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The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Goods Are Going Up.

We have information from business
houses at the North that all classes
Of goods have gone up from 10 to Is
per cent. on early fall prices. This
is always so. AS soon as cotton goes
up and the business circles at the
North are pretty well assured Of it,
goods are at once put up to lake in
the extra profits Of the planter. The
same plan is pursued with reference
to Western producers.
This rise in cotton will 20 far to
meet old scores, but if our planters
want TO get the benefit Of full prices
for their crops, they must persistcnt-
~ make their farms selfsupporLing
rs far Us possible. The business
edict is, and VIC cannot escape it f:
Diversity and live pursue one exclu-
sivc industry and die-and die in
debt at that. Let not, then, enhanced
cotton prices deceive our planters.
Let them not neglect the bread ard
meat question for the. Western pro.
ducer has become necessity across
The wa'cr.as well as we:;1 They will
bc now the great exporters and they
will depend upon the market abroad
for their range in priccs!h The con-
sequences will he, they. will be forced
into the protective system Of the
North and the business of the conn
try will be brought to safe, business
like basis, in which producers will
get their own. 1t is q long larc that
has no turn. We at the South can
no longer control the price Of provis-
ions. The only safe way is TO raise
them for ourselves and take clean
advantage OF the rise on cotton when
it comes, without having to waste our
earnings on costly Western provis-
ions. A burnt child should dread
the fire, and it is time our people
should have learned This thing down
to the bottom, and rs soon es they
are foot loose from their old debts
turn over new leaf in this regard.
We arc not in Il hurry about the fu,
turc of the South, and we do not care
grol fer the Bliincs, and Copklings.
and Chittendcns, and HAl7. There
are great business -qucs!ions looming
up which, if we have, sense enong II K K
wait for and heed, wifi take care OF the
country and set aside issues that arc
sprung upon us Of the South with
chronic regularity. Let us he wise
our in day and generation, and pu,
our house in order, not for battle, but
for better things, and they will come
very surely they will comc.--Co,
lambda Register.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
A Married Pair who Never Sco'd

An eN-mayor Of st. Lhus asked
his wife TO convey some real prop
crly that he desired 10 sell, and she
surprised and angcred him by rc(us-
ing. lie sworc that, unless she com.
piled, he would never speak to her
again, and she was still obduratc.
That was sixteen years ago, and al.
though they had been loving coup
le and have since lived in thu same
house, they have never exchanged a
word directly. They roomcd apart,
but sat at the same table, and were
never guilty Of any disrcspcct toward
each other, save that of silence.
when circumstances made communi.
cation between them absolutely ne
cessary, they respectively addressed
their daughter, and she spoke for
both. Their questions, so put, were
always framed in the third person
The daughter died a short time ago.
but the parents are said to still decline
to become rcconcilcd.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Niggers.

The ridiculous fancy Of niggcrs for
the word "colored' is one of the
strangest phenomina Of the times.
You may kick e. Niger from New Or
leans 10 st. Paul and back if you on,
ly call him "eolored gentleman
There is nothing on earth will rile q
niggor quicker or more ctfecLually
than to call him niger. The lite.
rary niggers are worst Of all. We
get several Niger newspapers in eX-
change, and the fellows talk about
colored papers The darkey editors
are talking about holding q convcn.
lion Of colorcd papers Just think OF
it! Colorcd papers And we read
about colored bands, colored schools,
colored votes, and all kinds Of color.
cd things, meaning at the same time
niggcr papers, niger bands, &c. II
Sambo, after getting his cyc-tcctl
cut, had insisted on calling himself q
negro, all right but lie is nearly rs
much ashamed, or ut least he gets us
mad, when called Il negro rs when
dubbed II Niger. He must bc color
cd or nothing, though the word is
meaningless. Colors vary from that
Of frozen pumpkin TO that OF Il brin-
die steer; and \ ''colorcd individual"
may bc amy tint from y yaller dog 10
4 black snake. Negroes, Mulattocs.
Qnadroons and OcLoroons are specific
and we'll known names that mean
something. Niger is \ generic name
is short, expressive and socia blc
There is an aroma Of hail-fciow-wcll.
met and even tenderness in the dc.
spiscd word, 'niggcr, that is dissi.
pated by the Flora McFlinsey ail'ccta-
tion "colorcd." How many, many
millions of US in our youth have been
touched with the song "Thcrc was
an old Niger, and his name was Un,
Gle Ned" and mourned over the
good unclc's departure? The word
nigger is immortalizcd in q thousand
songs that awaken kindly and tender
thoughts OF the daricy. The plain
tive melodies dwell in our ears .aud the
niegcr lives on their sympathetic
strains. If we were black we would
insist on being called a"nigger."
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Story of a Woman's Devotion.

The indianapolis Sentine. relates
this: Twenty years ago there was a
wedding. The bride was Of good
family, and she loved her husband
with the characteristic devotion Of a
wife. But she found herself gricvous.
ly disappointed, for in time he inillict-
ed series Of studied injuries that
eventually ended In the less Of her
character and a separation. She
drift ID TO this city and became pro-
p:iclress Of house Of bad rcpute, in
which terrible business she remains
to the present day. For years there
has fingered in her heart memories OF
what she might have been but for
this wretch whom she owned at one
time for husband and Sue had moth
ing but curs-s for the irrcparable
ruin lie had wrought. The husband
continued ut his old home, and pros
pcrcd, and the world treated him as
an honorable man. lie surrounded
himself with new domestic ties, and
apparently prospercd. but the old
aling, "thc mills Of the gods grind
slowly, but they grind exceedingly
small" had illustration in his case,
for with rcvcrscs in business came
disease, and disaster followed SO
swiftly that i'll few years there was
none SO poor rs to DO him reverence
Consumption incapacitatcd him from
making living, and the public hos
pi;al was his only resort. Then i,
was that the cruelty treated wife,
whose life Of degradation had been oi
his own making, sent for him, and he
was brought here, and is now lying
on his death bed in rcsidcnc,
apart from her own. but surrounded
with every luxury that can possibly
smooth his descent TO the grave. One
OF the leading physicians Of this city,
a gentleman high in the profession,
is his constant medical attendant,
and there is hardly an hour of the
day or night but this woman is
watching over him with the tcndcrest
solcitude. This is no fiction.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
The Theological Seminary.

The condition Of the Presbyterian
Theological Seminary in Columbia
has evoked a lively discussion in tho
Georgia Synod. An Augusta paper
says "ccrtain leading questions by
MIR. Gordon, OF Savannah, and DR..
irvine, of Augusta, Ga, brought out
the sad information that the funds Of
the Seminary had been wofully de-
pressed by the loss of ten thousand
dollars, through the failure Of bo-
gus and bankrupt factory in Alaba-
ma, seventeen thousand dollars by
the failure OF commercial house in
Augusta, Ca, and very recently by
the failure Of house in Charleston
tho Board Of Trustees had lost twcn-
ty-livc thousand dollars, making, in
all, loss Of lifty-Lwo thousand dol.
lars"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Sensible and True,

"Senator Bayard," says the New
York Herald, sis coming 10 the
Democratic front. II one state is rs
good as another, according TO Dem,
octatic doc rinc, why is sot Senator
from Delaware or Rhode Island rs
good rs Il Senator from Colorado or
Texas! and if Senator Bayard is q
good man. why not Georgia give him
her vote as readily as if lie were from
Illinois? This may not be politics,
but it is common scncc."
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
C. e ! eslieJH JHearGlE rom.

The Sumter IFdtchman publishes
the following extract from letter re-
ceivcd by Il Republican in that town
from q colorcd man named Stuart, re-
Gently removed from that place TO
Kansas: &C. Z. Leslie, Land Com
missioner, and some time boss OF
Barnwcil County, is here. He has
been enjoying perfect obscurily till l
:ound him out. He was very nc vous
on the subject of being carried back
u South Carolina for trial till | men
toned to linn the infamous compro-
mise that took place in Charleston III
April. That intelligence threw him
in convulslons Of joy. lie says the
only thing he is sorry for is that he
did not steal the whole God damned
State of South Carolina, and that if
he had to do it again. he would try
his level best TO steal it all that none
but fool would suppose man was
going to risk his life in the South
without stealing whatever he could
get hold Of. 'Taint human nature
said the old veteran thief as he warm
ed up with his theme. He has been
here near two years" The people OF
Kansas had better keep their eyes on
the old scamp, as he may take o no.
ton to steal that state.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
You'll Never Guess.

know two eyes, two soft, brown eyes,
Two eyes MS sweet and dear
AS ever danced with gay surprise,
Or melted with tear;
In whose fair rays q heart may bask-
Their ShadOwed rays serene--
But. little maid. you must not ask
Whose gentle eyes | mean.
know voice Of fairy tone,
Like br0Oklet in the June,
That sings TO please itself alone,
a little Old.wOrld tune;
Whose music haunts the listeners ear.
And will not leave it free;
But shall never tell you, dear,
Whose accents they may be.
| know gOlden-hcartcd maid
For whom ! have built shrine,
a lcafy nook of murmurous shade,
Deep in this heart Of rtiine;
But in that calm and cool recess
10 make her home she never came
But, oh! you'd ncvet. never gtless
That little maiLcn's namc.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Keep it TO Yourself.

You have trouble-your feelings
arc injured, your husband il unkind,
your wife frets, your home is not
pleasant, your friends do not treat
you fairly, and things in general
move unpleasantly. Well, what of
it? Keep it to yousclf. A shoulder
ing fire can be found and eXtinguish-
ed but when The Goals are scattered,
who can pick them up? Burr your
sorrow. The place for sad and dis
gusting things is under the ground.
A cut finger is moi benefited by pull
ling OF the plaster and exposing it
uuder somebody's eyes. Tie it up
and let it alone. 1t will get we'll it.
self sooner than you can c:..c it.
Charity covereth a multitude Of sin.
Things Inns covered are often cured
without n scar; but, once published
ami conlided to mcddling friends,
there is no end 10 the trouble they
may cause. Keep it to yourself.
Troubles are transient, and, when a
sorrow is healed and past, what q
comfort it is TO say: "No Que ever
knew it until it was all over"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
No Objection to Women.

The Harvard Lampoon publishes a
speech made Ivy Deacon uar,hcad,
of Podunk Farms, ut debate on fc-
male suffrage: 81 Dunno" said the
deacon, "as there's ary objection to
the wimmin's runnin the dccstrict
schools. But rs to given en- any
right to make laws, both Scripture
an common sense is clean agln it.
In the first place, how on airth are
they going to git 'cm iuforced? This
Gov'mcnt by majority is based solid
on the fact that cf the the wust comes
to the wnst the majority can lick the
minority. III they can't lick, they
can't iulc.' Tne speech created
a great sensation,
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Nobility of Farming

EX Governor lloratio Seymour, ad-
dressing the farmers ut fair in
Oneida county, N. Y, the other day,
said 81 am not much Of n farmer,
and have little right to stand before
you rs suHh but brought over here
for exhibition some potatoes that
certainly exceed my speech. In refer
cncc to the depression Of the times,
let me lccall TO you an ancient fable ::
There was once a giant SO powerful
that he could not be overcome. Bnt
he derived his strength from his moth
cr-carth, for no matter how cxhaus-
ted he might become, lie regaipcd his
powers the moment that he came into
contact with the soil. The way in
which he was finally ovcrpowcrcd
was by coming into contest with an
opponent so strong that he could lift
him from the ground and hold him
suspended in the air until lie was
strangled 10 death. Now there is a
lesson in this for us. SO long as this
people Of ours can seek its support
from mothercarth, so long it cannot
be overcome. There never yet was n
President Of the United States who,
when he left his onlcc, did not seek
the country and retire to his farm.
Washington did this i; so did Adams
and Jefferson. Our greater states
men have sought for rest, health and
peace in retirement to their farms
witness Webster and Clay"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Why is 1t?
Editor OrdngeJu,y Democrat:

Editor OrdngeJurg Democrat:
Will the DEMOCRAT be so kind as
to answer a few simple questions {:
Why is it that The Ordnycbury Times
is SO mild in its sayings about Mr..
George Bolvcr? | noticed in the
last municipal election lie seemed to
have been u popular candidate on one
side, but the Times had but little to
say about it., whereas your paper
came out in full blast and gave us all
the desired particulars. Why was il
that the Times didn't do likewisc.
Again. Why was it in the Doliver-
Byas scandal the Times was SO tnild
III its comments. Hyas III my csti-
nation was perfectly juslifiable in
what he did, and rs q Democratic
people we should see that Byas gets
justice. Have we forgotten how in
strumental Byas was in the last two
or three campaigns9 We will need
help again. Who would not have
acted rs Byas did, especially with
such man rs Bolivcr, whose name
will be disgrace on the pages Of Or
angcburS's histor,'. l think the Town
Council did wrong in making Byas
pay II fine after lie was followed to
his house and brutally assaulted by
two men. Who, Mr.. Editor, would
not have acted rs Dyas did? We
must be thankful for what VIC have
received and remember that we will
need help again (tcmpora mutantur
u nos n1utanaur in ills Mr.. Editor
hoping you may be able to rnlghtcn
me on the above remain yours re-
spcctiully.
llEAUTONTIMORCMEN
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
How Ladies Kiss

Two ladies meet. They puckcr
their mouths into an angular protub-
crancc, and cooking their heads to one
side, rs hen will before picking up
q grain Of corn, two faces, full OF un-
spcakablc resignation and inncxible
devotion TO duty, appr oximatc, touch
and retire.
The schoolgirl kiss is very dit
fercnt affair. AS unlike the kiss of
friendship rs August is unlike De-
cclnher, as fire is unlike ashes, as life
rs unlike death.
The two school girls meet. Mouth
flies TO mouth and lips to lips.
Each would swallow the other, it is
we'll it is so.
The swallowing tendency Of one is
offset by the like tendency of the 9TH
cr.
Thus are both preserved for the
sons of man.
And they talk while they kiss!
Each says TO each, "Oh, yon dear,
darling creature! Where have ycn
been these ages? (sincc morning
I've got so many things to tell you! y
etc. ETC., etc.
And this is all said contcmporane-
ously with.that kiss in the same in
slant Of time.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
A NorristoWn Story.

An exchange tells OF g man WHO
turned gray in an hour. He slipped
from the side Of canyon, and catch
ing a prolruding rock, his body was
suspended in the ar a thousand fee t
above the roaring waters Of the Ar
kansas. We once heard Of q Young
woman who experienced q similar
metamorphosis. She had Jet blacll;
hair, all Of her own raising, reaching
to her waist. She fell in love.
The wedding day was named, and
that young lady, who manifested con-
siderable nervousness during the
marriage ceremony, turned Gray as
soon ns the clergyman pronounced
the couple man and wife. The fact
that her husbands name was Gray is
supposed to have had something 10
do with the change.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

IIIE fact that two million years
from now the sun will have burnt IL
self out and siX-inch coat Of ice
cover the surface Of the earth, is
enough TO strike terror TO the heart
Of the most stolid ice dealer and pro-
duce panic in the coal market.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

1T always takes the sunshine ont
of mans soul to put on his winter
uudcrclothes anu then the first day
turn out to he warm enough to justi-
~ small boy in going swimming
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

a sociablc man is ono who, when
nc has ten minutes to spare, goes and
bOthcrs somebody who hasn't,
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
The Partner for Life,

Many man has seen his choice for
a partner in life in the humble girl
far beneath him in the opinion of the
world, and although love and pride
might have struggled with him for a
while: yet pride triumphed, and he
sought one from the higher walks of
life. In all the vicissitudes of social
existence, there is nothing capable of
inilicling more certain misery than is
sure to follow such q course. 1t dis
tracts the general harmony of our
days, mis-shapcs our ends, shortcns
the length Of life, lessons the stature
of manhood, and is contrary TO the
divine Instructions Of the Bible for
it declares where love is there is
peace, plenty and thriflincss. Every
Thing is sure to follow happy union.
Let not pride interfere in this matter.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

LAST week Wisconsin Judge was
shot down in his doorway, and on The
next day his assassin was walking the
streets unmolcstcd. Three foul mur-
dcrs were committed in the vicinity OF
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, within a short
time, which somehow or o,her have
been overlooked By tho Republican,
press Of the North. The stalwar,s
have of late been hunting mp Southern
horrors. The North has no outragcs
TO speak of.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

BE magnanimous. Irtlo bntter at
your boarding house is stronger than
you are, don't tackle it.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

SUBSCRIBE for the DEMOCRAT.
, 1879-01-12
"REMINISCENCES OF THE MAPLEsoy OPERA
From Our OWn CQrresnond4nf

hEAiNlscESCE5 OF THE MAPLEsOE OPERA.
From Our 01rn Correspondent
NE" YORK, Jan. 6.-After tho many con-
lectures as to now much money Col. Alapleson
nas Feallzea from his first New York senson, It
VIII not De out OF place to add q few facts and
heures' Which are not claimed to be absolutely
correct, out are: approximately so and will serve
10 hh'sn tnat report about s1o0,oo0 profits NV
Informant says Col. Mapleson would have clcar.
ed handsome sum had his EXPENSES hec, 1osa
enormous Tie running expenses are bioher
mere in several respects than they are in En-
gland or On the Continent. The bills for nd
vcrt'slng and printing are larger, the cost of
living and OF orchestra is greater, md there
are numerous small demands which do not
require to be met abroad. This matter
OF hundred dollars here and a hundred there
eats up the profits, especially In house where
2oo OF the most payable seats are pre-emnted
LOOK at the rent Of the Academy, for instance.
1t is nomiua1y s75 fight, or about euoueh to
cover the cost Of heating and lighting and A.
lenoants. In reality 1t Is $685. for the 200 seats
he1a oy the stockholders would be worth that,
could they be sold.. Tie rest Vi the house, when
1ultV occupied, will not yield above $1,000.
here are some figures: During Col. ,iaplcson.s
, 1879-01-12

THE BIRTHPLACE OF EDWIN BOOTH.
a correspondent sends us the following &C
,o,,+ of a rocant ,.;s;t tn the o}d bonoa ~ m.
~o". - - ~ " ~ ~ 1~'A~ ~ Way
elder Booth: ....
While rambling In the East during the past sum.
n1cr found myself In the neiyhborl,oud of the
old home Of the great actor and determined I,
visit it. Early one morning in July arrived al
Port Deposit, small numbering town on the Lu,se1
Susuuctianna, and procured the services Of bare
foot buy to row me across the river. The scene
here was one OF picturesque beauty. The stream
above, c'nnc'ng in the mornings sunlight, was
wooded bluffs guarded either shore. and alar of
down til: rirer could be Eeen g massive iron
bridge spanning the head Of the Chesa-
peAke, while little 10 the right rose
the roofs aud epires of the old historic town
OF Havrt dc Grace. After tarrying d moment in
MY passage to enjoy 1t, ! was landed 1t q email,
o1d-faHhoned hamlet in lfariord County. Md, and.
inquiring for the Eel Air road, started off at q
smart pace, stall hand. brisk walk Of several
hours nlonr lonely road: bordcrcd on either hand
with forests and fields OF ripening eran brought
me to small red schoolhouse on the outskirts of
u wood at which. was told, those children whose
fame is now world VIDE received their early edu-
cation. Near this. a decrcplr and much abused
Old gate, fit emblem OF the Whole place, vainly
striving to guard the entrance OF narrow lane.
Passing Gown the latter, mere wagon track edged
tie open valley, surrounded On three sides with
forests and at the time OF my visit doing duty as
one 7ast corntclld: At u short distance was the
partly hidden .oy d clnmp of trees. Booth had d
truly poetic spirit and was III ardent lover OF u1-
tau,cd nature, His strange, wuyward soui, which
reyeled in the stosmtst passions ttut shake man
kind. was soothcd and Quoted by her soitudes,
ana many OF the hap1fest and best days Ut his l,te
were passcd here in retirement. lie purchased this
place soon after his arrival from London, and, had
he souuht TAR and wide, could scarcely have found
one where the u,aauing crowd would htiyc been
less likely to modest linn.
At one side Of The yard stands wide-snreadinr
cherry 1rec planted by the hantI of the tfaued;a5
himself and under Its spreading branches. in the
Tir,e and storm have dealt rudely with II. wrench.
inv its chimney away. blcnchinr the doors and