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THE GREENVILLE ENTERPRISE.
DttrotfR fo Jlnns, politics, 3nlflligroee, anfr.tl)* 3mjuonmarl of lljc Slate nrtfc Country.
JOUR C. & EDWARD BAILEY, PRO'RS. GR&ENYILLE. SODTBt CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 30, 1870. VOLUME XV11-NO. 28.
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The Idle Lyre.
IT liRSAlIT J. PBESTON.
Thmpw an W1U lyre
AmHl Hamnli ebaral btlnfl j
A rheSsrtiger was summoned
To hear hie Lord's command.
That h-oai earth's lowly ehiidren
Horn favored one l>? bring,
Who bad a skillful finger
To sweep the golden string.
O high?O, wondrous honor !
Whoso shall the glory bo
To break that lyre's ?t rati go silence
With heaven bom harmony t
What mighty laurcl'd minstrel,.
First of the fame?wrcath'd throng,
Bball angels reckon worthy
To swell those wares of song ?
Sense calm and ssintly spirit ?
Some affluent soul whose praise
Hath caught the sacred key-note
That seraph Voiree raise T
Some pure unearthly nature?
Some listrning heart that hears,
In golden-centred silence,
The music 0/ the spheres-?
?A little child was plsying
Deside his mother's knee,
Clad in the simple meekness
Of infant purity :
The angel smiling, hcekoned,
And breathed the soft behest;
The lowliest one could waken
That silent lyre the best.
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[Lowell, Kansas, Cor. N. Y. Herald, Nov. 12.]
A Bowie Knife Tournament.
Dr. V. C. T.ftwrence, of Vacnna,
Colorado, recently of Philadelphia,
has just arrived here and furnished
mc the following details of one
of tltose bloody tragedies enacted
nowhere else than on the borders :
On Tuesday (election day) J??o
and Charley Bigger (brothers), 1
Gus Norton ?r,u mm Jackson,
who (tad been driving a herd of
cattle into Missouri, passed through
here on their return horn?, in
. Texas. Tl?o men were
all young, well mounted and arm
ed. and each possessed of considerable
tnonev, the proceeds of the
sale of their cattle. They stopped
some two hours in this place and
I had a long conversation with
them. On Wednesday afternoon
#1*a?v a?i flin Kotklr nf 0
1I1UJ LMIIipvU VII IIJU UIHIIV VI n
email stream in tlio Indian Territory,
about forty miles from herc4
una, after staking out their horses,
while cooking their supper, sat
down to a gatne of cards. Tuev
liad hardly commenced their gatr.d
when Orestes Watrous (known as
Cock-eyed Watt,) The. Allison and
t)ick Bradford, noted New Orleans
gamblers, rode into camp. These
gamblers were on a professional
tour from Fort Scott, and were
bound for Buxton Springs and Kansas
City. The new comers were
gladly welcomed and invited to
camp with the herders, which invitation
was quickly accepted.
' Sntr^hetog-eomo two hours
high. it was suggested that there
was plenty of time to have nsocia
blc game or two of porker before
? supper, and accordingly Watrous,
Bradford, Joe Bigger and Jackson
took a band. At firist Bigger
and Jackson won, but luck soon
turned, and Watrous and Bradford
were in a fair way of cleaning
out the others, when Bigger
detected Watrous cheating. A row
at oi\ce onsned; blows were interchanged
and weapons drawn by
both parties, when it was proposed,
in order to seenre fair play, that
Bigger and Watrous should fight
it ui on horseback, their weapons
being bowie knives. This was at
onoe agreed to, and the men preoared
tor the bloodv frav. Thev
' Were divested ot their coats and
shirt*, and their knives were bound
to tbeir right bands. They were
then placed sixty yards apart, with
order* to ride at each other fnll
speed, passing on the left side.?
Ilotb were spendid horsemen.?
Bigger waa mounted on a clean
limbed, flrery pony, a little
over fourteen hands high, while
Watrous rode a large "watcheyed,"
vicious roan. At the word
" go," the combatants sparred to
wards each other like the wind,
bnfc passed without inflicting any
injary. A second and third joust
was run, when Watroiia' horse received
a slight cut on tho flank.?
On the fourth ronnd Bigger, as he
passed Watrous, threw himself on
the off sido of bis pony, so as to
expose no portion of his person,
-ana drove his knifo deep into the
neck of his adversary's stoed.?
Watrous, divining the manoeuvre,
wheeled as ilio blow was struck,
and attempted to hamstring Bij?
ger's pony, but succeeded only in
Inflicting a severe wound. This
style of fighting was then abandoned,
and both then and horses
appeared to become infnriafed at
the sight of blood. As they neared
each other the fifth time, Bigfjer
suddenly struck Watrous'. with
lis left fist in the face, at the same
moment cutting a fearful cash in
bis thigh ; but before ho could got
away, Watrotis succeeded in driving
his knife into Biggcr's shoulder.
The combatants and horses were
becoming weak from loss of blood,
when Watrous determined, if possible,
to end the combat by riding
down his adversary, which he
thought tho superior weight of his
horso would enable him to do.?
Accordingly, on the sixth round,
ho made diroctly upon Bigger's
pony, and Bigger, in attempting
to avoid the collision, was severely
cut in tho arm and face. The
pony, however, was game, and although
very lame, seized the roan
by the cheek, lncorating it in a
ic.iriui manner.
At tlie seventh cneonntor the
horses came together with a fearful
shock, the pony being thrown,
falling upon his rider, but both
immediately regained themselves.
V/atrons' horse was fast bleeding
to death from the stab in his neck,
and Watrous himself could scarce
keep his seat, from the wound in
the thigh. Bigger succeeded in
again sticking Watrous in the
tigh, and was struck in return in
the side. 8everal blows were interchanged
and evaded, or fell only
upon the horses.
The fight had not lasted more
than half an hour, when Dr. Lawrence
rode up in time to witness
the final round. As they came
together Watrous endeavored to
rise in his stirrups and to tlirow
himself noon .Bicrsrer. but neither
horse could stand the encounter,
and both fell. Bigger was streaming
with gore from tho cuts in the
face, back and arms, but was able
to extricate himself, and rushed
upon Watrons, who could not riso
on account of the wounds in his
thigh. Bigger threw himself npon
Wuirous with tho fury of a fiend,
and almost in a moment his knife
had reached tho unfortunate gambler's
heart; and Bradford, seeing
the fate of his friend, raised his
pistol, fired, and Bigger fell dead
across the c<>rpso of Wtftrous.
A free fight at once ensued,
Charley Bigger, Norton and Jack
eon firing upon Bradford and A1
lison. Bradford was killed in tho
melee, and Charley Bigger and
Jackson severely wounded. The
wounded were taken to a enhin
about half a mile from the battle
field, and their wounds dressed by
Dr. Lawrnncc, who pronounces
them in a fair way ot recovery.
This is one of the most roinatliable
fights thaf has ever occurred,
even among the lawless adventurers
of the border. It sounds liko
romance, but the source of my information
will not admit of a
doubt of its truth.
[From Iho Columbia Union ]
The State House.
We were shown on Saturday the
nCw Improvement being made at
the S'ate House. The finished
portions pre all being ronovatcd,
offices being moved from one part
of tbe building to another, and a
general overhauling is being made.
The old flimsy rag carpets have
been taken up, ana heavy, durable
Brussels put in their places. It
was noor economy in the outset to
cover the floors with such carpet
material as lias just been removed.
The Executive office has been
moved from the eastern, to the
same relative position in the west*
em end of the building.
The Secretary of ntato moves
from bis old quarters to the western
end of tne building, on the
opposite side of the hall from the
Governor.
Doth the rooms of the Governor
and the Secretary of State arc being
beautifully fitted up, and an
air of neatness and comfort seems
to pervade these new quarters.
The Adjutant ana Inspector
General occupies the rooms formerly
occupieii by the Executive,
t* I ^ aI CI a. 1 a -i* T3 J -
wmio ?ie onperiniennem; oi r,an
cation secures tho rooms vacated
by the Secretary of State.
On tho second floor everything
is bustle and activity.
Mr. Allen, the contractor for the
repairs, &c., ot the building, is ontitled
to great credit for the dieCatch
with which lie has poshed
is work toward completion.
The decorations of the hall are
beautiful, indeed. The upliolstery
is being furnished by Stewart,
Sntphen <fe Co., of Brooklyn* New
York, and it is of the most improved
patterns and best quality.
The heavy damask curtains and
lambrofcins, together with The tnassive
walnut and gilt Cornices, give
an appearance of olegance and i
beauty, which must be soen to be
appreciated. These material* have
been sclectod with an eye to dura
bility as well as display. The ga*
fixtures are of fh j latest styles, and
are artistically and elegantly
mounted. Tho hall is supplied
with fine hanging chandeliers?
one of massive proportions in the i
cenrro, with sixty-four burners, |
nnd four others of twenty seven
burners oach. These fixtures add
very materially to the beauty of
the ball.
The clocks for the Hall of tho
House, the Senate, and tho Committee
rooms arc beautiful pieces
of workmanship.
Gen. John l>. Dennis, Superintendent
pt State House repairs, deserves
great credit for tin* excel- 1
lent taste displayed by liiin In the
selections made. We are glad to
see that' lie was not only governed
by a desire for effect, but also for
permanent durability.
When everything is completed
and in order, we believe our State
House will compare favorably
with any in the oountry, and will
present something near thenj>j>earanco
designed by tho first projectors.
The building is of magnificent
proportions, nnd tnucb larger than
waB ever necessary for a State like
ours, but inasmuch as we have it.
although it is a pretty large elc~
pliant, it would he but cc nomy to
allow it to remain unfinished, and
unused.
The outside of the building now
needs completing, the floors of the
first story putting in order, the
grounds beautifying and adorning,
and then the State will be in possession
of a State II out e worthy
ot tho highest admiration.
The Ksnd oir Providence.
The man must be blind who cannot
pco the hand i f Divine Provb
dcnco in this wonderful war. The
Emperor and the Pope, who wero
the two vainest and proudest men
in tlie world in July, are now
among the most ohjedt of all the
potentates of the earth. July 14,
the Pope declared himself infallible?
set himself up aR G<?d among
men. July 15, the Emperor declared
war against the King of
Prussia, and set ofF with his army
to overthrow hitn.
And what has !>ccn the fate of
these two men ? What human
mind would have anticipated such
stupendous results ? Both of them
in the dnnt of humiliation, the dc
vision of mankind. The poor Pope
is the more pitiable of the two.
lie sees his own people deserting
him and opening the doors to another
king I
God is in all this. Armies and
nations are in his hand and he
turns them as ho does rivers. He
is a jealous God. And, when a
man sets op a public blasphemy,
like the Pope's pretence to infallibility,
is it any wonder that he
who sittcth in the heavens should
laugh at him and let a lxUt of
vengeance fall on his head 1
"Mow, it may truly be said that
all those things coiuo about as the
result of natural and adequate
causes. So they do. Prneai* atwelt
tiown Napoleon with a mightier
armv than France conld Dting,
and Victor Emanuel improved the
opportunity to go to Rome and
take the Pope's temporal power
away from him. Ami God ar
ranged all these tilings In his own
way, and the result will bo his
glory.?Nero York Observer.
Social Honor.?Every person
should cultivate a nice sense of
honor. In a hundred different
ways this most-fitting adjunct of
the true lady or gentleman is often
tried. For instance, one is a guest
in a family where, porhaps, the ,
domestic machinery docs not run
smoothly. There is sorrow in the
house unsuspected by the outer
world. Sometimes it is a dissipated
son whose conduct is a shame and t
a grief to his parents, sometimes a 1
relative whose eccentricities and
peculiarities aro a cloud on the
fioine. Or. worst of all. husband
Mid wife may not be in accord,
and there may lie often bitter >
words spoken, and harsh recriminations.
In any of those caeca the
guest is in honor bound to be blind
and deaf, so far as people without '
drn /i/inoAHfi
? v VVMVVI IIVM* II C% ^OIHIU v\ Ul U
within can do good, it may be well
said ; but to go forth and reveal
the shadow of an imhnppy secret
to any one, ercn your friend, is ar> ,,
act of indelicacy and ineanneee almost
unparalleled. Once in the <
sacred precincts of any home, admitted
to its privacy, sharing its >'
Ike, all that yon see and hear "
should become a sacred trust. li 1
is as really ceafemptable to gossip '
about snch things as it woald be "
to steal the silver or borrow the I
books and forget to return them. 1
Bird*. .
In nH ape*, and in many conn
trios, birds have enjoyed ? domin i
ion aa powers of the "air, tlisst lias
been given by men to no other
class ot animsm as powers of the
earth and wafer. We wonder at
flreir nowets <j( flight, and Hteir
marvelous migrations. Nowhere
can we get away from flic birds.?
We ascend a hfgh an nnment, and <
die birds arc as mnch afhome as
upon the ground. We scale a
ciiff, and the birds glide over the
ledge of it, and retorn again;
while vre Shudder as wo creep to
the edge, and glance over. Far
away at sea wo meet the birds careering
over the waves, ana appearing
to enjoy their flight, while
porhaj* the hail vessel in which
we are sailing labors along with
creaking, timbers and dapping
sails. We eit alone in onr most
private chamber, and a little bird
iiops impertinently upon Hie balcony
or window-sill, and peeps into
the room. Nowhere are we
safe from the birds, and hence the
aneienta behoved that they pes
aesNU a rtua Knowledge of nuinnn I
RfTflirs. As they were continually
flying about, they were supposed
to observe mid pry into men s most
secret actions, and know all their
doings. The idea, indeed, passed
into a proverb among tlic Greeks,
to the effect that, when, they were
engaged in any secret action, no
one know what passed, 11 except,
indeed, some bird.1' A like expression
has cornc down to our
own times, inasmuch as wo say,
when we wish to affect mystery as
to the true source of our informs
tion, " A litde bird has told ino "
so and so.
Color in birds is intended not
merely for beauty $ it is, in fact, a
mode of concealment, the most
universal of all means of defence,
and one that appears in every race
of animals. As the strength, the
weajions, and the velocity are all
on the sido of the pursuer, color
is much tnorc resorted to f*w the
defense of birds than of any other
creatures. In the pnrtridgc, the
quail, the woodcock, and the snipe,
the likeness of their colors to the
Iwown earth on which they move,
is such as often to conceal them
fnnn every eye, not excepting tho
tuerCHig sight of the hawk or tiie
;itew The hovering toe may be
observed. above during the chase,
though the victim has not escaped,
deceived also by smaller birds,
even when the accordance in color
is not great.
The cuckoo has some odd tricks
which have seldom been n?.tcd.?
For instance, she seems to find out
some 8tnnll bird's nest, sav in a
hole in the wall, too srrialt by far
for her to enter. In this case she
squats upon the ground, lays her
egg, and then, with bill and claws,
takes it up. and pokes it into the
hole, After which she flie* away,
shrieking her awfully monotonous
song. In a forest in France, we
used day alter day to watch this
smoky blue traveler, ns, in the
dawn of a summer's morning, she
flew across the leafy glades, or
down the glen, resting her weary
feet for a moment on some giant
bough, and then shootlug awnv
through the soft green light, repeating
her strange and ominous
cry. W hat fs tftd offgtrfBT canntrj
oi 7ne cuckoo i linn line any orig
inal country f Or is she one of
those wretched cosmopolites who
knot* no attachment to any ha!
lowed spot, no love or knowledge
of parents, having been brought
up by straugera, who reminded 1 cr
from birth as an ugly eitangeling
thrust by some evil spirit into their
nest I Purely tire cuekoo is to be
flitted, since she knows no home,
ins never seen a hearth, or experienced
the soft care of fabricating
a nest or hatching an egg.
Dkkary IIomto.?Of all the
dreary places, deliver us from the
dreary farm houses which so many
people call " home." Bars for a
front gate ; chickens wallowing before
the door; pig pons elbowing
t)ie house in the rear; scraggy
trees never cared tor, or no trees
at ail: no flowerinir ahrulm i no
W O 7 **"
neatness; no triipncss.. Ana yet
a lawn, and trees, and a neat
walk, and a pleasant norcb, and a
plain fence around all do not cost
a great deal. They can Iks secured
little by little, at o<id times,
and tbo expense hardly be felt.?And
if ever .be time cornea when
it is best to sell tbe term, fiKy
dollars so invested will often bring
back five hundreds For a man
is a-bmte who will no* insensibly
yield to a higher pcieo lor snch a
farm when be tlthriM <A the pleaa
aut *ur round mge it offer* lii* wife
?pd eWWren.
* Am infant poet, beaiingw robin's
Bo?g, eftked, "Mamma, what
rtakes he ting eo tweett Do he
eat floweret"
Mr Beecher on Tobacco. <
I exceedingly dielike tobacco,
and I still more dislike bad tobacco
; and I have been (xylite enough t
to soy to men that were smoking 1 )
MI iinvo no objection to yonr p
smoking a decent cigar; bnt the (
smoke of a pipe that has been nscd g
K?r ? generation, is a in in mat ion 1
do not need. Yet, if you will t
smoke sncli ft pipe and such tobac- t
go, 1 must submit." I think that
smokers itrc the nastiest things
that God lets live on earth.?
When I go into the cars or boats
where they are, and see what pud
dies they leave, I feel ns though, if
I had the liberty of doing bv them
as we do by poodles, I would take
them by the neck and rub their
noses in their own filth! They
have what they call "Gent's"
rooms. That is right. The name
ought to be cut in two. They are
not gentlemen. You would think,
in going through a 44 gent's " car,
that you were going through Tophot.
It exceeds my imagination '
of Tophot. Of all dirty holes, that |
is I ho dirtiest.
It is complained that on boats
gentlemen trill not go info the
'gent's" cabin, instead of going
in on the ladies' side. I won't go
in on the side that was intended
for " gents." I am a gentleman? I
not a "gent." 1 lie filth in ess, the
nastincss of these places, after 200
or 300 men have smoked and spit,
and chewed and irtcd, is be .
yond liclief I pity tho woman i
that mops np. I have thought of
writing Rn article?and I will yet
?on that very subject. The snail 1
that goes about leaving slime in
his truck is a clean animal compared
with one of those men who
has no Bense of anybody's comfort
but his own, and selfishly smokes 1
or chews Iii6 tobacco, and sinells
scarcely less strong than a polecat, i
and spits wherever lie goes, and
dirties the dress of every woman
that comes near him, (though I do <
not pitv the women that wear loner i
- r> i
dresses,! nnd make everybody I
around liim uncomfortable. Such
men often profess to bo g?od
Christians. Abominable fellows! 1
We examine men for membership 1
on drinking. For my part, I i
should like to see thetn examined i
on 6inoking and chewing. <
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A City of Beggars. (
Mexico is not a pleasant cormtr\to
live in. It has a fertile a
charming climate, and rich mines, i
But its people are icstless, and are i
always longing for revolutions. If i
its government were secure, and i
the citizens industrious and quiet, i
it would be a beautiful home. An i
exchange gives the following nc- i
count of the City of Mexico : "
" Nearly a quarter of a million i
of people live in the City of Mexi- '
Co. IIow do they all gain a sub- '
sistcnce! The inquiry in a pnz- <
zle. With no mills, machine <
shops, factories or public works, s
what is there for the thousands *
who people this city to do ? Tho 1
food of tlie ]K>or is simple and <
cheap; but whence comes even '
the little required to purchase 1
their corn, tortillas and pepper
soups? Many are carriers and <
servants *, thousands are in the '
chain-gang, and suljsist on the city ;
thousands steal their bread and
wpfMtrcl; thousands live no one
knows how } unrf thonanuds more
nro paupers and mendicants, treading
the street as an army. Many
live on the strangers that come and
go. Beggars, eyeless and legless,
beset you on the street and mar- i
kets?piteous sights, holding out i
their withered limbs and leprous- i
eaten arms?ploadiug all day long, i
of every passer-by, for alms, bread I
or money, to prolong their wretch- <
cd lives. In Mexico there are no 1
asylums for the poor, or homes for i
the crippled; no institutions for i
tho blind or insane. They are li- 1
censed to beg so many hours each
day, so you rtrc encompassed, and i
prayed to, and entreated. The I
country swarms with these gentry ; <
lhey meet you at every turn ; and I
a stranger scarcely sets foot upon <
(diore before he is beset by scores i
of professional beggars Many I
may beseeusadand weeping, ling
gard and hungry in the morning, i
and again at night happy, insult- I
in** mill ilrnnL- " I
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Nightmare is caused by re- i
maining so long in one position
that the blood ceases to circulate.
How hard we try to run in our
sleep sometimes to get out of the t
way of some terrible danger ! It i
does such a person no good to ask (
what's the matter. Don't waste j
time in asking a question, but give ,
relief to the sleeper by an instant y
aneous shake, or even a touch of the I
body that breaks the dreadful spell \
in at instant, because it sets the
blood going again toward the
heart. j
-?? 1
The Entkiwrisk is $2 a year; <
pay in advance for 1871. |<
Complexion.of the General Assembly.
The Columbia correspondent of
lie Charleston News save the folowing
will bo found an accurate
tnd complete statement of the comilexion
of the present General Asctnbly:
The Senate Consists of thirty-two
nembcrs, sixteen of whom are for
he long term, and hold over. Ono
)f these, Henry Buck, died during
he lust year, and an election was
ordered to fill the vacancy. Another
(Wright) resigned. Of the
eighteen, tno following were resleeted
: Duncan, Dickson, Johnston.
Maxwell. NjihIi. Rvvnila nnH
Wimbush. The following arc new
Senators: Burroughs, Cardosto,
Clinton, Duvall, Ilolcombc, L<?mn^,
Mishaw, Mcltilyre, Smalls,
Wliittcmore nnd Wilson. Mishaw
and Loinax have died since tho
election, leaving thirty active Senators.
The following nro white:
Allen, Arnim, Bienmn, Burroughs,
Cor bin, Dickson, Duncan, Duvall,
Foster, Green, Ilays, llayne, IIolcotnbe,
Leslie, Montgomery, McIntrvre,
Owens, Rose, NVhittemorc,
Wilson?twenty. The following
arc colored: Barher, Cardozo,
Clinton. Jolmston, Maxwell, Nash,
Itaincy, Smalls, Swails and Witnhush?ten.
There arc five Democratic tnem
hers, all white, as follows: Biemnn,
llnrroughs, Duvall, Foster and
Ilolcombc. There is one Independent
white member, Wilson, front
Anderson. Of the Radical in em
bers, the following arc white: Allen,
Aruim, Corbiu, Dickson, Dun
can, Green, llayes, Leslie, Montgomery,
Mclntyre, Owens, Rose
and Whittemore?thirteen, iho
following are colored: liarber,
Cardozo, Clifiton, Johnston, Maxwell,
Nash, Rainoy, Smalls, Swail6
iind Wimbush?eleven.
The House stands as follows:
Forty one members re elected,
eighty three new ; forty-nine white
and seventy-live colored. There
are in the House twenty-two Reformers,
one Independent and 101
Radicals j twenty-six white Radicals
and forty-nine colored Radicals.
One member has died, lcav
ing the Radicals a majority ot exactly
100, including the Spcak?r
of tiic lower House. On joint
ballot the Radicals bate a majority
jf 118; the blacks of sixteen.
The Way to Live.?If a man
s fat or lean, and feels well, having
all the bodily functions acting
regularly, with 6onnd sleep, and
no discomfort after eating, he
shotild bv all means let himself
ilone. Most persons want to lnnc
x little more liosh ; want to weigh
nore ; a few want to weigh less.?
Some, in the effort to increase
heir weight, have eaten by rule
mil reason instead of boing guid2d
by their instinct, and have ac
jomplished their object, with the
addition of 6ome chronic disease.
Jthers, being too bulky for their
pride, have paid for their fastidiousness
by bringing on incurable
naladiesas a result of the too free
use of vinegar or by chewing tea.
In several cases, Bright's disease
>f the kidneys has set in and destroyed
life. Perhaps the safest
way to get lean is to work hard
and live mainly on fruits, bread
and butter, berries, tomatoes, melons,
and the like, using meat and
vegetables ottly at d/nner-tirne.
[Br. Hall.
Moon Fallacy.?I have 6ccn
several articles in your paper hi
regard to cutting timber by 44 moon
signs." More than forty years ago
L cut for a number of years, at different
times in the year, considerable
6econd growth white beech
for plank stocks, which, I think,
is the worst wood known to pre- |
serve 6onnd (or keep from getting
dozv," as we tised to cftll it.)?
Alter trying many moony expertinents
summer and winter, I came
to tliis conclusion, that the true secret
was to cut timber when
there was the least possible amount
of sap in the body of the tree?
say the coldest weather in tho winter,
or the warmest in tho summer
?Juno or Febuarv, when the sap
is in the tops or in tho roots of
the treo. Every tree I cut after
the sup began to start in the spring
n (K) miiu lu ui'M/, Ulllll ?i UllO,
when I found it safe to cut again.
[Cor. Scientific, American.
A vouxrt lady with a very prety
foot, but a rather largo ankle,
went into a shoe store to he moa
tured. The admiring clerk, who
? of Gallic extraction, complimented
her in the following queer
way ; 44 Madam, yon have ono
x>otiful foot, but zo leg cominenco
:oo immediately."
Thk tender mother who lately
*ave birth to a double headed infant
in Ohio, boa Bold the privilege
>f exhibiting tho sftmo to one O.
U. Brown for $10,000.
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The "Qmepr" Business
The renders of tho Enterprite will remember
that wo gave an account, a few wocks
since, how a citir.en of Greenville was foolad
by parlies in New York with something they
called " Qi kkkh." The following was liande<l
to us by one of our business men in Greenville,
received by bitn through the Post Office,
nuu wo puonsn u occauso it throws light Upon
our former article.?[Kna. Entkopiusr.
No. 58 Lidi-.rtv Strrrt, 1
Now York. J
My D?ar Sir?We wisb to scearo tho
services of a liro gentleman to posh tbo
busncss named in tlio enclosed circular
and linvo boon informed by a friend who
knows you well that you are highly suitable to
represent us. As we have hnd many dealings
with that gentleman and know him to bo an
upright and honorable man, any friend of bis
will receive our utmost confidence, wo tbor?fore
(col thflt there is no ri}k in confiding to
you our socrot
To bo plain with you, wo manufacturo what
is commonly called " QtfRKti." It is needless
to inform you that ut least one half the money
now in Circulation is counterfeit.
Wo can supply you with any quantity of
25 cents and 50 cents stamps, and $1, $2, and $.$
Treasury notes. Thoso kills aro in overy particular
as good as tho RKAt.. The best talent
of tho country lias been emnlovod in the e*
ccution of the plate*, and no evpenso baa
been spared to render them perfect, so that tho
most expert judges pronounco then genuine.?
Tho best Bunk note paper is usod, and each
one iscorroctly numbered, which learos nothing
wanting to render you perfectly safe. Wo
will forfeit $5,000 for any one that ?an bo do*
lecioti 1
Now If you will agree to start this business
at once, we will, in this instanco, deviato from
our usual custom of requiring all cash in odrnneo
and supply you cn tho following terms*
leaving you to pay the balance as early as
possible ;
Upon receipt oT $10 by express, prepaid, wo
will forward by express such denominations as
you may desire, amounting to not over $1000.
You can huve any quantity above $1000 by pay"
ing 10 per cent of the price. For instance, a
$2500 package would cost you $25 in nd?
vanco. For a $5000 package, we should require
$50 in advance.
By ordering a $2500 package you will roenre
tho exclusive right of sale for your Stato
Y6u can then use your own discretion in cmploying
agents to assist yon. Wo Will give
$1000 for any singlo note that cannot he passel.
Many atteuip8 have been made to pro-?
dure these notes pqj fect, but have only result
ed in failure and ottuu arrest. Wo alono liuvo
rmoeedvd and stand unrivalled to d.iy, defying
both doteetion and competition*
Wo know you will sorro us faithfully nnd
truly. You cannot afford to deceive ns. Stato
tho amount ami denomination* required.?
When you rend tho money pleeter pay the expreen
chargee, deducting tho nmonnt from tho
principal to pay same. Whatever you do,
dont write l>v mail, as wo will not claim or receive
any letters from tho poet office. Send on~
ly by fpreee, prepaid ! r
Awaiting your early reply, we are, yours
fraternally.
OWEN BROTHERS.
Take notice that by remitting $25 to
us by express and ordoring a $2500 packago
you will secure tbc ngchcy for your State.
/'lime return ihii letter to remind tie.
Make
a Note of This.?If you
wish to make any purchases, don't
go away from homo to do it. Encourage
home industry and enterprise,
and give your trade to merchants
and mechanics, especially
those who advertise freely. That
is tho way to build up a lively
business in your own town, and
benefit 3'oursclf as well as others.
Every dollar 6\>cnt in town is of
advantage to the place in general,
and every dollar spent abroad for
articles which could he bought on
as favorable terms at home, is liko
taking so much capital out of the
business interests of the place.?
There are some that we know of
| who bti3* everything thov possibly
| can, nght here at homo, and such
arc doing a good work toward assisting
their own town people?
those with whom they have a common
interest.
The Last Work ofr Dickens.?
t> 1 1-1
i uruomiuic curiosity lias, perhaps.
arono through these pages of
Edwin Drood in search of any
sign that might be found of the
impending shadow. Tlio utmost
reward of such search takes tho
form of coincidence; but we
must not conclndo that there is
i personal application in it. Per-*
liaps tho most remarkable pnssago
of this nature occurs in chapter
XII., u A Night With PurdlcV'
which tho writer, wc believe, did
not live to see in print, except as a
I " proof." It occurs where Jasper
?i.? 1 > ? -
tniesin iii?j; cimrciiYHiU DJ night,
on his way to Dnrdlcs,'picking his
course among grave-stones, monuments,
stony lumber, and marble
in preparation for some coining
denizen of the Silent City: "The
two journeymen havo left their
two great saws sticking in their
blocks ot stone ; and two skeleton
journeymen ont of the Dance of
Death might bo grinning in tho
shadow of their sheltering sentry*
boxes, about to slash away at cut
tinp out the grave stones of tho
next two pcoplo destined to die in
Cloistorham. Likely enough, tlio
two think little of that now, being
alive and perhaps merry. Curious
to make a guess at the two
or say at one of tho two."
^ f The Athen<mim1