The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-05-21
Clippings.


Moses is held up us a good man,
and yet he buclicd Pharaoh.
The world owes us all living,
but She is just as hard to collect from
,as any .other debtor.
Oregon is for Blaine. They're a
good way of from him out there and
don't know him very well.
"A letter addressed "N. L. Wheel
CT, Washington" was sent to the
Dead Letter Ollice. Never heard of
the man.
1t is hard 10 please man who
does not wish 20 he lied about.und
who cannot bear to have the truth told
about him.
No woman was ever known to
marry II MAJ! whose FIRST remark upon
being introduced to her was about tllc
weather.
A Bloomington girl who "raiscd
her parasol to parry soils rays was
son struck for Il match one moonlight
night nol'long ago. The flame ignitcd
and now they are u@itcd.
New Jersey keeps a militia, SO
that when mob feels that it must
TIN ash some one the troops can be
called out and stand the pclting.
-"Silence in the cour. !" thunder
cd Judicial Dosberry The other
morning; ga hali-dozen men have
been convicted already without the
Courts having been able to hear q
word OF the testimony -
The Philadelphia North -Amcri-
can tells of a man given up by the
doctors. When man is given up 10y
The doctors. it is strong evidence that
his money is all gone.
1t is estimated that there are
four million unmarried women in this
country. Every one OF them looks
under the bed previous to retiring,
however. and hopes to find man
some time.
General Sherman says lie hates
newspapers. Newspapers have II
way Of telling the TRUTH about man.
and, II he is an arrogant, conceited
individual, they are very apt to de-
scribe him as such.
Senator Cameron asked Tombs
if the Southern people had ever found
out that the North had whipped them.
"Whippcd us! said Tombs, "no sir,
YOU didn't whip us, hut we wore our
selves out whipping YOU"
j here is revival Of the rnmor
that Queen Victoria will marry Bca-
consticld. There is also Il report that
The widow Oliver has asked if Bca-
'consticld is Il married man. The old
man must look out for himself.
When Des Moincs audience is
so pleased with one Of Shakespcarc's
plays that they call for the author
and he doesn't respond, they get mad
and hiss, and the local papers speak
OF him next day as Bill Shakespeare.
The reason why the student OF
zoology rnshcs Though the menage-
.rc tent and secures & good seat in
'the circus department is because OF
construction OF the female trapczist.
"A school marin, who Was kissed
in The dnl!i by mistake, explained her
omission Ito use any light for nearly
Two weeks afterwards on the ground
of hard times. She had occasion TO
bring he: trouble before the au,hori-
lies all the same.
The man who always tells the
truth enjoys reputation for honesty,
but he always seems to get into more
trouble than thc fellow who don't tell
,Ehc truth moro more than hait the
time. For our part We always thought
1T best to stand the trouble.
1t is now disputed by moralsts
as well as naturalist, that woman is
the weaker vessel. II not tie TIN one,
she is q power behind il. II not the
head, she is the neck which turns the
head. She is cur better and strong
,or half, turn it any way you will.
Young man, it's very convcnicn,
to be lich, but twice as easy to be
f>SoA' - y ou 'oil INV IL 81, kCcD Il
dog and canary bird, and if that
don't do the business, get married
young. and fight it out on thnt line
I'LL death steps in and cuts it short.
-"No, William she nournf;illy
uttered, still allowing him to retain
her hand. "No,. William, l can't
marry you. l don't believe YOU can
provide wife with butter npon your
present salary, and l can't cat olco-
margarine" A woman who loves
butter better thas q man ought TO live
:and die an old maid.
There lives an old Indian woman
near Fitzpatliclk's who claims to be
108 years old. She belonged to the
Creek Indians and has lived in few
miles Of her present home since before