
was as follows: His pulse, at normal
heights only sixty-three per minute,
seldom fell below one hundred per
minute during the whole time he was at
that level, His respiratiOns were often
twice as numerous in the minute as
thew are at ordinary levels. A run OF
one hundred yards would quicken both
pulse and respiration more thana run
of one thousand yards at the sea level,
and the higher the level, the greater
the difficulty of walking or running
fast. He crossed the shoulder OF the
Gurla Mandhata at height OF some
twenty thousand feet, and found the
greatest difficulty in getting his breath
quickly enough, had frequent and vlo-
lent headaches, and found that his
native guides and companions suffered
much more even than he did. Clearly,
The physical constitution Of man has
not been naturally selected so as to admit
of great variations in the altitnds Of his
dwelling place. ?
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
IRAther.

Leather has long history. If it is a
too exclusive motto that ''there is moth
ing like leather" few manufactured
things are older. It was probably the
very first bit of manufacture rude, yet
suited to its purpose, the use Of bark for
hardening and preserving skins having,
no doubt, been practiced in prehistoric
times. Even our progenitor an
cient Briton-used srong hide thong to
throw his stones with, and was scantnY
clad in leather-anticipating the odd
desire of George Fox, the founder of
Quakerism. Within the period of au-
thentic history, legislated for and pro
tected, and has often been included in
sumptuary regulations. 1t is very odd
to read that in England in the sixteenth
century complaints were made that skins
were tannedin three weeks, thus uncon-
sciously shortening the period Of use
e nj wont, which had been about one
" vi and that in consequence an act
- 'erii55saT9y prohibiting tanners
satNt were not attested
pa1bi;sdliiH Dr.. diiHiS in the tan
-. NiYpl rlilds,
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07

substances known to be compound
yield changed spectra under changed
conditions. Other substances, hereto
fore supposed to be elementary, act in
tie same way when subjected to the
same treatment. There is the fact
which chemists must explain. And we
may add that it is the only fact that
requires explanation, for the previous
announcement that the spectrum of one
metal has been obtained by the
spectrum of another metal was
wholly incorrect. Nothing at all
resembling a transmutatiOn of met
ais has been accomplished, even if
it should prove that they are more
nearly related to each other than mod
ern science has taught. But Mr.. Lock
yer's discoveries have opened highly
interesting field for research, and the
future is full of possibilities. Boston
advertiser.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07

Express Trains Leave New York
300 AM Cincinnati and Chicago Dav
Express. Drawing Room Coaches fo RnE
falo and Suspension Bridge
800 F.ms Daily. Fast st. Louis Express
aLiLLVing i at Bunalo 8 90 A. M, connecting
with fast trains to the West NorfhyVesf . nS
southwest. Puliman's best Drawing Room
Sleeping Coaches to Buffalo.
1:OO =. ". Daily. Pacific Express. Sleep
70 Chicago without change,
700 z. M. Emigrant train for the West
4IRgaliy. NO. daily, except Sunday
E37Ask for Tickets via Erie Railway: for
sale by all principal offices.
JNO. n. ABBOTT, Gen. Pass Agt.,
New York.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07

A LEARNED clergyman in the State
OF Maine was accOsted in the follow
ing manner by an illiterate preacher,
who despised education: "Sir, you
have been to college, l supposeP"
= Yes, sir" was the reply. "I am
thankful" rejOined the former, "that
the Lord has opened my mouth to
preach without any learning" "a
similar event." replied the clergyman,
g took place in Balaam's time, but such
things are of rare occurrence in the
present day. Observer.
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
SONG.

Omaiden! silent sitting
Braiding still thy golden hsir;
Bound thy head the bees are fitting,
Deeming thee lily fair.
Omaid! with eyes whose azure
Holds happy, joyous gleam,
What hath charmed thy llstless leisure,
Made thy life fairy dreamH
Love hath found me sitting lonely,
Whispered soft charmed word,
Evermore my heart beats only
To the music Of that word.
Omaiden! slowly pacing
Crowned with braids Of sombre grayi
One set path thy footsteps tracing
Up and down one lonesome way;
OmaidI with eyes whose weeping
Tells of endless pain and woe,
What sad vigil art thou keeping?
What hath marred thy beauty Sc:
Love hath LEFT me pacing lonely
CUIdly bade me live alone;
Evermore my path is 10. ely
Evermore live alone!
Ashtabula telegraph. (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1874-1880, 1879-02-07
An Indian Jngeler,s Tricks.

There was nothing very remarkable
in the appearance or dress of our con-
Juror. An elderly man, short and sparely
made, dressed in dingy white cotton,
with very tight sleeves to his robe and
very tight legs to his drawers, he might
have been a respectable servant out of
place, but actually was a small land
owner who had taken to conjuring for
his amusement. When he entered the
room he spread a white cloth upon the
floor and sat down upon it with his back
to the wall, the door of the room being
on his right hand. His spectators were
disposed of in the following fashion:
Mr.. Smyth sat on a chair nearly in the
middle of the room, was sitting on
sofa near the door, the Parsee merchant
stood in the doorway about arms length
from me. The servants stood about in
groups, the largest group being between
the door and the conjuror. As soon as
he had settled himself he turned to the
Parsee and asked for the loan of a rupee.
The peddler at first demurred little,
but on being guaranteed against loss, he
produced the coin. He was going to put
Il into the coniuror's hand, but the
latter refused and told the Parsee 70
hand it to Mr.. Smyth's bearer.
The bearer took it, and at the request
of the conjuror, looked at it and de-
clared it to be really rupee. The con-
Juror then told him to hand it to his
master. Mr.. Smyth took it, and then
followed this dialogue:
Conjuror-Are you sure that Is a
rupee.
Smyth-Yes.
Coniuror-Close your hand on it and
hold it tight. Now, think of some
country in Europe, but do not tell me
your thoughts.
Then the conjurOr ran over the names
of several countries, such as France,
Germany, Russia, Turkey and America
for the native of India is under the i'm.
preston that America is in Europe
After moments pause, MIR. Smyth said
he had thought of country.
''Then open your hand, !" said the jug.
gler: 'fsee what you have got and tell
me if it is a coin of the country you
thought Of" 1t was five-franc piece
and Mr.. Smyth had thought of France
He was going to hand the coin to the
coniuror, but the latter said, mo pass i
to the other sahib." Mr.. Smyth accord
ingly put the five-franc piece into my
hand 1 looked closely at it, then shu
my hand and thought of Russia. WheI
I opened it I found, not Russian but
Turkish silver piece about the size of
fve-franc piece or of our own crown
piece. This handed to Mr.. Smyth anC
suggested that he name America, which
he did, and found a Mexican dollar IL
his hand. The coin, whatever it was
had never been in the conjuror's hanC
from the time the rupee was borrowe:
from the Parsee merchant. Mr.. Symtf
and his bearer had both of them closely
examined the rupee, and ME-,SZs'l
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