Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, August 14, 1873, Image 4
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How she Saws Wood.?Did you ever see
a woman undertake to saw wood ? It is always
a little while before dinner, when the
pies won't bake, and the potatoes absolutely
refused to come to the boiling poiut, and the
only stick of wood is exactly three inches too
long. After vain attempts to prove the elasticity
of matter by putting a two-foot-threeinch
stick into a two-foot stove, she goes out
to the saw-horse, and puts her knee on the refractory
stick in the very way she has seen
some men do. But the edges of the wood are
sharp, and she takes it down again with an
ejaculation, and, with a growing disregard for
appearances, puts her foot on instead. Her
hair never tails to come down at this juncture,
and she has to stop and twist it into a tight
knot before beginning to saw. Here the saw
commences afrantic jumping and skipping on
its own account, and the feminine mind being
concentrated upon keeping up the foot that
is up, and down the foot that should be down,
until, in an unlucky moment, the .centre of
gravity is lost, the stick flies up and launches
a blow at her nose just as somebody goes by.
She stops and pretends to be looking for something,
while dark thoughts of divorce and
separation flash through her mind, and she
avows in her innocent soul that she will never
attempt to saw wood again, if there never is
any dinner. But her pride and dinner are at
stake, and all her native obstinacy comes to
the surface; she will conquer that stick or
die. Fired by a new fury, she succeeds in
sawing two-thirds of the way through, and
breaking off the rest of it?it is a rotten rail?
she goes into the house to find the potatoes
boiled dry, and the pie in a state of sadden
uncertainty. The children come home from
school, and the husband from his shop, and
find a kind of hushed solemnity in the air and
no pie for dinner. The meridional meal is
eaten in silence and bitterness of heart, and
then the wife of his bosom inquires if she is
expected to take care of the stable and feed
the pigs, as well as saw the wood. The man
says, "Hang it all, I forgot," and the woman
drops her sarcasm and breaks down in the
declaration that she n-e-v-e-r w-i-1-1 d-o i-t
a-g-a-i-n, never; but she will; she will do it
to-morrow, and the next day, and the day after
; for one of the things that woman never
will learn is, that she cannot saw wood.?Danbury
News.
The Mule and His Rider.?Harper's
Drawer has the following : The negro and
mule (writes a friend from Clinton, Louisiana,)
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iuc lusepmauie uumpauiuus in witj ouuiueru
cotton fields, and, like the Hiawathian string
and bow, useless each without the other. The
lazy indifference and careless cruelty of the
one, and wonderful powers of endurance of
severe labor, bad treatment and neglect of the
other complete the compatibility of the two
races necessary for the production of four
million of bales. A characteristic anecdote
may be relished by those who have had experience
of the two. The spectator had taken
refuge from the sun's perpendicular rays under
the shade of a spreading beech, and lay
recumbent, enjoying the fitful breezes and the
sombre frothiness of the county newspaper.
Along the dusty road which passed by this
retreat came jogging a negro, mounted on a
mule, both apparently fast asleep. As the
somnolent pair approached the spot, some
wicked sprite of the place gave the paper a
flirt, which was uo sooner seen and heard than
the mule, as mules only know how, instantly
"swapped ends," and leaving the negro sprawling
in the dirt, took his departure under full
sail. The negro, half raising himself, and
wiping the dust from eyes and mouth, watched
the retreating mule forsorae time in silence,
but at length unconscious of an auditor, gave
expression to this philosophic soliloquy :
"Dat's what make me 'spise a mule !"
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Cut it Short.?A certain barber having
the great gift of gab, used to amuse his customers
with his long yarns, while he went
through his functions on their heads and faces.
One day an old codger came in, took his seat
and ordered a shave and hair cut. The
barber went to work and began at the same
time, one of his long stories, to the no little dissatisfaction
of the old gentleman, who, becoming
irritated at the barber, said :
"Cut it short"
"Yes, sir ;" said the barber continuing the
yarn, until the old gentleman again ordered :
"Cut it short, I say?cut it short!"
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i es sir, cuiiing away ana gaomng raster.
"Cut it short, I say," reiterated the gent.
"Yessir;" said tlie barber, going on with
his story."
"Will you cut it short?" says the old gent
in a rage.
'Can't, sir;" said the barber, "for if you
look in the glass you'll see I've cut it all off."
And to his horror, upon looking in the
glass, he found his hair all cut from his head.
About Heads?By a Boy?Heads are
of different shapes and sizes. They are full
of notions. Large heads do not always hold
the most. Some persons can tell just what a
man is by the shape of his head. High heads
are the best kind. Very knowing people are
called long-headetW A fellow what won't stop
for anything is call&l hot-headed. If he isn't
(juite so bright they call him soft-headed ; if
he won't be coaxed or turned they call him
pig-headed. Animals have very small heads.
The heads of fools slant back. When your
head is cut off you are beheaded. Our heads
are all covered with hair except bald heads.
There are barrel heads, heads of sermons, and
some ministers used to have fifteen heads to
one sermon ; pin heads; heads of cattle, as the
farmer calls his cows and oxen; head winds;
drum heads; cabbage heads ; at logger heads;
heads of carpenters ; head him off; head of
the family, and go ahead?but first be sure
you are right.
fca?* A dashing officer meeting Dr. Johnson
at a public dinner, endeavored to force him
into conversation. "Now, Doctor," said he,
"do not look so grum, but be a little gay and
livelv. like others. What, would von cive to
he as young and lively as I am?" "Why,
sir," replied Johnson, "I would almost consent
to be as foolish." I am happy to say
that in one instance Johnson's gruffness received
a proper rebuke, and it came from a woman.
In Scotland, while eating the national
dish, he was asked by his hostess if he thought
it good. "Good for hogs, madam!" "Then,
pray," said the gracious hostess, determined
not to be overwhelmed, "let me help you to
some more."
8*2?* A Danbury man's order for his wife's
hat is a novelty in this way. She was sick
and could not go for it, so he drove in himself.
He told the milliner to put on a dollar's
worth of parsley, fifty cents' worth of string
beans, ten cents' worth of cherries, a few
green currants, a beet or two, a little cabbage,
about three slices of turnips, or, if it was too
early for turnips, make it two new potatoes
instead.
Abraham Lincolu was credited with a
number of "smart things," the basis of which,
however, did not rest upon fact. When told
of them he laughed and said, "The papers
make me smarter than I am; I have said
none of these things with one exception. I
did say, when I had the small pox, 'Now, let
those office-seekers come, for at last I have
something I can give to all of them.'"
teiy A little school girl up in Massachusetts
asked her teacher what was meant by "Mrs.
Gruudy." The teacher replied that it meant
"the world." Some days afterward the teacher
asked the geography class to which this
little "bud of promise" belonged, "what is s
zone?" After some hesitation this little girl
brightened up and said, "I know; it is a bell
around Mrs. Grundy's waist."
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36?? A warm spring on the bank of a lake
which was glowingly described by a Peori reporter,
proved to he the mouth of a waste
pipe front a neighboring brewery.
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i ROBERT'S ADVICE.
One sunny Saturday morning not long ago,
' Robert Somers sat on the bench in his toolhouse
busily at work. Presently his little
1 sister Bessie came in. "I've done something
' dreadful,Rob, though it wasn't my fault either.
; You won't tell, will you ?" she asked, looking
i up doubtfully.
"No, honest, I wont," he replied promptly,
! interested at the prospect of sharing a secret.
"Well, and Bessie drew a long breath. "I
! went to get a drink of water, and there was
j one of those thin fancy tumblers, you know,
on ine laoie, ana i wauieu to urius. uui ui n
very mucli 'cause mother's so 'fraid of them
she never let's me, and I was just as careful as
anything, but when I was just going to put
it back on the table somebody opened the
door, and I thought it was mother, and I
never noticed where it went, and it dropped
on the floor," and?Bessie stopped to choke
back a sob.
"Went all to smash, did it?" inquired Rob
sympathetically. Bessie nodded, ruefully.
"Whew!" whistled Rob. "What did mother
say ?"
"Oh! it wasn't mother at all. It was only
Bridget, and she threw away the pieces and
said the blessed Virgin would forgive me,
since it was only an accident, and I told her
I didn't want the blessed Virgin to forgive
me, and then she got mad and said I should
not stay in the kitehen. Oh Rob! do you
think I'll have to tell mother ? It would only
make her feel bad if she knew one of 'em was
broken, and if I don't tell her, perhaps she
would never miss it, and won't never have to
feel bad about it. I'm sure I don't want to
make her feel bad."
This was quite a tempting view of the matter,
and Bessie longed to have Robert approve
of it. At last he said, "Do you want my advice,
Bess?"
"Yes. What should you do ?"
"Well, if I was in your place, Bess, I'd tell
her. You know that's the only honest, square
thing to do, really. There are several reasons
why it's better to be honest about anything
of that kind. One is D'rans she'll for
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give you, like George Washington's father
and Robert took up his boat again, feeling
that the minister himself couldn't have given
Bessie better advice. As for poor Bessie, she
rather resented Robert's tone of superiority,
and said quickly, "I don't much b'lieve you
would tell, after all, Rob. It ain't half as
easy as you think."
"P'raps it ain't easy. Who said it was?
But I hope I should be honest enough for
that," and self-righteous Rob brought down
the hammer with all his might on the knife
with which he was splitting a piece of wood.
Alas, for him ! It struck on an unseen nail,
snapping off the slender point in a trice. He
quickly drew out the pointless, blunted blade,
and gazed at it in dismay, while Bessie, in
spite of her trouble, couldn't help laughing a
little at the sudden change in his face.
This was anything but soothing to Robert's
feelings and he muttered that he "didn't see
what business that old nail had to be there,"
and other amiable remarks to the same effect.
"Why, Rob!" exclaimed Bessie, suddenly,
"isn't that father's new knife?the one he told
us not to touch ?"
"He meant you," replied Robert, promptly,
"but I know how to use a knife, and this was
not ray fault. It was all ou account of that
nail, and I don't know who put it there. I
didn't." Robert was about as reasonable as
unfortunate people are apt to be.
"Well, Robert," . said Bessie at length,
"we've both done something now. Let's go
and confess together."
"Confess," repeated Robert slowly, "why
I?I? guess?don't believe?that is?" and
without finishing his sentence he carefully
shut the knife, and going to his father's tool
chest, put it away exactly where he had found
it. Bessie's blue eyes opened very wide at
this proceeding, and Robert could not meet
their look, as he explained : "You see, Bess,
I ? ? .1 a 1
donn s going 10 leave nexi weeK, anu n miner
don't find it out before then, why he'll?he'll
think John did it, you see, and it won't hurt
John, 'cause he won't be here."
As soon as Bessie could say anything for
amazement, she began, "But, Rob, I thought
you said, if you was in my place?" but Robert
rushed off to the garden, not caring to
hear his own words repeated just then.
Bessie still stood on the barn floor, looking
thoughtfully towards the door where Robert
bad disappeared. At last a light flashed iuto
her eyes, and she ran out to find Robert. She
came upon him, gloomily pulling up weeds
in his garden.
"Rob," she said, "I've just this second
thought of that verse I learned for prayers
this morning, and I'm going to do it."
"What was it?" asked Robert, without
looking up.
"I don't remember exactly, but its something
about 'confesseth his sins, and he shall
have mercy,' and so I'm going to confess
my sins to mother, 'cause 'mercy' means she
won't care much."
To this lucid explanation Robert only replied,
"Tell her, then," still keeping his eyes
on the weeds.
Robert didn't see Bessie again till dinner
time, and then he knew by her lively chatter
that the burden was off her mind at least.
How he envied her! If he could only have
the same peace of mind. But 110, he hadn't
courage enough to pay the price?confession ;
so Robert ate his dinner silently enough, never
opening his mouth except to put his food into
it.
As they rose from the table Mrs. Soiuers
said to her husband, "I wish you would fix
this window so that it won't rattle at night."
"Oh yes, I will," he answered. "It needs
a wedge, doesn't it? Robert, run to the barn
and get my new knife, which you'll find in
the upper drawer of the tool-chest."
Poor, conscience-struck Robert! He did
as he was bidden, and handed the knife to his
father, hoping fervently that he wouldn't
open that blade. He did though, and when
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When he had finished his father said sternly,
"Now let us look over what you have done.
You have wilfully disobeyed me, and, besides
that,you have concealed your guilt as long as
possible, in the hope of throwing the blame
on some one else. You may go to your room
and stay till I give you leave to come dowu."
All the afternoon Robert spent alone in his
room, and when every now and then ringing
peals of laughter reached his ears from the
room below where Bessie and Laura Mason
were having a good time together, he thought
bitterly that Bessie had forgotten him in his
trouble and disgrace. But he was mistakeu,
for when Laura had gone home, and it began
! to grow dark, Bessie went to her father's
i study, and pleaded his cause in the paternal
i ear. "Poor Rob! He'll get so lonely, I'm
! afraid he'll throw himself out of the window,
: or something dreadful."
I Robert was sitting by the window in Jiis
j room when Bessie softly opened the door, and
J said, "Are you here, Rob? It's so dark I
; can't see."
She drew a long breath of relief at his dismal
"Yes, of course."
; I "I'm so glad. Well, father says you can
' corae down now."
\ Robert jumped up eagerly. "Did you ask
; him to let me?"
: | "Yes."
"Well, you're a real good girl, you are,"
' said Rob, chokingly, and after a pause, added,
i "I'll take it all back, Bess, what I said this
, morning. You're twice as honest as I am."
;! "0 no, Rob, but you did give me some real
good advice," said Bessie, mischievously.
i' "Don't, Bessie," pleaded Rob, "I'm so
I ashamed of myself."
II "Well, I won't ever say a word about it,"
; she answered, and she kept her word, but Rob
never forgot that Saturday's lesson.? Congregationalist.
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i iQy In addresses from man to man, hypocs
risy is detestable; how much more, in ad
dresses from man to God.
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CONDUCTED BY
BUV. ROBERT LATH AN.
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OUR KNOWLEDGE OP GOD.
Frequent and careful meditation upon God i
! is eminently becoming iu all who profess to
| be Christians. The more fully we become
acquainted with the nature of the Supreme
Being, the more extensive will he our knowledge
of ourselves. "Know thyself, presume
not Uoci to scan," is a dangerous doctrine.
; We must know something concerning the ua!
ture and attributes of God ; for it matters not
j whether our knowledge of ourselves, or our
knowledge of God is first in point of time, we
can have no correct knowledge of ourselves
: until .we have learned something respecting
J the character of God.
The sources from which all our knowledge
; of God is derived, are his words and works,
j The latter may be regarded as collateral or
| coroborative evidence of the former. WithI
out the Bible, man, in his fallen and degraded
i state, can learn nothing satisfactory respect!
ing either the existence or attributes of God.
The works of Goc), as manifested both in creation
and providence, plainly declare the existence
of a Supreme Being who made all
i things, and who governs and controls all
i things, when the announcement is first made
in the word of God. The proof of this is the
fact itself. None of the wise men of old who
were not in possession of the Scriptures, had
: anything but the most vague and undefined
ideas respecting God. Many supposed that
i there were two Supreme Beings, the one kiud
and merciful and good, whilst the other was
evil in disposition and cruel and tyranical in
action. Others thought that there were in-*
numerable gods; and not a few, and these the
wisest and best of the ancient sages, were of
the opinion that the world was created and
governed by chance.
In our natural ignorance, which has been
brought upon us by sin, we are unable to
make any other use of the works of creation
and providence, than that of examples to il,
lustrate and confirm what is taught in the
I Bible. There is 110 defect in the revelation
j which is made to us by the works of creation
| aud provideuce. The defect is in us. We
j are in the condition of an individual whose
, sight has failed so much that he is unable to
read the clearest print. Sin has blinded the
eyes of our understanding, and with propriety,
j it may said, that the human family are des|
troyed for lack of knowledge.
Before we can form a correct idea of God
j as revealed to us in the Bible, we need the
i enlightening influences of God's Holy Spirit,
j The great truths of the Scriptures-lie concealed
I until they are discovered to the mind by the
spirit. This is the promise of the Saviour:
"When the spirit of truth is come he will
guide you into all truth, for he shall not
speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall
hear that shall he speak." John 16: 13.
The work of the spirit consists in part in revealing
to the mind the truths that are revealed
in the Bible. No new revelation is
made. The Bible contains all the revelation
! that God will ever make of himself to the
| human family; but no human miad, it matj
ters not how great may be its powers, can
discover the great and glorious truths which
! God reveals in the Scriptures concerning him;
self. There is more than mind necessary to
; discover the living and true God.
i Our kuowledge of God under the most fa!
vorable circumstances is defective. Those
I
I who know most of him know comparatively
! nothing. Every creature is finite, and God
is infinite. The wisest men know but little
of the works of God, much less do they know
of God himself.
Practically, a great deal depends upon our
knowledge of God. Without faith, we are
positively informed, it is impossible to please
God. Where there is no knowledge there
can be no faith. In the order of nature, and
in point of time, knowledge precedes faith.
Hence, a correct knowledge of God is necessary
in order to salvation. Our knowledge of
j God gives complexion to our piety. Those
I who are ignorant of God may be very superstitious,
but in no proper sense of the word
can they be truly pious. True and genuine
piety consists in being like God. Religion
assimilates the worshiper to the worshiped.
IIow can we become like a being of whom we
' have no correct knowledge? Such a thing
j is impossible.
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May Women Pray in Public??May
women pray in meeting ? asks a Presbyterian
country pastor, through the columns of the
Evangelist, who finds his own experience
says?yes, but knows that the church at large
j would give an opposite answer. This is what
| he says:
"I go to my prayer-meeting on the appointed
evening, and there I find?because I am
peculiarly favored?six or ten men and thirty
or forty women. My neighbor tells me he
j had at his meeting once thirty women and
j one mau besides himself. Now, in accord'
ance with his interpretation of one text of
! Scripture, our church says to the woman,
i 'You must not pray,' and to the one man or
I the ten, 'You alone cau pray.' But I know
! in mv heart that there are Christian women
I ?J -
I in ray meeting that can pray better than any
I man in it. I know that the women's prayer!
meeting in ray church melts often into tears,
| while the church-meeting is often as dry as
; Sahara. Now, is not this dear Presbyterian
1 church of ours paralyzing, in many places, its
right arm, the prayer-meeting, by its unbend;
ing strictness in this respect? Is there not a
i fault among us? Is it right for our church
to say to Christian women, 'We will eat with
! you, will walk with you, will visit with you,
j will talk with you, will praise with you, but
! we will not pray with you ?' "
Here is a question which will, doubtless, be
j duly answered by some other Presbyterian
1 pastor speaking for the church ; but in regard
to those meetings so unequally attended,
I could they not be considered as women's
i prayer-meetings, into which a few humble j
, men had found their way to listen?
Evkky-Day Rkligiox.?Let us come back j
to our point, which is, not to urge you all to i
give yourselves up to missiou work, but to ]
serve God more in connection with your daily j
calling. I have heard that a woman who has i
a mission makes a poor wife or a bad mother; 1
; this is very possible, and at the same time '
very lamentable; but the mission I urge is j
not all of this sort. Dirty rooms, slatternly j
gowns, and children with unwashed faces, are ;
swift witnesses against the siucerity of those j
who keep others' vineyards and neglect their
; own. I have no faith in that woman who
talks of grace and glory abroad, and uses no j
soap and water at home. Let the buttons be |
on the shirts, let the socks be mended, let the !
roast mutton be done to a turn, let the house j
be as neat as a Din. and the home be as happy |
as home can be. Serve God by doing common '
actions in a heavenly spirit, and then, if your 1
daily calling only leaves you cracks and crev- j
1 ices of time, fill them up with holy service.?
Spurgeon.
OSF" Prayer, and the Word, and godly con-:
versation, should be in the foremost place.
For too often there is so much colduess, and
; restraint, and reserve, and backwardness, that
a man might fancy we were ashamed of Jesus,
and that we thought it proper to hold
j our tongue, and not make mention of the
i name of the Lord. I
JftUsccUancottS Reading. |
ADVERTISING.
The history of journalism is the history of |
advertising. The worlds of daily literature 1
and of business have been, through this medium,
mutually dependent and helpful almost
from the establishment of the first regular
English newspaper, which took place in the
year 1622, during the reign of James I. The
first actual advertisement on record, however,
appeared in 1652, in the Mcrcurius Politicua, ;
being a notice of a book eulogistic of Crom-1
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Appropos of this circumstance, we may !
state here that booksellers were for a long ;
time the most extensive advertisers, and it is }
characteristic of their sound business sense j
that they still rely almost entirely upon the j
same means of calling the public attention to ;
their wares. The first advertisement paid for j
by a Loudon tradesman, not a bookseller, was |
one announcing the sale of tea, then spelled \
"tay," or "tee," at a London coffee house, i
published about a year before the death of i
Cromwell.
We learn from this old advertisement that
tea and coffee were then beginning to come in
use. Indeed, the student of history can get
no truer insight into the manners and modes
of life of those days, than by consulting the
advertising columns of the public journals.
In the time of Charles II newspapers did a
thriving business in advertisements, and it was
during his reign that notices of public amusements,
theatrical and others, were first advertised.
In the reign of James II the liberty of the
press was greatly curtailed, and the advertising
business was at a low ebb. When,
however, under the more liberal rule of William
III, the press grew once more into importance,
advertising became so remunerative
and popular that we find a journal published
at that time, gratuitously circulated and limited
to advertisements, actually keeping itself
alive for a space of two years. The plan is
now more practicable, and has proven a success
in the case of a journal published in Edinburgh
and one in Dublin.
In the United States business men advertise
even more extensively than in Great Britain,
though there are individual instances of
expenditure in this direction on the part of
British merchants unparalleled, with one exception.
on this side of the Atlantic. For
example, a vendor of pills has spent in this
way, $150,000 per annum ; the virtues of Macassar
oil have been made known to the world
at a cost of $50,000 annually, and of cod
liver oil at the same rate. It is a most significant
fact, and a rebuke to the timid, parsimonious
tradesman that these immense outlays
have been found profitable.
It is now too late in the day to begin questioning
the advantage of advertising?that is
a conclusion established by actual and undoubted
results. Again, newspapers are the
most available and effective means for the
purpose. It is true that there are countless
other methods, some of which may be attended
with a degree of success; but the newspaper
reaches more people, and reaches them ;
more impressively than any of them. A
poster on a dead wall may attract the careless
glance of an idle passer-by ; but such a person,
if he lingers long enough to read, is likely
a man without much business or money, 1
and his patronage under those conditions is 1
neither to be expected nor desired. The 1
theme is fruitful, but we will not enlarge upon
it now. It is enough to say that the necessity 1
of advertising has been recognized by the
practice of centuries, and many colossal for- 1
tunes attest its efficacy. . j
SUBMARINE BLASTING. '
The Charleston News and Courier gives the
following description of the operations now in
progress in raising the wrecks in that harbor: '
"The operations of Professor Maillefert in i
Charleston harbor during the past two years i
have been noticed from time to time, but com- 1
paratively few persons have any definite idea 1
of the process of raising the debris of the nine i
wrecks from the bottom of the ocean. In j
1871, the professor, who is one of the most i
successful submarine divers of the day, came !
to Charleston to fulfill a contract with the gov- 1
ernment for removing obstructions in the har- !
bor. The work has gone on ever since, many i
wrecks have been removed. In order to raise ]
a wreck, great skill and labor are. required.
A steam flat is employed for the purpose, pro- ]
vided with strong shears, blocks, chains, ropes ]
and other paraphernalia, with a competent i
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man, engineer, diver and a half dozen labor- i
era make up the crew. When the flat is ]
properly placed near the wreck to be removed, l
the diver gets into his armor, the helmet is l
put over his head, with a long rubber pipe ex- i
tending to the air pump, and when this is all j
secured two men commence forcing air through i
the rubber pipe into the head-pipe, for the di- 1
ver's consumption. Then a signal line is ]
placed in his hand, and he descends into the <
water. Having reached the bottom, he ex- <
amines the wreck, and in a short time selects
the best position for blasting. A signal given
to the men on the flat brings him to the sur- '
face, and he forthwith begins the preparations !
for another descent. This time the diver provides
himself with a can hermetically sealed, :
and containing about seventy or eighty pounds 1
of gunpowder, which has already been ar- '
ranged for ready use, and from which extends 1
a galvanic wire, covered with gutta percha, 1
and running into the nozzle of the can. This '
powder the diver carries down with him and i
places in some convenient place in the sub- 1
merged wreck. He then ascends, and the 1
wire leading to the can is connected with a '
galvanic battery, by means of which the pow- :
der is exploded, and large masses of the wreck !
are blown off. The diver again descends to
the bottom, and this time takes with him the '
grapnels, which he attaches to the fragments 1
that have just been blown off, and which are 1
now hoisted on deck by the machinery. Pro- 1
fessor Maillefert's theory of blasting is the re- '
suit of his own experience. The^process has !
been patented by him, and used with great J
success in the James river, Virginia, and in :
Charleston harbor."
PERILS OF BALLOONING.
Mr. La Mountain's terrible death by a fall j I
from his balloon, ou the 4th of July, near <
Ionia, Michican, recalls to mind some of the i
fatalities which have heretofore happened to i
balloonists in their perilous undertaking, j
What caused La Mountain's calamity was i
simply the result of utter carelessness in secur- ]
ing the rope gearing of the. machine. This <
was so loose and unstayed that the gas envelope
or globe was left free to turn upside down, :
and it did it with the most lamentably fatal j
consequences to the unfortunate balloonist' i
himself. Since 1784 about twenty-five lives j i
have been lost. Of the most prominent acci- j:
dents, the f -st occurred in 1785, when De- j i
Rozier and Roumaiue Laine attempted to ]
cross from France to England in a hydrogen
balloon, to which a small "mongolfiere" (or
knIK/vn hiam A fto?? rnnoli
uubiiiiy uanuuu ?cia utiamui. ntbui IVMV/U ,
ing a height of 3000 feet the balloons took
fire, were quickly burned up, and the voyagers
were precipitated upon the rocks of the French i
coast and crushed to a jelly. M'rae Blanchard, i
wife of the celebrated balloonist of that name, i
assumed his profession, and in 1819, while i:
making an ascent from the Tivoli Garden, in ;
Paris, was dashed to pieces in consequence of i <
her balloon taking fire from the fireworks dis-' i
charged in mountebank style on the occasion.1 <
In Italy, several years later, a Venetian nobleman
and his wife, having made many sue- j i
cessful ascents, finally fell from a great height'
and perished on the spot. In the year 1824
Lieut. Harris, of the British navy, was killed j
by the too rapid descent of a balloon near I
London, and in the same year Windham Sadler,
a skillful balloonist, who had successfully j
crossed the Irish channel, was thrown from his
balloon and killed by a collision with a tall
chimney in a descent at Liverpool. In 1863
an amateur icronaut (Chambers) was killed at
Basford Park, England, by the rapid descent
of a balloon, his death being caused from the
effects of the gas he inhaled as much as from ;
the bodily injuries he received. In 1837 a
fatal "parachute" descent was made from a
height of 5000 feet, by Robert Cocking, the
apparatus being detached from Green's balloon,
which rose from Vauxhall Gardens.
The parachute, unable to resist the pressure
upon it, collapsed, and, falling about the body
of poor Cocking, the whole came thundering
to the ground from the height of 1500 feet, i
killing him instantly. Compared with the 1
number of balloon ascents, the number of per-'
sons killed may be considered small, but the :
mortality, compared with the fatal results from
any other pursuits, will be found to show a
r\ny* nonforro nmto Inrnrn
J/V4 VbllVUgV 1|UIVV lUtgV*
How Small Items Count.?Five cents
each morning?a mere trifle. Thirty-five
cents per week?not much ; yet it would buy
coffee and sugar for a whole family, 818.25
a year?and that amount invested in a
savings bank at the end of a year and the
interest thereon at six per cent., computed
annually, would in twelve years amount to
more than 8689?enough to buy a good farm
in the West.
Five cents before each breakfast, dinner
and supper; you'd?hardly miss it, yet it is
fifteen cents a day?81.05 a week?enough to
buy a small library of books. Invest this
as before and in twenty years you have
over 85.000. Quite enough to buy a good
house and lot.
Ten cents each morning?hardly worth a
second thought; yet with it you can buy a
paper of pins or spool of thread. Seventy
cents per week?it would buy several yards
of muslin ; 836.50 in one year. Deposit this
money as before, and you would have 82,340
in twenty years?quite a snug little fortune.
Ten cents before each breakfast, dinner and
supper?thirty cents a day. It would buy a
book for the children. 82.10 each week?
more than enough to pay a year's subscription
to a good newspaper; 8105.50 a year;
with it you could buy a good melodeon, from
which you could produce good music to
plesantly while the evening hours away. And
this amount invested as before would in forty
years produce the desirable amount of 825,000.
+ +
Housekeeping.?I know a young man,
a noble fellow, who carries on a succesful
manufacturing business. Although possessed
of an abundant competence, he devotes himself
with untiring assiduity to the interest of
his factory ten hours every day. Half a year
ago, he married a beautiful, accomplished
girl, who is said to speak four of the continental
languages with the fluency of natives, while
she touches the piano with infinite skill.
Four months ago they began housekeeping.
A week since they gave it up in utter disgust.
Three servants figured conspiciously in their
griefs. The coffee was execrable, the steak
abominable, the cruet stand > was not to be
seen, and the whole home in confusion. The
husband bore it as long as pride and patience
could endure, and then, sacrificing everything
at auction, returned to boarding, resolved
never to suffer the miseries of housekeeping
again. I was never more indignant than
when I heard of it. If that beautiful bride
had learned one less language and devoted
the year to the mysteries of housekeeping she
might have made my friend's home a paradise.
Suppose her husband's management
of his business had been like her management
of the house, what would become of them ?
I don't think the match was a fair one. On
the one side it was a cheat. A young lady of
the same ornamental class, in discussing the
case, exclaimed, "She did not agree in the
marriage contract to play the part of household
drudge ! Did the husband agree to play
the part of the factory drudge?
4 ? ?
Theory of True Greatness.?Aaron
Burr was a keener thinker than was George
Washington. He was a far more ingenious
man, a more active, and,, if he had been a
moral man and maintained normal relatious
with himself, with his fellow men and and with
the laws of rectitude, he would have been
in abler man. Washington was a man of
*ood sense, but he was not a man of genius
in any direction except that of conscience.
He was a man of singular equity, great disinterestedness,
and of pure and upright intent.
Sagacious he was,by a light which comes from
integrity. He endured, having faith to believe
that right in the end would prevail.
That which made Washington the great
hero of our revolutionary struggle was the
light of the moral element that was in him?
cot any intellectual genius which he possessed,
cot any rare tact of administration, or any
remarkable executive power. And if you
look back upon those names in our history
that have best stood the test, you will find
that they have been men who were faithful
in the highest moral element. And as times
?o on, those men who lack these elements
unk lower and lower till they sit below the
horizon; and those who possess thera rise
higher till they reach the meridian, with undying
splendor, to shine upon history and the
world.
An Item for the Young Ladies?The
Scientific American describes the discovery by
i German chemist, of a process by which a
white dress of swiss, lawn, tulle, or other
material, may be changed to any color as it
is desired. The process is very simple, and
consists in merely coloring the starch used in
the doing up. Suppose, for instance, it is
desired to tint a white dress a beautiful
crimson ; take three parts of fuschin, which
auy chemist or skilled druggist can make, if
he has it not on hand, and dissolve it in twenty
parts of glycerine, mixing in a mortar
with a little water. Then ordinary starch
finely pulverized, is stirred in and the thick
mess obtained is poured out and dried on
blotting paper. The powder thus obtained is
used just the same as common starch, and so
applied to the dress ; when the latter is dry
it is slightly sprinkled and pressed with a
moderately warm iron. By means of other
coloring materials mixed as above, any desired
tint may be obtained. But the wearer
must keep out of the rain as the colors are not
fast and will readily disappear on washing.
A Cheerful Home.?Of all the blessings
snjoyed by human beings, there is none
better or more desirable than a cheerful,
happy home. It is, therefore, the first duty
cf every one to endeavor to promote the most
amicable relations in the home circle. A
single bitter word may disquiet an entire family
for a whole day. One surly glance casts
a gloom over the househould ; while a smile,
like a gleam of sunshine, may light up the
darkest and weariest hours. Like unexpected
flowers which spring up along our path
full of freshness, fragrance and beauty, so the
kind words and gentle acts and sweet dispositions
make glad the home where peace and
amity dwell. No matter how humble the
abode, if thus garnished with goodness and
sweetened with kindness and smiles, the
heart will turn longingly toward it from all
the tumults of the world ; and home, though
it be ever so homely, will be the dearest spot
beneath the circuit of the sun.
aSy Always suspect a man who affects great
softness of manner, and unruffled evenness of
temper, and an enunciation studied, slow and
deliberate. These things are all unnatural,
and bespeak a degree of mental discipline
into which he that has no purpose of craft or
design to answer cannot submit to drill himself.
The most successful knaves are usually
~p UnaniM'nfinn ns smooth as razors dinned
\Jl I'll 10 UWV.I _
iii oil, and as sharp. They affect the innocence
of the dove, which they have not, in
order to hide the cunningness of the serpent
which they have.? Cotton.
?
86T" There is a fly in Cayenne, Guina, known
as the man-eater, which is the cause of many
deaths in that penal colony of France. M.
Coquerel, who has investigated the subject,
describes the insect as laying its eggs in the
mouth or nose of a sleeping person. The offspring
in their larval state usually bring
about death of the victim.
Hie ? otMk (iNqttiw.
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This Cut entered according to Act of Congress, In the year 1873,
hy I. H. Hali. Si Co., In tlte office of the Librarian of
Congtcss, at Washington.
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MOULDINGS, Brackets, Stair Fixtures,
builders' Furnishing Hard-;
ware, Drain Pipe, Floor Tiles, Wire
Guards, Terra C'otta Ware, Marble and
Slate Mantle Pieces.
WINDOW GLASS A SPECIALTY.
Circulars and Price Lists sent free
on application, P. P. TOALE,
20 Hayne and 33 Pinckney streets,
Charleston, S. C.
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Messrs. JEFFERYS & METTS, at the
Citizen's Savings Bank, Y1 orkville, S. C..
| ySS*- White Pine Lumber for Sale.
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ROSE'S HOTEL,
(FORMERLY HUNT'S HOTEL.)
THIS HOUSE is in the centre of the city, convenient
to all the Public Offices and Business
Houses, located on the south-west corner of the 1
State House Square, has been recently re-opened
and renovated, and will now compare favorably
with any Hotel at the South.
ROSE'S OMNIBUS will convoy passengers to
and from every train, free of charge.
Also, a first-class Carriage for the accommodation
of ladies.
TRANSIENT BOARD $2.50 per day. I
W. E. ROSE, Proprietor.
KING S MOUNTAIN R. ROAD.
DAILY TRAIN.
HEREAFTER the trains over the KING'S
MOUNTAIN RAIL ROAD will run daily, !
(Sundays excepted) as follows, making close connection
with trains on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad:
Leave Yorkville, promptly, at 4o'clock, A.M.
Arrive at Chester at f> o'clock, A. M.
Leave Chester at 2 o'clock, P. M.
Arrive at Yorkvilleat 4 o'clock, P. M. i
All Freights must be delivered at the Depot by ;
4 o'clock, P. M., on the evenings previous to the
departure of the train.
GEORGE W. MELTON, President.
A may learn something greatly
to their advantage and obtain
specimens and full particulars free, by addressing
WOOD'S LITERARY AND ART AGENCY,
Now burgh, N. Y.
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PIEDMONT AIR-LINE RAILWAY.
Richmond and danville. richmond
and Danville R. W., N. c. Division, and
North-Western N. c. Railway.
condensed time-table,
In effect on and after Sunday, June 15tli, 1878.
~ goTng north.
statIons. "ma ilT" "ac7:6mm on ati on .
I I
Leave Charlotte j 2.50 P. M.
" Salisbury 5.02 " .
" Groensliorn ' 8.15 "
? Danville, 111.17 " j 6.15 A.M.
" Hurkville .1..HA.M:i 11.40 ?
Arrive ut Richmond.... j 6.35 " { 2.55 P. M.
GOING SOUTH.
stations] j mail. ; "accommodation.
Leave Richmond ! 1.05 P. M. 9.45 A.M.
? Burkeville j 4.10 " 1 1.20 P. M.
" Danville 18.45 " |Arrive C.I0 ?
" Greensboro 11.38 " |
" Salisbury, J 2.03 A. M.
Arrive at Charlotte | 4.05 " |
"EAST AND WEST | GOING EAST. | GOING WE8T.
STATIONS. j MAIL. MAIL7~
Leave Greensboro g 8.20 P. M. Arrive 10.48 P. M.
" Company Shops..! =. 10.00 " ? 9.30 "
" Hlllsboro g- 11.10 " = 7.47 "
" Raleigh 5 1.40 A.M. 5 5.26 "
Arrive nt Goldsboro j ? 4.30 " a Lenve 2.30 P. M.
NORTH-WESTERN N. C. RAILROAD.
(salem branch.)
Leave Greensboro 3.40 P. M.
Arrive at Xerneniville, 5.10 P. M.
Leave Kernersville, 9.00 A. M.
Arrive At Greensboro 10.30 A. M.
Mail trains daily both ways Over entire length
of roads. Accommodation daily between Danville
and Richmond. (Sundays excepted.)
On Sundays Lynchburg Accommodation leaves
Richmond at 8.25 A. M.; arrives at Burkeville
11.28 A. M.; leaves Burkeville 1.10 P. M.; arrives
at Richmond 4.17 P. M.
Pullman Palace Cars on all night trains between
Charlotte and Richmond, (without change.)
For further information, address "
S. E. ALLEN,
General Ticket Agent,
T. M. R. TALCOTT, Greensboro, N. C.
Engr. and Gen. Supt.
Dr. Crook's Wine of Tar.
nV 10 YEARS
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Dr. Crook's
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im n n
JL AJL aCws
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the public.
It in rich in the medicinal qunli
ties Of Tar, and unequaled for diNCHSes
of the Throat and filings, i?erforming
the moat remarkable cures.
Coughs, Colds, Clionic Coughs.
It effectually cures tlieni all.
Asthma and Bi-onclitis.
Has cureil so many cases
it lias been pronounced a
specific for these complaints.
For pains in Breast, Side or Back,
Gravel or Kidney Disease,
Diseases of the Urinary Organs,
Jaundice or any Liver Complaint,
It has no equal.
It is also a superior Tonic,
Restores the Appetite,
Strengthens the System,
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Removes Dyspepsia and
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Prevents Malarious Fevers,
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CHARLESTON, S. C.
rpHIS is as large and complete a Factory as there
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CHARLOTTE, ^01. AND AUGUSTA R7R.
www IT ? , , - ,
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,)
Columbia, S. C., June 13,1873. J
THE following Passenger Schedule will be run
over this road on and after MONDAY, 16th
instant:
going south.
Train No. 1. Train No. 2.
Leave Charlotte, 4.20 A. M.
Arrive at Columbia,...9.30 A. M.
Leave Columbia 9.45 A. M. 3.15 A. M.
Arrive at Augusta 2.00 P. M. 8.20 A. M.
going north.
Leave Augusta 3.52 A. M. 5.50 P. M.
Arrive at Columbia,...8.27 A. M. 10.47 P. M.
Leave Columbia 8.42 A. M.
Arrive at Charlotte.... 2.00 P. M
Standard time ten minutes slower than Washington
; six minutes ahead of Columbia.
No. 1 Train daily. No. 2 Train daily, Sundays
excepted. Both trains make close connection to
all points North, South and West.
Through tickets sold and baggage checked to all
principal points.
Ames ANDERSON, General Sup't.
E. B. Doiwky, Gen. Freight and Ticket Agent.
June 19 25 tf
K Tn i>ER d*y! Agents wanted !
O Jp^XJ All classesof working poople
of either sex, young or old, make more money at
work for us in their spare momenta, or all the .
time, than at anything else. Particulars free.
AddressG. Stinson <? Co., Portland, Maine.
October 3 40 ly