Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, July 13, 1871, Image 4
Humorous ?cprtmeut.
A DETECTIVE'S )S%RV.
It was a dull, rainy day, toward the end of
August. One of those days when earth and
sky alike are dreary, and the rain drops pattering
against the window makes one feel so
sad and lonely. The clock that hung against
the wall pointed to the hour of three, when Mr.
Gordon, our 'chief,' a dark, silent little
man, entered the room.
"Wells," said he, "don't you feel like haying
a little excitement just now ?"
Of course I had. to say "Yes."
"I want you to arrest Bill Siddons, the forger,"
said Mr. Gordon, "and he was last heard
of at C . You had better start straight
off at once."
My interest was aroused when told of the
* large reward I should obtain, and I readily
undertook to ferret out the forger.
The rosy dawn was just flashing the eastern
sky as I alighted wearily from the train, and
walked to the village hotel. In answer to my
enquiries, I was told that with the exception
of a young lady, who had come the night before,
there were no new arrivals.
At dinner time I sat opposite the young
lady in question, and I noticed that when she
saw ma come in she smiled, and blushed rosy
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and gleam with fan ana mischief; her long
black hair, which she wore in curls, seemed
^ ?^_creitfl<Lbqt to hide her blushes. But I, being
frfhir specimferrof the sterner sex, attributed
all these little smiles and glances to my per:
sonal appearance, and congratulated myself
upon having made an impression on such a
beautiful creature.
JNext day I prosecuted my search, but alji
jjfc^urpose, for nowhere could I gain inteb
j^HlHHfhe object of my pursuit For oa?
^Rek^^archefl Irigh and low, but no Bill
Siddons could I find. All this time I had
been stopping at C , and had fallen deeply
in love with Clara Armstrong, for such was
ray fair charmer's name, and I also flattered
myself that she looked favorably on me.
On the night before my departure for the
city, I was sitting alone with Clara.
"And so," she said, "you leave us to-morrow?"
I sighed and said?
"You will think of me sometimes, Clara?"
She emiled, blushed, and taking a pair of
scissors from the table, she cutoff*one of those
glossy curls and handed it tome.
"Keep that," she said, "to remember me
by."
Was I foolish to press it to my lips before
laying it next to my heart? Clara smiled
and said nothing. Evidently she did not
think me foolish.
The next morning I arrived safely in the
citv. and hurried to the office of the "chief,"
to report. As I was coming out of the office
I met Gus 3. When I told him my adventure
he laugheed.
"Charley," said he, "you are taken in and
done for this time, sure."
I indignantly asked him what he meant.
"I bet you the best supper to be got in town
that I fetch Bill Siddonsin three days."
"Done!" said I, and Gus immediately went
to obtain leave of absence.
The "chief' willingly let him go, and that
night he start? 1. Two days passed, and on
the third day, sire enough Gus came.
"Well, what luck ?" I asked, as I saw him
. come out of tbj office.
"The best in the world," he replied. "Come
with me; I will show you the prisoner."
I followed him into one of the strong rooms,
and there, sure enough, was the prisoner leaning
against the window. He was standing
with his back vo the door, but on hearing us
come in he turned around.
"By Jupiter " said I, "Clara Armstrong!"
"The same, at your service," said Bill biddons,
for it was he. "I am much obliged to
you, Mr. Wells, for your politeness. Perhaps
you% would like another lock of my hair." i
I stood dumbfounded.
"A Jittle too susceptible, Charley, my boy?
a little too susceptible, that's all, said Gus,
and, seeing my discomfiture, he burst out
laughing.
"Hang it!" I muttered, and# rushed out of '
the room, vowing never to tiave anything I
more to do with females of any descriptton !
whatever.
, THE SAD FATE OF DR. LIVINGSTONE.
A Western exchange gets off the following
burlesque on the much discussed question of
the fete of the great African.tcaveler:
Sir Roderick Murchison is hereby informed
that Dr. Livingstone is dead, indeed. An intelligent
gorrila has recently been imported to
this city, who had the good fortune to serve
the doctor as a body servant in the interior of
Africa, and he thus describes the manner of
Lis master's death: The doctor was accustomed
to pass his nights in the stomach of an
acquaintance?a crocodile about titty teet
long. Stepping out oue evening to take an
observation of one of the lunar eclipses peculiar
to the country, he spoke to his host, saying
that as he should not return after bedtime,
he would not trouble him to sit up to
let him in; he would just leave the door open
, until he came home. By way of doing so, he
set up a stout fence rail between his landlord's
distented jaws and went away. Returning
about midnight, he took off his boots
outside, so as not to waken his friend, entered
softly, knocked away the prop and prepared to
turn in.
But the noise of pounding on the rail had
aroused the householder, and so great was the
feeling of relief induced by the relaxation of the
maxillary muscles, that he unconsciously shut
his mouth to smile, without giving his tenant
time to get into bed. The doctor was just
stooping to untie his drawers, when he was
caught between the floor and ceiling of the
reception room, like a lemon in a squeezer.
Next day the melancholy remains were given
to our informant, who displays a singular reticence
regarding his disposition of them;
merely picking his teeth with his claws in an
absent, thoughtful kind of way, as if the subject
was too mournful to be discussed in all its
harrowing details. None of the doctor's
maps or instruments were recovered ; his bereaved
landlord holds them as security for
ccrgy n rents claimed to be due and unpaid. It
is probable that Great Britain will make a
formal demand for them, and if they are not
surrendered?will submit her claims to a conference.
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Tryik' to the BxSte.?A sturdy Hibernian
fresh from the "green isle," having suf^
. ficient means to provide himself with a horse
and cart (the latter a kind he probably never
saw before,) went to work on a public road.
Being directed by the overseer to move a lot
of stone near by and deposit them in a gully
on the side of the road, he forthwith loaded
his cart, drove up to the place, and had nearly
finished throwing off his load by hand,
when the overseer told him that was not the
way, he must tilt or dump his load at once,
i? Paddy replied that he would know better next
time. After loading again he drove to the
chasm, put his shoulder to the wheel and upset
the horse, cart and all, into the gully.
Scratching his head, and looking rather
doubtfully at his horse below him, he observed:
"Beaad, it's a mighty quick way, but it I
must try in to the baste."
Downfall of the Dutch.?Near Cham-1
bere, Pa., there is a steep hill, the summit of
which is a favorite resort for lovers. Lately,
two newly-arrived Dutch couples made their
way up there to arrange matters matrimonial.
This business being concluded to the satisfaction
of all, it was proposed and agreed to
have kisses all round to ratify the bargains
made. "Ish yotf ready, Hans V' cried Yacob.
"Yawl!" The salutes were fired, when
the company in the excitement of the moment
lost their balance and rolled at a fearful
rate of speed to the bottom of the hill, arriving
at ^hich, Hans arose, shook himself,
and cried: "Meine Gott! how high ish
dat?"
gcjiartmettt.
From the Rural Carolinian.
FORECASTING SEASONS.
Supposing that the forecast of the seasons
would be a matter of as much interest to the
farmer as the forecasting of storms and gales
to the navigator, I send the following extracts,
taken from the University rain-gauge
register:
It will not be out of place to mention here,
that storm warning signals have been established
by the Government of the United
States and Great Britain, which foretell the
direction and probable violence of an approching
gale, and in some instances, when
the signal stations are distant, as from the
coast of Texas to the Lakes, the probable duration.
These signal stations are either connected
with, or are in the neighborhood of,
telegraphic lines. When a storm approaches
any of these stations, its direction and force is
flashed along to all other stations; its violence
and direction recorded at those points falling
within its path, and, from repeated observations,
its direction of approach, although that
direction is not in a right line from the point
of the first observation, is known, and signalled
as a storm of forecast to the shipping
at the various ports in the centre of its track.
Urvio^A^ An fllA AAQaf nf "RflCf
iUC illSb OlgUOIO UUlOt^Ai vu ?uv vvuwv v* ?^
land were ridiculed by the old salts, who had
more faith in the flying Dutchman than in a
landman's weather wisdom; and as for science
in clouds and gales, they believed as much in
it as some farmers do in agricultural conventions
and book-farming; but time, experience,
wrecks, taught Jack Tar lessons. He now
thinks, when warned by a storm signal, that
the quarter-deck shows wisdom in ordering
the fo'castle to pay out the cable, house sparf
and topmasts, clete alt home? even when the
sky is cloudless and the streamer kisses the
main-top-mast-head in a dead calm. At the
beginning of these observations, fifty out of
one hundred warnings proved true. The old
salt could guess as close as that, but time, experience,
and care in making these observations,
advanced the claims of the originators
of the system, and in England, out of one
hundred signals last made, eighty odd proved
correct. Numbers of ships and lives were
saved; and now underwriters, shipmasters,
and old salts believe in storm forceasts ashore
as they did before in barometers and thermometers
afloat.
I have written the above to show, that if.
ordinary seamen, the most superstitious class
of men known, have been taught to believe in
the forecasting of hurricanes and cyclones
from observations made by landsmen, the synonyme
of contempt in the forecastle in matters
relating to winds and gales. Surely the
farmer should have some faith in the observations
which are of the first importance to
his success in agriculture, if not as to the sail-1
or a question of life and death.
The observations recorded from rain guages i
in the United States, runs back in some localities,
more than thirty years; during which
time, the fall of water per annum varies but
slightly, one year with* another; we have then
the right to conclude, that a certain known
quantity of water is due the earth, that if it I
does not come at one season, during autumn J
or winter, it will come in spring or summer,j
and hence the forecast of the season.
It is the common expression of farmers in !
referring to a particular year, as the dry or !
wet year. There is no such thing as a dry or j
wet year, though there are dry and wet sea- J
sons. The reason of the mistake is, that far- j
raers observe weather closely only during the I
growing of the crop; after harvest they pay j
little attention to runs^tnd drouths. .
In examining the extracts below, it will be
seen how the rain gauge at Athens, Ga., coincides
with the seasons generally throughout
the Southern States; that with the dry sura-1
mer of 1869, the winter before was wet; that!
with a little more rain than the quantity due j
in the fall' of 1869 and winter of 1870, we had ?,
very little less rain than was due for the sum- j
mer months of that year, yet in each year the ;
same quantity of rain had fallen ; hence we }
conclude, that as the past autumn and winter !
were excessively dry, the spring and summer j
months will be exclusively wet. I had very :
little faith in rain charts at the beginning of:
these observations; I have now implicit faith, !
and as the old salt strips his ship to meet a i
gale while in a dead calm, I would, if farm- i
ing, ditch the hillside in a winter drouth.
Extracts from the University Rain Gauge
Register.
Rain fall Autumn 1868 12.122 inches.
Rain fall, Winter, 1868-69 14.908 "
Rain fall, Spring, 1869 13.862 "
Rain fall, Summer, 1869 5.844 "
Rain fill for the four seasons..46.755 "
Rain fall, Autumn, 1869 8.435 "
Rain fall, Winter, 1869-70 12.614 "
Rain fall, Spring, 1870 11.086 "
Rain fall, Summer, 1870 12.259 "
Rain fall, for thefourseasons..45.394 "
Rain fall, Autumn, 1870 7.059 "
Rain fall, Winter, 1870-71 10,789 "
Rain fall,March, 1871..... 4.385 "
Rain fall for above 22.233 '
If we take the mean of the years 1868-9
and 1869-70, we find the quantity 46.073
inches. The charts give 47 inches. Deducting
the fall of-rain for the present series of
nhcorTTfttmns 22.233 inches from the mean fall,
we have 23.840 inches yet to come. The fall
due the spring months is 10 inches, but 4.385
inches came in March; this deducted from 10
inches leaves 5.615 inches for April and May ;
this added to the quantity due for summer
which is 15 inches by the chart, make 20.615
inches; but 23.840 inches is actually due,
hence the difference, 3.225 inches more than
the mean quantity due for Spring, and Summer
will come between this and September
next.
The summer of 1869 was, as farmers and
planters reported from every quarter, excessively
dry ; this rain gauge reached six inches
and eighty odd thousandths,<and over forty-1
six inches for the year.
The summer of 1870 was said to be rather ,
wet for the crops; this gauge gives 13,259 i
inches; the fall for the year 45.394 inches ;
two slight snow stotms not accounted for, and
one observation lost by displacement of the
apparatus by some thoughfless Ifoy.
, From "the foregoing it follows that the com- <
ing summer must be exce^vely. wet, not less j
than 15 inches, probably more, unless the!
three inches due, falls in April and May.
Will it be thought presumptuous now to
say, that low lands planted in cotton this year
will fail unless the ditching is thorough and
complete; that grain will pay better than cotton
on such lands: that-on high lands, rakes,
mules and plows will be required to keep!
down the grass; that it will be more expen- j
sive to keep fields in tilth this year than for ;
xu 1
UIC UUp Ul 1UVV > V.
The area covered by the charts, for which J
the observations answer, extends through Up-!
,per and Middle Georgia, South Carolina, except
the coast, North Carolina, Middle and
North Alabama, the same for Mississippi,
Louisiana, Tennessee, North-east half of Texas,
and Southern part of Kentucky.
JNO. G. BARNWELL,
Librarian Univerney of Georgia, i
Athens, Ga., April lih, 1871.
Farm Work.?At this season of the year,
it is usually very difficult to "get much labor
from freedmen, while the whites prefer sitting
in the shade enjoying watermelons, peaches,
<fcc. Fortunately, there is not much work
now, that is urgently pressing. Corn and i
cotton are both laid aside this month, sweet |
potatoes should be worked, and a late crop of J
Irish potatoes planted.
But while no work is so very pressing, there!
is much that jgpy be done. Fences are out of j
repair, gates are off, ditchfe are half filled, \
new pastures need fencing, &c. The farmer j
should always be employed; he should culti- J
vate the principle of never being idle; morn-j
ing, noon and night should have some v> ork j
that should busily engage his attention. I
(jMdten'si grpflrtwtnt.
EDGAR BROWN'S HAY-DAY.
Ding! ding! ding! ding! went the bell, as
its sharp tones were echoed through the valley,
calling the children to Glendale school.
It was a bright June morning; birds were
singing, and the air was soft and mild, as the
children, with bright and happy faces, hurried
along so as to reach the school room in proper
time. Ere its last vibrationa ceased, they
were occupying their accustomed places greeting
their teacher with smiles as she entered.
She took up a little book and a pencil, and
proceeded to call the roll. "Minnie May."
"Here." "Willie Burton." "Here." And
thus all answered to their names, with a single
exception. Edgar Brown was absent,
and for the first time since the commencement
of the term. The teacher looked surprised.
Was he sick ? We shall see.
At the homestead of farmer Brown, it was
a busy day. For him, it was the first day of
the haying season. All the hands, including
the farmer's eldest sons, were out in the meadow,
and with their keen scythes were cutting
down the fragrant grass. Mr. Brown and his
good wife were absent. Sister Jennie was
mistress of the house, and busily engaged in
preparing the workmen a dinner, it was almost
nine o'clock, when she was accosted by
her little brother Edgar, with the earnest request
that he might stay at home from school
that day to see the workmen make hay.
"Why, no," replied Jennie, "that will be
wrong. You will lose your lessons, and besides
get a mark of absence, and perhaps
thereby lose the prize."
"But it will be only for one day," pleaded
Edgar, "and I will bring water and wood for
you."
His too indulgent sister at last consented,
yet with considerable reluctance, for she knew
such a proceeding was not exactly right. Edgar
was greatly pleased with the prospect of
a holiday, and for a time was jubilant and
happy, sometimes assisting his sister, and
anon watching the hay-makers in their somewhat
exciting labors. Towards eleven o'clock,
he saw the men coming up from the meadow
after their dinner, and to grind their scythes.
He felt not a little ashamed to have his brothers
know that he was a truant from school.
So he concluded we would hide himself in the
attic, while the men were about Running
rapidly up the stairs, he saw standing in the
corner of the chamber what he supposed to be
a large empty cask or hogshead.
"What a fine place that will be to hide in,"
he whispered to himself. "I'll get into it and
wait until brothers are gone." So catching
hold of the edge of the cask, he leaped into it
with a single bound. But no sooner was he
fairly in, than he found himself completely
enveloped and suffocating in a mass of feathers
! He shouted for help the best he could.
"Jennie! John! hallo! help! help!" They
all instantly ran to his relief, but great was
their surprise and merriment as they lifted
the poor boy from his hiding-place, completely
covered and bristling with feathers like a
live porcupine; his eyes, ears, and mouth
filled with down, an objeot both of mirth and
pity. n.
"What have we here," said John. 0,1
see, a truant from school; pretty well punished,
I declare."
Edgar pouted, and went off out of sight, to
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urusn on tut: learners, uuu uj iime uioniuniucation.
All now went well again, until the afternoon.
Edgar had tried various amusements, i
but in spite of them all, he felt dissatisfied,
and heartily wished many times that he had
gone to school. But it was too late to mend
thematter now and he would make the most
of it
Going into the tool-house, he discovered an
old scythe that had been thrown by as worthless.
AiL idea^ struck him. "Why can't I
mow,.as well as The oth??i^ljiesoliloquized.
"At any rate, I'll try." SoEe" ToA the'
scythe, and going out into the yard, he commenced
cutting down the tall weeds that grew
there. <He was busily at work, whan far the.
second time he spied the men coming up from
the hay-field. Fearful of being discovered,
and desirous of returning the scythe to its
place, he attempted to carry it up a flight of
stairs into the loft of the tool-house.
But, unfortunately, when about half way
up the dilapidated steps, he slipped and fell
to the bottom, striking the sole of his right
foot upon the sharp edge of the scythe, cutting
a long and deep gash therein, as his feet were
bare.
His cries this time were louder and more
piteous than before, and his misfortune greater.
He was taken up by his brothers and
carried into the house, where his wound was
dressed and his foot bandaged. His hay-day
was ended. For several weeks he was confined
to his room and unable to walk. And
for the remainder of the term he was unable
to go to school, so lost the prize which he
might have won. And all this for playing
truant a single day. This story, which is a
true one, has its lesson.
Every deviation from the path of duty,
leads us into trouble and disaster. Follow
the path of right into the fields of* happiness
and joy.? Congregaiionalist.
IT STINGS.
"How pretty!" cried little Sam, as his little
fat hand grasped a bunch of white lilac
which grew near the gate of his father's mansion.
The next moment the child's face grew
red with terror; and he dashed the lilac to the
ground, shrieking, "It stings, it stings!"
What made it sting? It was a bright,
beautiful, and sweet-smelling flower. How
1.1 iUa silkil/J'a Viorirlo ? T Trill tell
UOUiU 11 lllil t tllU l/Uliu a umuuw * a ?i *< w?*?
A jolly little bee, in search of a dinner,
had just pushed his nose in among the lilac
blossoms, and was sucking nectar from it most
heartily when Sammy's fat hand disturbed
him. So, being vexed with the child, he
stung him. That's how Sammy's hand came
to be stung.
Sammy's mother washed the wound with
hartshorn; and when the pain was gone, she
said: "Sammy, my dear, let me teach you
that many pretty things have very sharp
stings."
Let every child take notice of this, many
pretty things have very sharp stings. It may
save them from being stung if they keep this
?ruth in mind.
I Sin often makes itself appear very pretty.
A boy once went to a citcus because the horses
were pretty and their riders gay; but he
learned to swear there; and thus that pretty
thing, the circus, stung him.
Another boy once thought wine a pretty
thing. He drank it, and learned to be a
drunkard. Thus wine stung him.
A girl'once took a luscious pear from a
basket and ate it.
"Have you eaten one ?" asked her mother.
Fearing she could not get another if she
said "yes," she said "no," got another pear,
and then felt so stung that she could not sleep
il
mai niguu
Thus you see that siu, however pretty it
looks, stings. It stings sharply too. It stings
fatally. The Bible says, "The sting of death
is sin."
If you let sin sting you, nothing can heal
the wound bi^t the blood of Jesus. If you
feel the smart of the sting, go to Jusus with
it, and he will cure it. After that, never forget
that pretty things have very sharp stings;
and be carefuj not to touch, taste or handle
such things.? Young Reaper.
Idleness.?Boys never be idle. Always
have something to do. You can study when
you are not at work with your hands. Every
work of God has a lesson upon it for your
mind to master. You can walk the street
and pick up a piece of paper being tossed
about by the winds, and upon that piece of
paper will be lessons for you to learn. Never
oe idle when you can finiyK) much work to do.
"He who forgets the fountains from
which he drank, and the trees under whose
shade he gambolled, in the days of his youth,
is a stranger to the sweetest impression of the
humau heart."
ftradiwg for the i
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CONDUCTED BY *
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
COME NEARER TO JESUS.
My brethren, let us come nearer to Jesus.
Let U9 stand where Paul stood, and rest our
head on that bosom where lay the head of the
beloved disciple, that we may hear the throbbings
of his mighty heart and know how he
loves. Then, from his lips our souls shall
receive the grand principles which made and
animated that giant in Christ Jesus, the Apostle
of the Gentiles. Then shall we learn to
tell, in persuasive accents, of God's amazing
love, and then appreciate more our wondrous
Advocate with God, "Jesus Christ, the Righteous,"
"who is set down at the right hand -of
the Majesty on high."
To hear him at all, we must be near him;
for Jesus was "meek and lowlv of heart."
} Words of meekness fall in gentle tones as dis-*
i tills the dew, and breathe forth in quiet^uj^
| ness like the perfume of the flower. And we
] must hear him. The prodigal longs to know
| what is in the heart of his father against him.
| He only who comes down from heaven, can
I tell us of the Father?His Father. Thus
near to him did Baxter come, and Paysou,
i and Edwards, and hosts of others who have
recorded the revelations he has made. No
more an angry Father, who would east them
off, but one whose everlasting arms are alwut
them for that "inheritance, inrnrruplifald^wV
undo filed and ttifiTTadeth not away, reserved
in heaven for them" by him, who is aJhl&io
keep both it and them till the day of the assigning
of thrones, and kingdoms and blissful
immortality. We need the conodalkm
found only at his side; and Oh 1 how^jLd^
the B?art as in low, sweet words he tira^9|
heaven, that "house not made with hands,
eternalthat place prepared for us by him.
Heaven, sweet heaven ! built by Jesus, whose
workmanship is all divine; whose stones are
cemented fast by the blood which Lot^. incarnate
shed 1 About its broad hearthstone
there shall be no vacant chairs ; its light ? ^ all
never know the dirtiness of night tinK .its
songs shall be hushed by no chokings of grief.
Oh ! ye weary souls, ye homeless, come very
near to him, and ask that he tell you of this
glorious home.
"NVe must come to him for blessing] and
only upon those very near to him will he lay
his hands in benediction, and bestow that
peace which the world knoweth not, neither
can give. Only those thus near, with the
leprosy of sin upon them, and the seeds of
death within them, can touch the hem of his
garment and be made perfectly whole. To
him who wrestled all night long in prayer,
we who mourn over Zion's desolation need to
come very near, and ask that he teach us how
to pray. To him who had to suffer *ud
shrank from it, yet could say, "Thy will, not
mine, be done," all of us need to come. Besides,
he can teach us how to suffer and be
strong. In short, we should keep neariiim
all the time, if we would rightly do his work.
The master-builder, who planned the structure,
must tell us how to lay the stones. Only
the captain of the host can tell us where belongs
each battalion.
But one grand reason why ours should be
a chosen walk with Jesus isjhis: Never, iu
tones of thunder, does Jesus issue his commands.
He knows that those who love him
will cling very closely to him, and only such
does he desire to do his work. He whispers
duty. Come near, else you will not hear him
when he speaks to you. Moreover, whatever,1
when close to Jesus, a mau feels to be his
dutv that, most probably, Jesus intends him
to do. He has heard the whisper?let him
not dare to disobey. When thus near to Jesus,
and he whispera our duty, how easy to
whisper in return, as we go to perform tfejif
duty, "Lord, go thou with us." < ^ t
WHY ALL MEN ARE NOT SAYED.^
It is not, says Dr.- h?*k?o, thattheGosyfyi
innnM not cavo all that there is hot bread <
enough for all at our FatherV tabhf^^n^
; enough in our Father's heart?power enough
in our Father's hand?and room enough forall
at home in our Father's house. By tbis
rWmirincr sea. above whose roar is heard the
shrieks and cries of the lost, the saddest,
strangest sight is that the life-boat returns
from the wreck, if not empty, with many
empty seats. Still there is room, cry tne
preachers; the Bride and Spirit cry, "still
there is room!" Yet men are not saved, and
why??because there is no balm in Gileaxhor
physician there. Certainly uot
"Ye will not come unto me," says Jesus,
"that ye might have life." How can men be
saved if they refuse this great salvation?
Was it ever heard that meat fed men unless
they ate it??medicine cured men unless they
took it ??life-boat or life buoy saved one who
madly rejected this means of safety? I once
saw a man whelmed in a tempestuous s*a;
another flying at the top of speed, came digm
the pier with a life-buoy poised in his hand?
he stood, he bent, he rose, to send it spinning
through the air over the roaring waves, within
reach of the drowning hand. The ttuuv,
clutched at it?how he clutched it?and was
saved. Had he refused it, had he not seized
and clung to it, no swimmer, he had sunk;
and sinking, perished.
So unbelievers perish. Take heed you do
not perish so. You cannot escape if you neglect
this great salvation. Say not that you
cannot believe; God will help you. "If a
son shall ask bread of any of you that is a
father, will he give him a stone ? If he asks
a fish, will he give him a serpent ? If he ask
an egg, will he give him a scorpion? If ye
then," adds our Lord, being evil, know how
to give good gifts unto your children, how
much more shall your heavenly Father giye
the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ?" He
giveth power to them that have no might; he
never shuts the door in any man's face; he
! never turned from any man's cry; he never
[ said to any of the sons of men, seek ye my
face in vain, nor did any ever lie helpless at
Jesus' feet, but, ere all was done, they loy-4?blessed
happiness on Jesus' bosom. Nor think
it a light thing that you do not believe. Not
to believe is to doubt God's word?and lo
doubt.my word, I hold to be worse than to
break ray law. Unbelief, in God's sight, is j
the sins of sins. Other sins drive injh^fl^
but thlUdenches it. Not murder, norjjc?
A i-I- tinr liofrorl fifth 1
uiryf qui* tntjil, uui idiociiuvAi^ uvi* uv| avarice,
nor the vilest passions that bunuiri J
a human bosom?not these, but this bars nien'j
out of heaven. Pray for faith. It is the girt;
of God; and thus "the rather, brethren, girei
diligence to make your calling and election \
sure ; if you do these things ye shall never j
A Pardon Locked Up.?Hugh Stowell
says: "In the Isle of Man, as I was one day
walking on the sea shore, I remember contemplating
with thrilling interest an old gray
ruined tower, covered with ivy. There wan
a remarkable history connected with the spot.
In that tower was formerly hanged one of the.
best governors the island ever possessed.
J had been accused of treachery to the king during
the time of the civil wars, and received
sentence of death. Intercession was made on
his behalf, and a pardon was sent; but that
pardon fell into the hands of his bitter enemy,
who kept it locked up, and the governor was
hanged. His name is still honored by the
many; and you may often hear a pathetic
ballad sung to his memory to the music of the
spinning wheel. We must feel horror-struck
at the fearful turpitude of that man, who,
having the pardon for his fellow-creature in
his possession, could keep it back, and let him
die the death of a traitor. But let us restrain I
our indignation till we ask ourselves whether
God might not point his finger to most of us,1
and say, 'Thou art the man! Thou hast a!
pardon in thine hands to save thy fellow-!
creatures, not from temporal, but eternal
death. Thou hast a pardon suited to all,
designated for all. Thou hast enjoyed it thyself,
but hast thou not kept it back from thy i
brother, instead of sending it to the ends of i
the earth ?'" |
|p8ttU<mwu$ ?cadi?g.!
Prora ilie New Orleaiw Picayune. --? <
THE AUTHOR OF "LIVING WRITERS OF J
THE SOUTH. IJ
\fe know much of a writer from his style. \
The style of a cautious nature will have in- ?
volved'parenthetical sentences, full of qualifications
and limitations. An open and im- ,
Serious disposition is shown in short sentences,, j 5
irect and energetic. A secretive and proud |,
mind is cold and obscure in style. An affec- j
tionate and imaginative nature pours out lux- s
nriantly and blossoms all over with orna- j
ments." I
I quote this paragraph from Henry Ward
Beecher's "Norwood," a book much abused, j
and yet a volume from which we can gain ]
some information and find many beautiful ;
nassaees and even pearls, not altogether ;
rtrung at random. I do not propose a re- ,
tiew of the novel of "Village Life in New j
England," or of the volume the title of which
heads this article.
The passage quoted is correct as applied to ,
the style of Professor Davidson, which is \
"short sentences, direct and energetic and f
to his disposition, which is "open and "imperi- ,
??
0U3. j
In New Orleans in particular, (and it is in j
the Crescent City that more books by South- j
era authors are sold than in every other ,
Southern city combined) Professor Davidson
was much censured for inaccuracies in his j
work, as well for omissions, carelessness, and ,
a great many other things, by people who (
never attempted a work of the kind, and who
would soon give it up in despair and disgust -<
if they were so to do. I do not want to re- ,
view what reviewers said of tliis really excel- (
painstaking work.- There-are )a few
errors, but very many excellent criticisms and
much valuableiufaunation to be found in no
(Jther book.
"Put yourself in Mr. Davidson frplace" before
you find fault. Could you do one-tenth
part as well ? The "Index" to the work is
one of the most exact and thorough I know
of.
This hook was published two years ago,
and is hardly current literature now. But
the "great brain" that carried out this work
is not idle, hut energetically and perseveringTyTaboring
at a giant undertaking." I say
"giant" advisedly, Tor it is a task great, indeed,
to tiy to discover a record of the Head authors
of the South. Allibone did not do it.- And
Mr. Davidson is preparing a "Dictionary of
the Living and Dead Writers of the South."
A record of many cannot be found in books.
Their writings are only to be found in short
lived periodicals ; often anonymously, or un
der a fancy name. The Southern writers are
fonder of pseudonyms than any other people,
and the majority of them are not satisfied with
one, but have a half dozen at the same time.
It is fiot pleasant to follow up so many pretty
names to the name of the writer. Southern ,
books were not generally so successful as to
have the author's name demanded, aud it was
seldom known to more than to the author and
his intimate friends. This is why there is no
record of Southern books and their authors.
Allibone and Duychinck cannot be blamed
for omissions.
Prof. Davidson ia engaged upon a most laborious
undertaking, as mentioned. If any
person has information to give, I am confident
he will be thankful to receive it.
My pleasure is to give an idea of James
Wood Davidson, as.he has very modestly
omitted any mention of a very prominent
"liviug writer" in his book?a writer more
entitled to a prominent notice than two hundred
and thirty-nine out of his two hundred
and forty-one, which is, I believe, the number 1
of bis "writers"?L ejiimself.
The readers of the New Orleans paners
generally know little more of Mr. Davidson
tthaij as the author qlL tha-'lLiving Writers of :
'the South." fT? V
James Wood Davidson is a native of South
He is a young man. He was educated
ayhe SoB.th Carolina College, Colum^t
?bia, t^-hi Institution hefhas; rbe^"
lieve, since the close-of the war, been a professor.
;
He has published several text books, and
been a voluminous contributor io newspapers
and magazines.
His essays on Edgar Allan Poe, and his
writings, were the first of his writings that attracted
mv attention. These were published
just before the war in Russel's Magazine, j
Charleston.
Mr. Dividson appreciated the genius of
.Poe, and his critical Articles on the writings
of that unfortunate genius are the most thorough,
and give new ideas of the poet. These ?
essays we nope to see Mr. Davidson publish i
some day in a volume. Poe's fame is grow- i
ing wider every day, and appreciative essays
on the man and his writings, prose and poetical,
would be popular and useful. I am sure
a revision of these papers would be a labor of
love!
Mr. Davidson, as a critic, has studied closely
Poe, and the one fault with his criticisms
is his Poe-esque emphatic briefness, which
^when not true is ludicrous. To quote anothother
writer: "As a critio- he comes nearer i
filling the vacancy caused by the death of
Poe than any other living man." (A man by
the name of Thompson?James Maurice his
Christian names?has or did set up as the
successor of Poe. No one save himself could
see any likeness, and I believe he quit writing
in disgust, and hid himself in the woods where
he could no longer hear the laughs of the
readers of his critical attempts.
Mr. Davidson writes without fear or favor. '
The criticisms in his book show that! He is
fearless and impartial in his criticisms.
He is not as well'known as a poet as he deserves
to be. He has written a great deal of
really meritorious poetry, which has been published
and republished in the newspapers,
magazines, etc.
The poet and the critic in Mr. Davidson's
writing widely differ. "In his verse he
is fastidious in his form of expression?his
taste u dainty in the selection of words, and
ii'?a--i ?J e ..4.* ~
nis suoiimateu muura ui uucuiuuc uiucu give
the idea of obscurity. In his poetry, as in
his criticisms, the student of Poe's style is discovered
! i
"Mr. Davidson's poetical writings are, for i
upon the varied themes of SolfJHBB^^!!;ation
and Sadness ;?that indefiriTof
something which is darker than sor- i
row, more dignified than melancholy?is usu- 1
ally the key note." I
One of his poems is entitled "The Voices of i
Nature." We quote a few lines. The idea i
^f this poem is that the language of the world :
without is but an echo of that within; things i
are not as they may seem to be to others, but
as we j'eel them to be in ourselves?the "Mirrors
ofthe Universe." . * i
"I gazed upon I
Theerffent moon one summer eve, when thought,
-Wflft b?sy with my gloomy past; a few
Swift feathery clouds traversed the sky, which
gave?
Or seemed to give?the Queen of Night a speed,
Wild, fitful and unsteady, through the void
0?nhf?t. It seemed?thatcrescent moon?a wreck <
'"HurKA wildly from its spheral course, a piece, <
A fragment dashed in uselessness away, <
The list, imperfect and abortive child <
Of maister mothering Night. Prefignred,too, >
In thft lost dark Prince of Universal Sin ' '
DasheJ down from light and Hope and Heaven: !
i fiend, , ,
Scathod, signe<l and bloody, hurling on through ; (
I pace,
Abandoned by a shuddering universe
That lissed him as he fell."
Fran a poem entitled "Her Tear," I quote j
jthese oeautiful stanzas: i
""""fyhey say recorded guilt though deep '
Will fade from Vengeance's book above
If the recording angel weep .
/"Responsive to such tears or love.
Then may the blotting tribute given, 1
Por mankind's errors sill atone;
Since none again may rise to Heaven
Tike this, in later years?alone 1
Ihey say there dwells a guardian charm 1
la drops that Beauty's eyelid lave,
That shields, as with an angel arm,
TUe soul that naught beside can save."
After serving as a soldier, at the close of
the w?r Mr. Davidson returned to Columbia, 1
like fiis once beautiful city, sadly the worse J
for "*ar." In the burning "of Columbia he i
ost bis valuable library and all of his manu- j*
icripts, among them a volume of his poems i
ready for publication. He went to work in i
earnest, and has in preparation < several val- j
table works at this time. Ha is one of the
3est Greek scholars we have, and for five
(rears before The war was professor of Greek
n a South Carolina College. He is master of .
leveral languages. * ** J
Mr. Davidson's letters are models. His
nanuscript is exceedingly neat and as legible |
is print?and so much like print as to never C
rary in the size of his letters?a remarkable jfact.
A friend and correspondent of his, |
says, "Mr. Davidson could not indite an un-1<j
nteresting letter even if he were to endeavor I j
:o do so."
I believe it is the custom in portraying a <
*reat man to give his likes and dislikes. Anyiow
it is a rule now-a-days to ask?"prefer
Dickens or Thackery's writings ?" I presume
f Mr. Davidson were to visit one of our "lite- 1
rary evenings," some one present would ask
that question. , .j
While not liking Dickens the man?Mr.
Davidson prefers Dickens' writings to those
jf Thackeray. His favorite of .all of the wri- 5
ters of fiction in English is Bulwer. He con- {
aiders the trilogy of "The Caxton'8rMy Novel *
and What Will He Do with It"?considered I
is a uuit?as one novel?the great novel of j
the language. T^ie "Les Miserabies" of Vic- \
tor Hugo, he considers a grand work?the nov- 1
si of the centurY outside of English. ]
I must quote a characteristic paragraph
from Mr. Davidson. It calls to ramd the es- 4
iaya of Hen it Ward Beecher?and to be
comparftLtCjrBeecher as an essayist is no small
[prfse:
"Bulwer's scenes and his people live in the
mind of his readers. The characters of Dickens,
say from Uriah Heep to Wilkins Micawber,
Boffin/Weller, NeM, anybody and ever^f
body, are unnatural in being extreme caricatures.
Caricatures impress us powerfully;
but is it genius to need caricature to achieve <
that end ? The clown in the circus is a cari- '
cature and we remember him I Punch and
Judy are striking; so are the monsters of the
opera bouffe stage. The portrait of Washington
is not so striking as the big nosed potrait
of Punch on the front page of that journal,
but it is a higher work of true art, and
requires more work genius to produce it?let
the style ofpicture be the same in both. I am
going to assail the old and venerated canons
of art one of these days; and nature shall be
my guide of faith auite as infallible as such
guides can be to fallible men." .
Mr. Davidson has hit hard and effective
blows at carpet-baggery in his native State.
A prominent carpet-bag official recently said
that Davidson (as correspondent for a leading
Charleston paper,)^"had done more harm
to South Carolina than any other man in the
State." By South Carolina this creature
meant carpet-baggery.
Mr. Davidson is unmarried. It has been
stated that from childhood, from the time he
was able to read,-his books were his only special
friends. All of his leisure time was spent <
with books, and in this particular, though
"man is father to the boy," he is wedded to
his books. Personally, he is a handsome man.
A lady who saw his photograph, never having
met the original, remarked. He seems as
if he were thinking that here is a combination
and a form indeed where every sod did seem
to set his seal to give the worn assurance of
a man.": Socially, he is a trump. The best
company in the workl, not for a crowd,-but
for a companion. Those meii who are popular
in a crowd or to a company are, as a com-,
panion, like stale soda water. (This compar- |
ison is not original.)
"I love to listen to Mr. Davidson?he never |
talks nonsense, and is always so entertaining." '
The above is a ball-room belle's opinion.
He is a whole-spuled gentleman. Authors
are too often jealous and captious. Here we
have one who is jealous only of his own wri- ^
tltigs, and is delighted to assist others?by ad* t
vice, praise, when merited, and a kind word !.
personally always. May his reputation be
great in the land. May his name and praise I
be He shalj be great even!
among those small ones who could see no j
glory in his work. ' ^|
What a Chew op Tobacco did
Postmaster,?A "chaw" has sent a man Yd^
the penitentiary. It seemed that a registered
letter which had been forwarded to Chicago,
from one of the country post offices, was tampered
with at some point on the route. Upion
arriving at the place of destination, five $100
bills which ought to have been in the envelope
were not to be found. The mattor was put
into the hands of a skilful detective for investigation.
Upon soaking the envelope he
discovered where it had been opened and reaealed.
He then examined the mucilage with
a miscroscope, and saw that small particles of
plug tobacco adhered to the paper.
At once the officer resolved to track through
the various offices, and see who of the Government
employees that handled letters, chewed
plug. For some time the case looked like a
boneless one. The Post Office clerks in the
rural districts nearly all chewed fine cut.
Finally at the very office in which the letter
was mailed, the postmaster offered the official
some plug, in response to a request for a chew,
and, as if the unfortunate official was bent
upon his own recrimination, he remarked that
"he had never chewed anything else but
plug."
Upon this statement the detective ran the
risk and arrested the surprised countryman,
not for chewing plug tobacco, but for robbing
the United States mail.,' Upon searching the
office the missing bills were found well folded
up iu an old fashiondd daguerreotype case.
The dishonest postmaster is filling an engagement
at the Illinois Penitentiary.
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FEMALE COMPLAINTS, whether inyonng or menttothebuildingsitold,
married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or at the ^a3&0|HM||Q2anNr ,-,a+nA between the "Enturn
of life, theee TonloBlttera have no equaL n alrer" Office and the
For Inflammatory and Chronic Rheomatlam and ? Post Office He is fully
Soot, Dy.pep.la or Indigestion, BUlou, Remit- prepftred wlth a fine Stock of Materiri in his line,
n lVs rVi irr 7 MdT BiadUr'to suitable to the wants of every, customer who may
In the Shoulders, Cocgha, Tightneae of the Cheet, Dtaineee, 1^Y,n^.n*^rd^T?T>7vV hW'm'
Sour ?f th? Rumaoh, Bad tute la the Bii- ^?,Ma69P', Also home-made BROGANB. esiou.
Attacks, Palpitation of the Heart, Inflammation at the aM^lfa^vfnoftMi
Lung* Pain In the region, of the Kidneys, and a hundred j?g SimS-S
other painful lymptoma, are tho ofbprlngs of Dyqiapda. 5 * COSt, Leather will be cut to
They invigorate the Stomach andittmulata thetorpU Hm. Special attention wttl be given to REPAIRING
and boweU, which render them of unequalled efficacy in eleana- ?, putting in new Bilk goring in ladies and genlng
the blood of all Impurities, and imparting near life and vigor tlemen 8 Congress ^ijP^TxwTqrrv , N
to the whole system. * . n/. * in Pr1
for skin diseases, Eruption., Tetter. Belt APr" 20 ?2 ^
*A?oirAL *??*?
Dlscolorations of the Skin, Hnmors and Dise.ee. of the Skin, of 1?YE*Y??DX shoul<iJ ^ve news ft?m the
whatever name or nature, are literally dug np and carried oat -Ci Capital in a clearer and more intelligible form
of the system in a short time by the uae of theee Bitten. One than the fragmentary telegraphic dispatches to the
bottle in such rr?j4*? will convince the moet incredulous of their Dail iGS throughout thd OOUDtiy.
curative effects. THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE
Oleoma the Vitiated Blood whenever you find its Impurities ^ contains a complete resume of proceedings in
bureting through the ?kin. in Pimples. Eruption, or Bore.: Congress and the Courts, of business at the Wbite
cleanse it when yon find it obetrncted or sluggish in the rdn.; House, at the Treasury Department, the War the
clean* it when it Ufoul, and your feeling, will tell you when. Navy, and the Agricultural Departments, al the
Keep the Wood pure and the health of the system will follow. Pension Office and the Patent Office, at theBareou
pin, TAPE, and other worms, luridug in th. system 0f Education and the State Department, with foil
sErai&s^&ii&'Esss staia ?'**?,-v1 p 1 "**???? * ?bottle,
printed in four languages?English, German, french and tlonal Elld political Center.
Spanirt. THI8 GREAT NATIONAL WEEKLY is atoo
Old prejudice# are dying eat. New fret. are killing a first class journal of choice Literature, InstrucpEarafr
tiou of D?. WAtxurs vinosa bitt.m, it ha. bean obrioui Rural, Home, and Public AflMrs.
a?7S?A?lXX,',r.S3^?*!3!S: m e?.??na?, <1 j *? ?.
tiou.diarrhoea, narvou. affection* and malariou* fevere, and they piGS ior year, #8.75 ; ten Obpiea, #15.
Me mw toe standard remedy for there complaint. in every reo- Address "DAILY AND WEEKLY OHRONl0n
bold byall druggists and dealers. CLE," Washington, D. O.
KING'S MOKffTAIN R. ROAJ>.
- - Of If _
METALIC BURIAL CASES.
^ ^ /' IT ERE AFTE R the trains over th# KINQ'J
JpL MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD-on Mondv*.
: Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays-will rr? as
;- follows, making close connections Jn th&^&ove
\ mentioned days, with trains on tlx Charlotte an<'
?- .. South Carolina Railroad: / . u
Leave Yorkville, promptly, at 71 o'clo^i A- M.
THE undersigned informs the public that he Arrive atChester at ty o'clock, a. M. j
has made arrangements with the Manu&ctu- Leave Chester at 2 o'clock, P. ML rers,
to keep on hand a supply of Arrive at Yorkville at 4 o'clockgP. M. ,.
FISK'S METALIC BURIAL CASR8, All F^temnrt jy delir^rt^^g^ ,
of different sizes, which wlQ be floldat Air prices. SiSE^i^SS. /" M
He is also prepared, with proper materials, for aeP*nure m tmn* ? +mJ AyprPresident.
furnishing WOOD-COFFINS of snyqnslity thai ; -X! drwa
may be desired. Jk MICWMkflf liEF
February 9 JAMBS B. SMITH. <,SENEf^^^lON^RCHANT.
WANTED FOT '
rflO purchase in York county, about THREE Vh iao w. PKA'TI STREET,
1 HUNDRED ACRES OF LAND with im- ^U' ?AT^fTWnMK. MD.
provements?either with or without stock, form- UAij 1 ?nnsianIng
utensils, Ac. For information, address "IM- ftp Will make HbertJ .nhfeot
MIGRANT," Wood lawn, Gaston county, N. 0., ments of cotton, and will d^er the sale subject
stating lowest price and other particulars. to shippers order. , if
June 22 25 o 4fc October 20 f w
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