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Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
State Agricultural Meeting.

The Annual meeting Of the State
Agricultural Society opened in
Grenville on Tuesday, about two
hundred prominent farmers being
present from this State and Georgia.
The usual opening addresses we're de
livered by President B. F. Crayton,
Master J. N. Lipscomb, Mr.. NJ. l..
Donaldson and Col VIM. Wallace of
South Carolina, and Rev. Dr.. Daniel
Butler Of Georgia.
a paper was read on the cultiva-
tion of upland cotton, by Mr.. E. r.
McIver of Darlington; one on the
cultivation ofupland rice, by DR.. j..
w. Summers Of Orangeburg, and
another on the labor question, by nj r.
&. II. Noise Of Sumter. After the
discussion Of these questions, the
Society adjourned"for the day, for the
enjoyment of n ride around the city,
and visit to Piedmont Factory The
meeting promises to be a very inter
ing one.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
THURSDAY, JULY 2S, 1881.
Trembling i'm the AaRDnce

In our last issue the dispatches
from w ashington authorized us in
reporting the President as on the high
road to recovery. This week the as
pect is entirely changed for tho worse
A pus cavity has formed in the path
Of the ball which has nccessitated a
surgical operation for obtaining an
other outlet from the wound. Yes
ter fractured bone was extracted,
and the patient is becoming weaker
and more restless. We fear from the
tenor of the latest dispatches that the
President is far from being out Of
danger.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
Notice to Consumers of
Tohacco

VOUR attention is called to a few brands
\ ofmy fine smoaking and chewing
!ooarco's' ! also Ssegars and Cigarettes, which
l makea specialty: Chewing Celebrated
Buzz Saw. the Golden Bar, Corn Cob,
Mique, Early Bird, Capt. Jack, Aurora
Fan Cake, Boozl, Void Unowned Mills
Flora fine Cut, and many other brands
which are not mentioned here. nlw,rs
on hand; Smoking: W. I. Blokwells & coz.
Durham, the only genuine, Blockwells
Long Cut, for Pipes and Cigre,.s, Morburg
Bros. Melroee Curly Cut, Smokers Truest
Friend, Larillord Solid, put up in tin foil.
u. v. Gail & AZ celebrate Crown Brand.
SsegarH- wirabelia, Private Stock, Quecie
u l. title L,!orena, Dona Sal, Ornato, Black
ooP' Favorite, Enimpre State. Ci igarettes
Lone Fisherman, Pride of the North.
Little Joker, l;lackwell's Durham. All of
the IN. above are guaranteed to be first class
SiSe me call and be convinced that 1
Keep The best Tobacco's in the marke et
Look for the Blue Store.
FRANK RIsHER, Agt.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
The Health OF Washington

From common report and occa-
si0nal newspaper paragraphs, the
health ofthe city Of ashington does
not appear to be any OF the best. 1t
is said that the malaria from the
Potomac affects the atmosphere and
that fever and kindrei disca. cs from
this cause arc not unfrcquent. This
ls the excuse that some of our Con
gressmen make Tor tippling. They
say their physicians advise it for
Keeping off malaria, and they are
very sorry. Now, if the Capital can
not be moved to some higher lati-
tude, where our Congrcssmen en- may be
taken out ofdangcr of. snakes, NAL
ara and monkeys, where they can be
refreshed by cooler brcczes and ex-
hilara:cd by natures pure mountain
dew, there is still another plan. Let
the whiskey Of the Capital he ..medi
Gated and not taken straight. when
we consider the army experience, we
are astonishcd, with all the Conf,dcr-
ate Brigadicrs, for which Washing
ton is noted, that the past should be-
forgotten, and that the physicians
snoult!he. so led astray. The repre-
scntativcs ofa nation, ought to be
kept hen Ithy, and robust.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
THE0 IoR KoHN.
Notice to Teachers.
School COMMISSIONERS Orr1cE,

ORANGEBURo, COUNTY, July 9th 1881
The following days have been fixed bv
the County Board Of Examiners of Oroprc-
burg County for the Summer txaninat;9,,,
OF Public School Teachers, both male and
female: "
thursday, July 2lst, for white appl;
cants for first grade certificates.
Frida,, July 22nd, for colored appli.
cants for first grade certificates
Saturday. July 23rd for white app,i.
cants for second grade certificates.
Monday, .Duy 25tl., Tor colored apnl;.
canls for second grade certificates.
Tuesday, July 26lh, for white appl;con,s
Tor third grade certificates.
:" ednesdny, july 9th, for colored M.
plicanls Tor third grade certificates.
ihe Examination will commence NJ ~
O'clock eacl, day.
All eert'ficatea. whether they have ex-
Elred or not, must he presented 10 tic
Board during tile Examination for insncr.
tim aid action.
Al who expect to teach in The Pub,;,.
Hchoo's must apply now, M the Board
Objects to sl'ecial examinations.
DurinS- The months of July and August
The .UfFICE DAYS of the School ISm.
missioner 'nre changed from riday ami
saturday to MONDAY and TUESDAY of
each Week.
STiLrs r. NlElL1cHAar.
g i. noel ,o%mn,,nissioner, ON, Orangebnrg Couaty.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
Labor nnd 4 aptanB.

1t may ben matter of interest for
ps;to: note that wages are higher ir
other States, than IN South Carolina
The range as taken from carefully
compiled statistics is from abon,
S2o per month, for laborcrs in the
New England States to $4l in Cali
fornia. In our State, We believe, the
average is So.
What then is the inference 10 he
drawn from these facts The law Of All
ply and ,demandtn basineso 10 as csas
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28

AN & 8 G0RgE e
at 60 cts worth 81
Linen Damask Towels Mt 25 CITE
worth 40. This is a wonderful reduc-
tion and only few more left. Table
Linens, Napkins, Bed Spreads and
Lace Curtains must be closed out.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28

Passengers leaving Columbia or Char.
lesion on these trains have to change cars
at Branchvilleto reach Charleston at / IS
I m or Columbia at 80 i m.
Night Express Trains Daily.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
BAR q z Z N s

in all dress goods
Black Grenadines 25, cts, formerly 50.
Balbriggan Hose 25 formerly 40 cts.
"a thread all linen hemstitched hand
kercheifs l24cts, worth 25. Hemstich
ss1s LINEN needle worked corners ct
aakts, worth 80.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28

Prices'reduced rs to Is per cent.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
z ) 6 T8 II

IF you need Cassimeres, Cot
tonades, and Flannels, now is the time
to buy them. Fans and Parasols
Mt sacrifice. Japanese parasols
at 10 and 20 cents. A inch deep
Hamburg edging only 22cts, Our
line of laces 10 the largest and always
cheapest in town.
Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg Court House [S.C.]) 1877-1881, 1881-07-28
South Carolina Rail Road
lonssenger Department
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE,

CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
On and after May 18th, 1881, Passenger
Trains on this Road will run us follows !:
Till further notice.)
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-22
TUESDAY FEBRUARY %, 1881.

Entered at the Postofice st Alexandria, Va, as
second class mstter.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-22

STEAM vs.. MUsCLE.-Two things absolutely
necessary 70 make perfect roasted coffee is uui
foruity OF heat srd regularity of motion; these
can only be obtained By use of steam; Ihs
opposite il clearly shosu 20 uapd roasted Cottaes
by its many ampertections AL! choice grades
vi Cortsss viii s~e,l wuen subj c'ed 10 uni
form heat. McBuroey's steam Roasted Cof
fe.s ara aIEap the choicest grades. Their daily
increased sales is good proof of superiority of
their Steam Roasted Cotees over that roasted
by the hand machine and muscle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-22
DRY GDUDN.

OUR INVENTORY FINISHED.
~ Tuesday Feb'y. S.h. 1881.
We have completed our inventory aad thrown
upon the counter great msny Remnants Of all
styles of goods to bu sold cheap. We are clos
ing out great many goous at Iess than cost, in
order to m AXE room for large Sprir stock.
SHEETINGS = BLEACHED, COTTONS
and LINENS.-We are getting in full stock
of the above goods of Choics Brands for Feb
ruary sales and offer at close prices.
d. F. BSASHEAR
100 King at. Alexandria, Va.
MORE FULL STANDARD PRINTS AT
XHA SIX CENTS.
5000 YAkDS-NEW STYLES.
Monday, Deer. 9th. 1881.
The above goods are equal i'll quality 10 auy
eight cent Prints in the market. Gall quick and
ses them. u. +. BRASHEAK,
dtc27 No 100 King st.. Ale1.ndris, Va.
IsLAOK FRENCH CASHMERBS.
~ Tuesday, January llth 1881.
Another line OF those all wool Black French
Cashmeres at 4,c 45c and 60, per yard; open
to Gay also another 1ull assortment of those two
and three button KID GLOVES at ST. and ST. 25
all warranted. u. +. BRASHEAR,
janll No. 100 King st.. Alexandria, Va.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-22

Stop TIE LEAKS Tn Roofing. Gutter aud
Raia Spout. and all work r paired prou uptly, by
STANsBURY & Bro.
IHE BEST home MAJ utscl ureu To Ware
aud Houseturnisbing Goods can be found at
STANsBURY's Central Stove House, coroer
Klug shd Washington streets, (McBarney' g
Building
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-22

Special contrscta will be made ith ~ nd
vertisers
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-02-22

You c.n make your dinner complete by try
ing some of the DELICIOUS GREEN PEAS which
MCBURNEY & Son haVe Just received.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
A Tiger Loose in a City.

At Rangoon, i'll Burmah, recently,
in one of the most populous quarters
of the town, a tiger was killed in
broad daylight. The brute had been
hanging about Dallah, the struggling
village on the other side of the river
from Rangoon, for several days, and
early one morning swan across the
river to Rangoon. Tagged with the
long mile through a swift current,
and, no doubt astonished at the num-
Der of people he came across, he en-
sconsed himself beneath a house.
The District Superintendent of Police
heard Of the arrivil, and, armed with
a Winchester repeating rife, went
down with another Englishman in
the direction pointed out. They came
upon the tiger Unexpectedly. Enter
ing one of the houses on the river
bank, they all of a sudden discovered
the animal only few inches below
them, with nothing butthe scant pro-
lection of an open bamboo foor-work
between them and him. A bullet
between the shoulders, however,
dropped him before any harm could
be done, and couple Of more
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
Sea Voyages for lnvalids.

The rapid travelling Of large steam
vessels is disadvantage for those who
go to sea for the sake Of protracted nav
igation. They reach their destination
too soon, and the changes of climate are
too rapid. In the voyage to Australia,
for instance, a few days after the depart
ure from England, warm weather is
reached: then hot weather. when the
tropic has been passed; moist, as well
as hot weather, when the equatorial
Gains have been reached. As the YES
sci arrives near the southern limit of its
navigation, in the Pacific ocean, the
temperature again becomes cold-Aus-
tralia being reached in about forty five
days. ALI these extreme changes within
so short period are very trying to those
who are really Ill. and often do them
more harm than the pure sea air can do
them good. Australia. also, is reached
in the middle of their summer; and at
Melbourne and Sydney, where most In
valids 60, it is too hot. In Tasmania
and New Zealand the climate is more
like that of our own English summer,
and should, consequently, be preferred.
These long sea journeys, however, seem
more suited to those who belong to the
second category-to the tired and the
weary-than to the reallyill. The usual
period for departure is October or No
vember. British Medical Journal.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
Old nickory,s Force of Character.

Says a correspondent Of the Cincin-
natl Commercial: There is an old story
that when the fact of his death was
communicated to Mr.. Clay, his great
rival in politics, the question loosely
arose as to the probabilities of his final
salvation. Mr.. Clay listened for a mo-
ment and remarked: ooh, yes all h
couldn't prevent It'll" Hon. Thos. L..
Jones relates an anecdote Of similar
nature. In o letter of the late Gov.
Call, of Florida, who was once on the
military staff of Gen. Jackson, and
was present at his obsequies, I find this !:
"Shortly after the funeral, one of the
old negro women at the Hermitage was
visiting Nashville, and met with an ac-
quaintance, a negro woman also-who
probably belonged to Wing family,
and had imbibed its political prejudices.
DO you think your old masters gone
to heaven?' was asked of her, doubt
mgly. sGone to heaven!' answered
the other, with an air of sanctifed dis
dain; why, of course he has, and
added: If he wanted to go dar, I'd
like to know who's gwine to stop him ,"
She evidently believed that even so
doughty saint as Peter could not re-
sist the imperious will of her dead mas
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
A Lecture on Oyster. Opening.

There is Frenchman who has lived
in New York for twenty-six years who
is loud in his complaints of the bar
barous manner in which oyster-openers
in this country do their work. He says !:
"The way to open an oyster so as to
save ell the liquor, which, to connois-
seurs is valuable part, Is not to smash
it and murder it, as most of your oyster
openers do, nor to stab it, as they do in
Boston, Baltimore, Washington and
other places. And then your oyster
openers always lay out the oyster on the
fat or convex shell. so that by the time
your plate of raw on the half she'll
comes to you what little juice that was
not spilled in the slaughtering has all
run away. The live oyster opens and
closes its shell at will by means Of a
tough little membrane, or hinge,
about quarter or third of an inch in
length. This hinge is at the small or
narrow end of the oyster. It follows
that all that is needed to be done to sep.
arate the two shells. whether the oyster
is alive or dead, is to sever this little
hinge. It is invisible when the shells
are closed, but those who understand
the business (and any one can learn it in
five minutes) know exactly how and
where to find it." He contends that a
man working in the proper way can
open two oysters while another man is
pursuing his barbarous practice with
one.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
GRANDMOTHER.

Grandmother PAGES with stately tread
Forward and back through the quaint old room,
Out of the freight, dancing and red,
Into the gathering dusk and gloom
Forward and back in her siken dress,
With its falling rufies Of frost-like lace;
look of deepest tenderness
In the faded lines of her fine Old face.
Warm on her breast in bis red nght-gown
Like a a scarlet lily the baby lies,
While softly the tired lids droop down
Over the little sleepy eyes.
Grandmother sings to him sweet and low,
And memories come with the cradle song
OF the days when she sang IL long ago,
When her life was young and her heart was strong
-arandmother's children have left her now;
The large old house is a Swallowed place;
But shining out in the sunset glow
OF her life, like star, comes tie baby's face.
He lies where of old his father lay;
Softly she sings him the same sweet strain.
Till the years intervening are swept away,
And the joy Of LIES morning is hers again.
Grandmother's gray head is bending low
Over the dear little downy one
The steps of her pathway ara few TO go
The baby's Journey is just begun.
Yetthe rosy dawn OF his childish love
Brightens the evening that else were dim;
And, in after years, from her hoc,s above,
The light of her blessing viii rest on him.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
Cold Winters.

There seem to be no such winters now
as there were seventy or eighty years
ago, owing, no doubt, to the cutting
down in this country Of the native for
ests, the planting and growth of the
towns and cities, and the general de-
velopment of the land. During the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
there were il the Old World some win
tiers bitterly memorable. In Britain, in
1864, the Thames was frozen to the
depth of sixty one inches, and nearly all
the birds in the United Kingdom per-
ished. In 1892 the cold was so intense
in Southern Europe, especially in Aus
tria, that wolves were driven by hunger
into Vienna, where they attacked beasts
Of burden and even human beings.
Three years later many persons were
frozen to death in various parts of Ger
many. The Cold Winter, as it was
called for distinction, occurred in 1903,
when all the rivers and lakes in Europe
were compactly frozen, and even the
sea several miles from shore, and the
earth itself from seven to eight feet
deep. Birds and beasts fell dead, and
thousands of men, women and children
persisted in their houses. In Southern
France nearly all the vineyards were
destroyed. The Adriatic was frozen,
and much of the Mediterranean in the
neighborhood of Genoa and Leghorn,
and the lemon and orange groves were
blghted in many parts Of Italy. Dur
ing 1718 persons crossed the straits
from Copenhagen to the Province of
Sonia Ouden) on the ice, and horses and
wagons likewise. Snow lay ten feet
deep in Spain and Portugal during
174O. the Zuyder Zee was covered with
ice thick enough to bear multitude OF
people, and four years after snow meas
ured on a level twenty-three feet in
Portugal. In 1771 the Elbe was frozen
to the bottom, and in 1776 the Danube
showed ice below Vienna eight to ten
feet thick.-New York Times.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
George Eliot at School.

George Eliot first went to school at
Nuneaton, when she was Is years old.
She was then of moderate height,
neither stout nor thin, with fair hair
and complexion. She was decidedly
not pretty girl, but she had beauti-
full set of white, ever teeth. An old
schoolfellow says Of her: "Soon after
her arrival was attracted toward the
drawing-room, where she was prac-
ticing, by the air of Bishops Bid Me
Discourse, which then heard for the
first time, and which, child as was. I
knew was being played with great
taste and feeling. But what called
forth my childish admiration and Won
der the most was the amazing rapidity
with which She mastered all her les
sons, the contents Of pages being made
her own by simply reading them once
or twice over. She was ever at the
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
A. r. Stewart.

I was talking with a gentleman who
had been an intimate friend of A. T.
Stewart, the greatest merchant perhaps
that this country ever knew, and he
threw new light on his history. Contrary
to general belief, Stewart started with q
comfortable fortune, and did not work
his way from the ground up. He came
to this country as q young man. sent on
pleasure trip by his father. He was a
close observer and leisurely traveller, and
went home thoroughly posted as to this
country. Having to return to America
very soon, he recalled the fact that there
was fine margin Of profit between the
prices Of laces in the old country and
this. He, therefore, invested $25, 900,
his patrimony, in laces and brought
them over on his second trip. This
speculation turned out so we'll that he
had another lot sent over, and opened a
shop from which he might dispose of
them. This was the beginning of his
mercantile business.
Stewart was man of confirmed super
stitions. He would never eat at table
at which thirteen people were seated,
%
had declined coming to his usual Sun
day night dining and afterward came
when his place had been filed, he de-
clined to receive him as he made the
number thirteen. He finally determined
to overcome this superstition, and dined
at table at which thirteen were seated
He died few weeks afterward, but I
very much doubt if that was what killed
him. He never wanted to have his pho
tograph taken, saying: "People who
buy goods from me think I am a
noble-looking man with flowing
whiskers and a gray beard. They'd lose
faith in my prestige if they became
familiar with my insignificant face" He
was shopkeeper all his life, and the
shopkeeping instinct never left him. He
once dropped into Tiffany's and saw a
friend examining some pearls that he
was thinking of buying for his wife.
Stewart caught hold of him and hurried
him out before he had time to close the
trade. Once down stairs he got him in
to his coupe, and insisted on his going
to his store with him. He hurried him
upstairs to the lace department., took
out an especial pattern and said: CHOW,
that's what you want to buy for your
wife /" and he sold it to him. At this
very time Stewart was worth millions,
and would have given the friend he had
cajoled into buying, twenty times the
price of the lace, but the selling instinct
was stronger in him than anything else.
I learned from my informant that Stew
arts body had never been recovered.
Judge Hilton could have had it at al
most any time, provided he would have
paid the required ransom. He refused
to do this, however, on the ground that
if he did so the business of grave-rob-
bling, having proved profitable, would
have become popular among thieves. =
NeW York letter.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-02-27
He Had Reasons.

One day last fall queer sort Of an
old man hired boat and rowed out on
the river little below Yonkers to fish.
So far as could be observed from the
banks he had no luck. He went out
about 10 in the morning and at A in the
afternoon he sat in the same position,
held his ishpole the same way, and had
evidently settled down to stay there all
night.
Pretty soon steamboat came rushing
along down the river. She was headed
directly for the fisherman, who was in
midchannel. She blew her whistle to
warn him, but after glance over his
shoulder he resumed the old attitude.
The steamer came nearer and nearer;
and the old man was observed to give a
sudden start and pay more attention to
bis line. When too late, the pilot
tried to stop and avoid the accident.
The skiff was struck broadside and
splintered to pieces, and for two or
three minutes it was believed that the
old man was drowned. Then some one
espied him in the wake of the boat, and
he was fshed out.
"Didn't you hear us whistle % asked
the Captain, as the dripping man stood
before him.
eyes; andI whistled backl" was the
reply.
eve whistled for you to get out of
the way"
"And I whistled to let you know that
I'd be darned If would"
CHAD you any reasons for hanging to
the channel?"
Reasons I guess I had! I had
fshed there for six hours without a nib
BILE, and just as you came along I'd
hooked a perch, which honestly be-
ieve weighed mighty nigh pound
Drat your old steamboat, but I'll make
you pay for that fish as well as the dam
ages! I was six hours catching him,
and I won't settle for a farthing less
than 50 cents. Wall Street Daily
NeWS,