The Orangeburg democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1879-1881, 1880-06-25
Clippings.

-Bore--"What time do you retire
here?" Young lady (bored) Soon
as the company goes"
-"Blaine" is the name Of a new
town in Kansas. 1t is so-called be-
cause it has just been laid cut.
ELEVEN hundred and eghty-five
emigrants from Germany arrived at
Baltimore on Wednesday, and immc
diatcly left for the West.
A young man boasted that he
had well stored mind, whereupop
young lady murmured, "W hat pity
ave cant find out where he stored it,"
Grant made tour of the world
rs running start for the Presidential
leap Of 1880. Nothing short of q
trip TO the moon will secure his sue
cess in 1884.
1t is the easiest thing in the
world to find man willing TO bet
hat on his candidate, hut it is the
hardest thing in the world TO find the
man if lie loscs.
The idea that gun powder and
whlskcy will make a soldier feel
brave is all nonsense. Put him be-
hind stone wall if you want to see
his spine sufen.
The Poll MuU CARTE says sui
eide is rapidly increasing in England.
1t is not surprising. Mrs. Woodruff
IL
comic wecklies are published in Lon
don.
The Republicans are still pcrplex.
cd about the Whitaker case. Not
that they care baubec for Whitaker
or his ears; but the question is, how
the deuce is to help Golycr Car
field.
IAN Iowa lawyer reached out to-
wards big inkstapd while address
ing the court. and the nearest man
promptly knockeh him down. They
believe in the ounce Of prevention out
that way.
The happiness Of your life de-
pends upon the quality of your
thoughts: therefore, guard according
~, and take care that yon entertain
no notions unsuitable TO virtue and
unreasonable to nature.
The Atlanta PhonogropA says it
useless for the yonng men in Georgia
TO make an effort to hold any high Of
flee. it matters not how capable they
are, until al the colonies and gcncr-
ais die and get out of the way.
-'fOu're fool, Frank" Dead
wood maiden said TO her bashful lov
cr; ''hcrc I've been waiting two
hours for you TO kiss ne. and there
yOn sit just if dad wouldn't come
down in ten minutes and close the
shcbang."
New is ihe time when very Young
lawyers can be boosted into the re-
gions Of estate bliss very cheaply.
Juct hint TO 'em that some village
committee has mentioned their names
in connection with the Fourth OF
July grafton.
The German-American Indepen-
dent Citizens Association Of New
York City has declared, by resolution
that though satisfied with the defeat
of the third-terme:s by the nomina-
ton Of Garfield, they regard the
nomination Of Arthur as a disroputa-
bic concession 10 the evil elements of
his party.
"A man who firmly believes that
second flood will come next No
vembcr to cover the whole face of the
earth is building an ark at Helena.
Texas. The craft will hold fifty per-
sons, with food for forty days and
forty nights, and he will take passen-
gers at $500 each. Every other ves-
sci, he explains, will be wrecked.
"A messenger comes all the way
from the spirit land to inform the
world that ''you canno' take your
gold into the spirit life, but you can
your knowledge" Amy parties about
entering tho spirit life; and desirous
TO exchange some Of their gold for
knowledge should immediately nd.
dress us. enclosing 81 as n guarantee
Of good faith.
1t is reported that there was
lively market in the sale Of seats by
The colored delegates to Chicago !;
prices ranging from $40 to S25 per
day. Among other purchasers was
All old dycd-in-thc-wool Jackson
Democrat, who bought out "cullud
troop" and sat NIL day among the
Stalwarts, as calmly and selfrosses-
aed, as if he held four aces in game
sfdra@.