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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-10-04
SEALSKIN SACQUES !!

Great has been taken In the selection of the best Lon
don dyed Seal Fur with the view Of having nothing to offer
but the best Our prices for these goods confident
lower than New York retail prices. Every lady wannga
good Seal sacque should examine ours. GE0R TAYLOR.
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Having purchased largely Of all staple goods al
an early date, wesrs willing 10 move part Of
them at closer prices than viii rule later IN me
season We invite attention 70 choice eolorihss
and desirable qualities Of
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
C. RI es!ie- HeardlF rom.

The Sumter IVdtchmun publishes
the following extract from letter re-
ceivcd by 4 Republican in that town
from colored man named Stuart, re-
Gently removed from that place TO
Kansas: sc. Z. Leslie, Land Com
missioner, and some time boss OF
Barnwcil County, is here. He has
been enjoying perfect obscurity till l
:ound him out. He was very ne vous
on the subject of being carried back
" South Carolina for trial till men
toned to him the Infamous compro-
mise that took place in Charleston in
April. That Intelligence threw him
in commissions 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, anl that if
he had to do it again. he would try
his level best 10 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. lie has been
here near two years" The people OF
Kansas had better keep their eyes on
the old scamp, as he may take q no.
ton to steal that state,
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Not so Much of a Shower,

AS the official vote Of Ohio shows,
the triumph of Foster was not such a
Waterloo rs the Republicans hoped
for and the Democrats at first con-
cedcd. The total vote for Governor
is stated officially at G6S,337, of which
Foster, Republican, received $50, ,2G1 ;
Ewing, Democrat, 319,132; Stewart,
Prohibition, 4 14j, and Piatt, Nation
al, 9,129. Fosters majority over
Ewing, 1920 over all, 1855. We
find therefore that, in a Republican,
State, after prodigious excrtions aud
The concentration Of the whole Radi-
cal machine, directed by the President
and his Cabinet, bcggarly majority
Of $500 has been secured. The Au-
gusta Chronicle adds: Remove IRON
the calculation all voters who oppos-
cd Ewing simply because they could
not endorse his financial ideas, and
we venture 10 saw that clear majori-
ty, or fully $50, 900 Ohio men, do not
sympathize with the StaIwart idea rs
to the South or State Rights. This,
we think, will be demonstrated in
1880, when MIR. Sherman anil his
money bags will have some other
work 10 attend TO, end cannot be
dumped into single Commonwc callh.
The Democrats have much to mourn
over, but they need not gricve rs ono
without hope.-Ne1us and Courier.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
A Double-Headed Woman.

. -1~s-T----
Dlilly- Christine, The double-hcadcd
woman, although not particularly
attractive person, has had five offers
of marriage during her life. Count
Rosebud, one Of the midgels, is in
love with the nightingale on account
Of her winning ways and accomplish
mcnts, and would marry her to. NOR
row if she would consent. One head
is willing, but the other is not,
it is asserted, and the two heads
have been disputine about this mat
ter for the last two years. 1t is, in
fact, about the only subject about
which hey arc not fully agreed. A
man who would marry Il woman with
two heads and subject himself TO the
raking fire from such q doublc-barrcl-
led gun rs that whenever he came
home late ut night might elicit adj
miration for his valor, but not for his
discretion.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Just Sentiments,

Ex-Gov. Chamberlain, of Maine,
recently delivered speech in that
State, al the -GedicaLion-e of fame pa.
ment 10 the memory Of Union sol
dicrs, that is q; just and fitting rcbuke
TO the men who arc laboring TO keep
up the war feeling in the county.
lie said: "Therc are some who will
not have it that the war is over till
they have their own way. From
much Of he talk of late one would
think that all the toll and trial Of the
war was in vain; that these soldiers
and sailors OF yours did nothing of
lasting value that the glorious war
and God.givcn victory must count for
naught, and that the real way to save
the country is 10 keep certain politi-
clans in Office, and that scrvile follow
ing of them is the only test Of loyalty
to the Union. For one, l resent this
pcrvcrson Of our motives and this
bellttling Of our achievements. l am
indignant at this insult TO that great
company Of noble souls who a1c mar
tyrs in sacred cause and n triumph
ant cause. DO not mistake the issue.
Your sons will not have died in vain
because rebcllous States are brought
back into the Union and send their
best men to represent them in Con-
grcss, even though they had the cour-
age to WELD the sword instead of the
pen in the time of mortal struggle.
Men who freely poured out their
hearts blood for their convictions,
though wrong, are less to be feared
than those who skulk in the rear and
gloat over the strife so long rs they
can fill their pockets with plumber,
snatchcd alike from foe or friend"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
A Married Pair who Never Sco,d.

An eN-mayor Of st. Lhuis asked
his wife 10 convey some real prop.
erly that he desired to sell, and she
surprised and angered him 10y refus-
ing. Hc sworc that, unless she COM
piled, he would never speak to her
again, and she was still obduralc.
That was sixteen years ago, and al.
though they had been loving coup
lie and have since lived in thu same
house, they have never exchanged a
word directly. They roomcd apart,
but sat al the same table, and were
never guilty Of any disrcspcct toward
each other, save that of silence.
When circumstances Iuade communi,
crLlon 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
Death by a Cotton Gin.

On Wednesday last, while working
Ut Il cotton 9ln, MIR. Calhoun Huff. u
young man well and fayorably known
throughout the lower portion OF
Greehvillc county, and son Of the late
Louis llult, met with 4 sudden death.
ile Was operating gin at the resi-
dencc Of his cousin, Mr.. Il. l.. uuf.
being the Old homestead Of the late
Phlleman llnn, and in cndcayoring
TO push seed down and out Of the wuv
Ol The lint, one OF his hands became
cnlanglcd and severely cut rcmoy-
ing the thumb. From this wound pro-
fuse bleeding set in, which, with the
great shock he had received, produced
his death early the next morning.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Nobility of Farmina

EN Governor lloratio Seymour, ad-
dressing the farmers at fair in
Oneida county, N. Y, the other day,
said :"I am not much Of Il farmer,
and have little right to stand before
You rs such but I 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 q giant so powerful
that he could not be overcome. Bnt
he derived his strength from his moth.
cr-carth, for no matter how exhaus-
ted he might hceomo, lie regaipcd his
powers the moment that he came into
contact with the soil. The way in
which he was finally overpowcred
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
stranslcd 10 death. Now there is a
lesson in this for us. SO long as this
people Of ours ca2 seek its support
from mother-carth, so long it cannot
bc overcome. There never yet was q
President Of the United States who,
when he left his o1llcc, did not seek
the country and retire to his farm.
Washington did this 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
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 grievous-
ly disappointed, form time he inflict-
ed series of studied injuries that
eventually ended In the loss Of her
character and separation. She
d,ift,d TO this city and became pro-
p:icLrcss of n house Of bad repute, 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
timo for q husband and sue had moth
ing but curs-s for the irrcparablc
ruin lie had wrought. l he husband
continued ut his old home, and pros
pered, and the world treated him as
All honorable man. lie surrounded
himself with new domestic ties, and
apparently prospered. but the old
saying, "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 in q few years there was
none SO poor as to do him reverence.
Consumption incapacitalcd him from
making n living, and the public hos
pital WAS his only resort. Then it
was that the cruelty treated wife,
whose life Of degradation had been of
his own making, sent for him, and he
was brought here, and is now lying
on his death bed in a residence
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,
Il 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 tc,dcrcst
solicitudc. This is no fiction.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Niqaers.

The ridiculous fancy of niggcrs for
the word "colored" is one Of the
strangest phcnomina Of the times.
You lnay kick Niger from New Or
leans 10 st. Paul and back if you on
ly call him II "eolored gentleman"
There is nothing on earth will rile n
nlggor quicker or moro efectually
than to call him q nigger. The lite
rary niggers are worst of all. We
get several nigger newspapers in ex-
change, and the fellows talk about
colorcd papers The darkey editors
are talking about holding u convcn-
lion Of colorcd papers! Just think Of
it! Colored papers! And we read
about colored bands, colorcd schools,
colored votes, and all kinds or color.
cd things, meaning at the same time
niggcr papers, Niger bands, sc. II
Sambo, after getting his cyc-tccth
cut, had insisted on calling himself a
negro, all right; but lie is nearly rs
much ashamed, or at least he gets us
mad, when called negro rs when
dubbed Niger. He must be color
cd or nothing, though the word is
meaningless. Colors vary from that
Of frozen pumpkin to that OF i brin-
die steer; and 4 ''colorcd individual"
may bc amy tint from a yallcr dog to
q black snake. Negroes, Mu!attors.
Quadroons and OcLoroons are specific
and well known names that mean
something. Niger is :. generic name
is short, expressive and sociablc.
There is an aroma OF Eail-rcliow-w
met and even tenderness in the de-.
spiscd word, "niggcr," that is ,lssi-
pated by the Flora NIcFlinsey aIecta-
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
niggcr is immortalizcd in thousand
songs that awaken kindly and tender
thoughts OF the darlcy. 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 "nigger."
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
A NorristoWn Story.

An exchange tells of n man WHO
turned gray in All hour. He slipped
from the side Of a canyon, and catch
ing aprotruding rock, his body was
suspended in the ar thousand fee It
above the roaring waters Of the Ar
kansas. We once heard Of a Young
woman who experienced q similar
metamorphosis. She had jet blac!,
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 rs
soon as the clergyman pronounced
the couple man and wife. The fact
that her husbands name was Gray is
supposed to have had something to
do with the change.
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 rs sweet and dear
AS ever danced with gay surprise,
Or melted with Il tear;
In whose fair rays q heart may bask-
Their slauOwed rays serene
But. little maid. you must not ask
Whose gentle eyes mean.
know a voice &C fairy tone,
Like brOOklct In the June,
That sings 10 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 n g0lden-lleartcd maid
For whom | have built shrine,
~ leafy nook of murnurous shade,
Deep in this heart Of niine;
But in that calm aud cool recess
10 make her home she never camc-
But, J!! SGm'd never. never gucss
That little maidcn's name.
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 10 take in
the extra profits Of the planter. The
same plan is pursued with reference
to Western producers.
This rise in cotton will go far TO
meet old scores, but if our planters
want TO get the benefit Of full prices
for their crops, they must persistent
~ make their farms self-supporling
rs far rs possible. The business
edict IS, and wc cannot escape it !:
Diversity and live pursue one cxclu-
sivc industry and de-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.
duccr has become necessity across
The water as well as wes'3 They will
be now the great exporters and they
will depend upon the market abroad
for their range in priccs!k 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 q 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 q clean
advantage Of the rise on cotton when
it comes, without having to waste our
earnings OH 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 as soon as they
arc foot loose from their old debts
turn over q new leaf in this regard.
We arc not in Il hurry about the fu-
turc Of the South, and we do not care
q grot for the Blaincs, and Conklings,
and Chittcndens, and Hisls. There
are great business -qIes!ians looming
up which, if we have sense cnon II Il Il &
wait for and heed, wifltake care Of the
country and set aside issues That arc
sprung upon us Of the South with
chronic regularity. Let us be wise
our in day and generation, and put
our house in order, not for battle, but
for better things, and they will come
very surely they will comc.-Co-
lumbiu Register.
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, Ga, and very recently by
the failure Of house in Charleston
The Boa,d Of Trustees lad lost twcn-
ty-live thousand dollars, making, in
all, 4 loss Of Gfty-Lwo thousand dol
lars"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
No Objection TO Women.

The Harvard Lampoon publishes q
speech made by Deacon Hardhcad,
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 'em inforced? This
Gov'ment by majority is based solid
on the fact that Of the the wust comes
to the wnst the majority can lick The
minority. lii they can't lick, they
can't lulc." Tne speech created
q great sensation.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Keep it TO Yourself.

You have troublc-your feelings
arc injured, your husband is unliind,
your wife frcls, 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 cXtinguish-
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 not benefited by pull
ling oil the plaster and exposing it
uuder somebody's eyes. Tie il up
and let it alone. 1t will get we'll it,
self sooner than you can cure it..
Charity covercth multitude of sin.
Things !lns covered are often cured
without q scar; but, once published
ami conlided to mcddling friends,
there is no end to the trouble they
may cause. Keep it to yourself.
Troubles are transient, and, when q
sorrow is healed and past, what q
comfort it is TO say: mo Que ever
knew it until it was all over"
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Sensible and True.

"Senator Bayard," says the New
York Herald, sis coming to 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 as
good rs Il Senator from Colorado or
Texas! and if Senator Bayard is a
good man, why not Georgia give him
her vote as readily rs if lie we're from
Illinois? This may not be politics,
but it is common scncc.'
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Observation-Disclosures.
How Ladies Kiss

Two ladies meet. They pucker
their mouths into an angular protub-
crancc, and cooking their heads to one
side, rs q hen will before picking up
grain Of corn, two faces, full Of un-
spcakablc resignation and inncxible
devotion to duty, approximate, touch
and retire.
The schoolgirl kiss is q very dit
ferent affair. AS unlike the kiss of
friendship rs August is unlike De-
ccrnber, 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
CT.
Thus arc both preserved for the
sons Of man.
And they talk while they kiss!
Each says to each, "Oh, yon dear,
darling creature! Where have yen
been these ages? (since morning }
I've got so many things to tell you J."
etc. ETC., etc.
And this is all said contemporanc-
ously with.t that kiss in the same in
slant Of time.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
Why is II?
editor Orangeburg Democrat:

Editor Orangeburg Democrat:
Will the DEMOCRAT be so kind as
to answer q few simple questions {:
Why is il that The Oranycbu7U Times
is SO mild in its sayings about Mr..
George Bolivcr? l noticed in the
last municipal election lie seemed to
have been 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 it
that the Times didn't do likewise.
Again. Why was it in the Boliver-
Byas scandal the IIan"s was SO mild
in its comments. Byas i'll my csti-
nation was perfectly jus,itiable in
what lie did, and as Democratic
people we should see that Byas gets
justice. Have nc forgotten how in
strumcntal Byas was in the last two
or three campaigns? We will need
help again. Who would not have
acted rs Byas did, especially with
such man rs Bolivcr, whose nam.
will be disgrace on the pages OF Or
angcburs's historr. l think the Town
Council did wrong in making Byas
pay 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 n,utan'u in MiS.) Mr.. Editor
hoping you may be able to rnlightcn
me on TIC "jove remain yours re-
spcctlully.
llEAUTONTINIO INIOEI.NENoI,S
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

HE fact that two million years
from now the sun will have burnt it,
self out and q six-inch coat of ice
cover the surface Of the earth, is
enough to strike terror to the heart
Of the most slolid 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
uuderclothes anu then the first day
turn out to be warm enough to justi-
fy small boy in going swimming
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

BE magnanimous. If the butter at
your boarding house is stronger than
you arc, don't tackle it.
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07
The Partner for Life.

Many man has seen his choice for
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 4
while, yet pride triumphed, and he
sought one from the higher walks OF
life. In all the vicissitudcs of social
existence, there is nothing capable of
lnilcling more certain misery than is
sure to follow such a 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

a sociablc man is ono who, when
he has ten minutes TO spare, goes and
bothers somebody who hasn't,
The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1879-11-07

LAST week a Wisconsin Judge was
shot down in his doorway, and on the
next day his assassin was walking the
streets unE Olestcd. Three foul mur.
dcrs were committed in the vicinity of
GAINESVILLE, Wisconsin, within a short
time, which somehow or o.hcr have
been overlooked by the Republican,
press Of the North. The stalwar,s
have of late been hunting mp Southern
horrors. The North has no outragcs
to speak Of.