Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, May 09, 1878, Image 4
Ilumowus Department.
Buying a Dog.?A correspondent writes: j
"I was sitting quietly by the stove in a lagerbeer
saloon in Philadelphia one very cold
night in the Fall of 1869, the only other oc-1
cupants at the time being four young men? ;
apparently students?playing euchre. They j
were busily engaged playing, and I was also |
busily engaged smoking and warming myself,
when the door opened, letting in a gust
of wind, a lot of scow, and, with the two, a
sad, shabby-looking man with one of the most
miserable-looking dogs at his heels that it
has ever been my misfortune to look at. He
walked up to the bar and took a 'drink' of
whisky, after which he went to the table, j
where there was a large bowl of hot clam
chowder?given gratis to whoever purchased I
a 'drink.' Having procured a soup-plateful
of this nourishment, he sat down directly opposite
him. When the man came across a
piece of gristle, he threw it to the dog, who i
eat ravenously. The four young men seemed
suddenly to relinquish their cards and to be
more deeply interested in the man and dog.
One bet another twenty dollars that the man
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man challenged at once took the bet, both
staking the money in the hands of their two
friends. The one challenged thereupon accosted
the man?'Say, cap'n, do you want to
sell that dorg?' The man just looked at his
interrogator, and that was all. Again he
was asked, when the party asking offered to
give five dollars for it; at which offer the
man said, 'don't pester me about the dorg?I
don't want to sell,' which answer created a
burst of laughter among the young men, myself
included. Exasperated at last, the young
man bid the stranger ten dollars for the dog,
which he immediately took, handing over the
dog in exchange, and buttoning up bis coat
and walking coolly to the door, when it
struck the purchaser that he should like to
know the dog's name, which he asked the
man in a loud voice as the latter was near the
place of exit. The man turned round and
gazed at them all with a benign look of pity.
He said to them, 'Dew yew wish tew know
that purp's name?' They simultaneously
answered in the affirmative. He said, 'Well,
that's good, considering I never saw him till
he follered me in here!"
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Thought He had em again.?ommes
brought his two weeks' spree to a close on
Saturday night. He lay on a lounge in the
parlor, feeling as mean as sour lager, when
something in the corner of the room attracted
his attention. Raising on his elbow, he gazed
steadily at it. Rubbing his eyes, he stared
again, and as he stared his terror grew. Calling
his wife, be asked, hoarsely:
"Marindy, what is that?"
"What is what, Likey?"
Sniffles' name was Lycurgus, and his wife
calls him Likey for short and sweet.
"Why, that?that?thing in the corner,"
said the frightened man, pointing at it with a
hand shaking like a politician.
"Likey, dear, I see nothing," replied the
woman.
"What? you don't see it?" he shrieked.
"No."
"Then I've got 'em. Oh ! heavens, bring
me the Bible, Miranda?bring it quick !
Here?here, on this sacred book I swear never
to drink a drop of whisky. If I break my 1
vow, may my right hand cleave' to the roof of
my mouth, and ?"
Here, catching another glimpse of the ter- (
rible object, he clutched his wife and begged |
in piteous tones:
"Don't leave me; don't leave your Likey ?"
And burying his face in the folds of her ;
dress, he sobbed and moaned himself into a ,
troubled sleep. ,
Then his wife stole gently to the corner, ,
picked up the toy snake, and threw it into the ,
stove. I
fla?* One day the sexton was standing on the '
church steps wiping his melancholy features
with a red bandanna. A hearse stood near, (
and three or four carriages were drawn up '
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out of the window with solemn effect. A
stranger came along, and said:
"Funeral ?"
The old sexton gravely bowed his head. It
was.
Who's dead ?"
The old man again wiped his brow, and
gave the name of the deceased.
"What complaint?" asked the inquisitive
stranger.
Solemnly placing his bandanna in his hat
and covering his bald head, the old sexton
made answer:
"There is no complaint. Fverybody is entirely
satisfied."
Recently, when a church steeple was in
the course of erection in a Scotch town, the
provost had a conversation with the architect,
and pointed out the danger which he supposed
might arise from the action of the wind
upou the weathercock, the great size of which
surprised him when he saw it before it was
put up. He thought it would be apt to disturb
the stones in the pinnacle of the steeple.
"Oh! there is no danger," said the archi"Vnn
too wPRthprnnok turns round
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with the wind, and never presents any great
surface to it. There is nothing fixed but the j
cardinal points."
"Ah! well," said the provost, "and couldna
ye mak' the cardinal poiots turn round too?" ,
fiaT* A little fellow had just begun going to
the public schools. His mother, to stimulate j
him to attention to his lessons, said to him, ,
the other day : ,
"Charley, if you study hard, you may some i
day become President of the United States, ,
like George Washington. Who knows?" ,
"Don't talk to me about being President?" (
exclaimed he; "everybody's going to be <
President. When we go to school, the first ,
thing the teacher does, she calls the names of ,
all the little boys, and they all say 'Presi- ,
dent.' I don't want to be President." ,
BO?" A lady reached the passenger depot in
Dayton, Ohio, the other day, just as the train 1
she intended io take was leaving, and as she ,
stood, almost crying with vexation, on the
platform, a gentleman arrived at the depot <
on a full run, with his carpet-bag in his hand,
his coat on his arm, and his face streaming
with perspiratior As he looked on the train,
now fast moving away, he sat down on his
carpet-bag, wiped his face, and very deliberately
and emphatically said, "D?n that
train !" The lady heard him, and, smiling
upon him with a lady's sweetness, said,
"Thank you, sir."
UaT "Do you know that ex pensively-dressed
lady there'" said a young man, to his
friend, at a ball the other night, pointing as
he spoke to an exceedingly fashionable mar- j
ried belle.
"Yes; what about her?" was the reply.
"That is the woman that oar friend, (Jolo- I
nel , tried so hard to win for his wife ;
but he lost her; and now there is only one
other person who is as miserable as the Colo
nel is "
"And who is that other person ?"
"The lady's husband," was the reply.
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S@F Mr. Green Smith, the son of Gerritt j
Smith, once told an inquiring friend that he
aud his father had a deuce of a time in the !
Adirondacks, drinking brandy and water.
"What!" said the astonished friend, "Gerritt
Smith drink brandy and water?"
"No," said Green, "we drank it together.
I drank the brandy, and he drank the
water."
t&T A far-sighted miss of seventeen sum- J
raers has concluded to marry a big man for
her first husband, and a little one for the second,
so that she can cut the clothes of the first
down, and make them over to fit his successor.
Thus the hard times force home lessons of
rigid economy and practical sense upon tender
girlhood.
f be and fireside.
THE COST OF COTTON CULTURE.
One good, active hand can culture 12 acres
in cotton or 25 acres in corn, which may be
increased or diminished, according to the
character of the soil. The length of time required
will be about 11 months for the cotton,
and 7 months for the corn. Putting the
wages of this band at ?8 per month, 888.00
with rations say 3i lbs. of bacon per week and
one peck of meal, say 820, feed of the mule to
plough at 840 and the smith bill at 85, would
make the whole cost of cultivating 12 acres
in cotton 8153. If these 12 acres would
yield only 400 pounds of seed cotton per j
acre, then the amount made would be 4,800
in seed, or 1,600 in lint. So the expense of
making 1,600 of lint will be 8153, which, at
891 per hundred pounds, would simply cover
the cost. But if the land should make 1,000
pounds, per acre, then the whole yield would
be 12,000 lbs. in seed or 4,000 pounds in lint;
but as the one hand could not pick over half
the crop, the C09t of picking the balance, 6,000
pounds, would be about 827, making the cost
8180. which, at 4i ner hundred, will cover
the amount, $180. So it is evident expenses
of making 100 pounds cannot be uniform as
to the cost. The richer the lands the greater
will be the reduction of the expense, and the
reverse, for if only 200 pounds had been made
per acre, then the expenses would have run
up to $19, and if the yield had been 2,000
pounds, the cost would have been $2.50 per
100 pounds ; the cost of the hired haud and
the feed of the mule being the same in both
eases. This plan of estimating the cost will
hold in making corn, though less than that
of cotton, as the time of working and gathering
the crop need not be over 7 months, instead
of 11.
From this view of the subject, it is evident
there are but few pursuits yielding such heavy
profits on the capital invested as a wellmanaged
farm on productive lands. In the
one case, the cotton at $9i just covers its productive
cost, leaving nothing to the owner,
while in the other, the 4,000 pounds at 94 will
bring $380, leaving a clear pro6t of $200,
which is sixteen dollars and a half per acre.
Hence, the answer as to the cost cannot be
correctly made, without taking into consideration
the productiveness of the soil, as well
as the price of the hired labor. The expense
of production is rarely ever looked to by
planters.
When a farmer, at the end of the year, settles
his store account, pays his smith bill,
with that of his teacher, doctor and preacher,
which tax is generally in the rear, and if anything
is left from the amount realized from
the sale of his produce, that amount is called
the profit; but if it falls short, then he has
made nothing. That is not a correct estimate
of results, for the bills have no connection
with the cost of planting, except the smith
bill. A merchant doing business on a capital
of $10,000, wanting to ascertain the result
of the year's operation, takes an inventory of
the unsold stock, the amount of available accounts,
with the money on hand, after paying
his store rent, his clerk hire, interest paid on
borrowed money, and other expenses incident
to his business, but does not include the expense
of supporting his family, which might,
if extravagant, absorb all the profits, though
it might be 30 or 40 per cent, on the capital.
There are a large number of farmers, whose
real estate with all the working stock and
farming implements, cannot be valued at
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more man ?o.uuu, yet uy men {uuma icanwn
have raised clothed and educated from 5 to
10 children, which, to do this, must make a
profit of 30 or 50 per cent, on the capital.
Yet many will say we are making nothing;
jell out, move to town or some country depot
and play the merchant, to their regret and
ruin, proving the truth of the satirical saying
>f Horace, that every man praises the occupation
of others more than his own, because he
realizes the troubles of his own, but is ignorint
of the other.?R. I. McDowell, in Southern
Home.
rHE SWEET POTATO^TO MAKE AND KEEP.
Editor Southern Cultivator.?In your
editorial for the Aoril number of the Cultiva
lor, you use very strong language with reference
to the sweet potato, that it should be
the "great crop of the South." Now the
ibove assertion by one of your experience and
position, should put the cotton worshippers
;o thinking. What 1 The sweet potato the
jreat crop of the South?treason to king cotton
1 So says the Editor of the Cultivator,
md so say I, and, of course, the matter is settled
beyond all controversy.
But in nothing is the proverb that "there
3 more in saving than making," more forcialy
illustrated than in saving the potato.
There are almost as many plans suggested as
.here are remedies for hog cholera, and all
io well when the potatoes don't rot. In order
to succeed in keeping them, it is best to dig
n a dry time, and not before the potatoes
ire ripe. But these two conditions secured,
viz.: dry weather and ripe potatoes, there is
io need waiting for frost.
All farmers who read the Cultivator, know
ivhat kind of laud suits the potato. The phosphates,
or cotton seed and ashes, with thor)ugh
preparation and the proper cultivation,
ivill bring the potatoes.
Now for the keeping. Put them in a perfectly
dry house, with ground floor a little
raised, to protect them from rising moisture.
A meat house where salt ha9 been kept, will
not do?it is too damp. A few small cracks
for air to pass through are all the better.
Have your house ready by summer, and in
the driest time you can get, haul enough sand
to cover well all the potatoes you hope to
make. Place two or three inches of sand for
i floor. Then put down a basket of potatoes
lud enough saud on them to cover them?
then potatoes and sand enough to fill the
eracks, until the potatoes are all covered.
Then, lastly, put on saud, until the whole hill
is covered two or three inches with sand. Be
sure to have enough dry sand ready?it will j
not do to put on that which is damp. Now I
turn your hogs in to root the patch. When 1
well rooted, put on a few cotton seed and I
make your best wheat where the potatoes grew.
Then cut wheat, break well, plant in potatoes, i
on ad libitum. I knew a lady who kept po- J
tatoes in a hogshead in dry sand for two years.
Sand is the home of the potato.
Occasional.
Oxford Ga.t April 4, 1876.
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Keeping Poultry in Orchards.?This
is a matter that should be practiced when pos- !
sible. We believe that if farmers and fruit
raisers knew the benefit arising from such :
management, they would at once adopt it. ;
Last fall we visited an orchard in which
fowls were kept, the owner of which told us
that before the fowls were confiued in it, the
trees made little or no growth, and only a
onrrPHnondinc amount of fruit was obtained.
g o t ,
But what a change was evident now. The
grass was kept down, the weeds killed and
the trees presented an appearance of thrift,
which the most enthusiastic horticulturist
could not but admire and envy. The growth !
of the trees was most vigorous, and the foliage
remarkably luxuriant. The fruit was
abundant, of large size and free from worms
and other imperfections. This excellence was
accounted for by the proprietor, who remarked
that the "hens ate all the worms and curculio
in their reach, even the canker worm."
He found less trouble with their roosting in
trees than he expected, and that a picket
fence six feet high kept them within bounds.
His orchard was divided into three sections,
and the fowls were changed from one to another,
as the condition of the fowls or the
orchard section seemed to require.
tof "If 2 or 3 quarts of clean oats are kept
in a convenient place, and poured into wet
boots after being taken off, they will absorb
the moisture from the boots, and in so doing ,
cause the boots to retain their form and prevent
shrinking, so that they may be easily
put on the following day. The oats on being
emptied out, should be dried, and they will
serve the purpose for a long time."
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CONDUCTED BY
IlEV. ROBERT LATHAN.
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A REMARKABLE INCIDENT.
j Facts are often more interesting than fic!
tion, and always more instructive. The pages
j of history abound with facts more thrilling,
and heroes more to be admired, than can be
found in books purely imaginative.
About ninety years ago, there occurred, in
the State of Virginia, a wonderful revival of
religion. It came like an abundant rain after
a long and parching drought. The people of
the country had gained their national liberty,
but they had declined in practical godliness.
There wero two Presbyterian Colleges in Virginia?Hampden
Sidney and Liberty Hall;
the former presided over by Rev. John Blair
Smith, and the latter by Rev. William Graham.
Both these men were devoutly pious ;
but so low was the state of religion in Liberty
Hall, (now Washington and Lee College)
that Mr. Graham thought of resigning ; and
in Hampden Sidney there was but one stu
dent who was a professor of religion, and he
was, apparently, ashamed of it. At any rate,
he made it a point to keep the fact concealed.
More than this, he laid aside all religious restraints
and played the wild boy in earnest.
| This young man was none other than James
Blythe, of Mecklenburg, N. C. Young Blythe,
on entering College, formed the acquaintance
of a fellow-student, by the name of Cary H.
Allen. Young Allen was of a very social
disposition, fond of sport without much regard
at whose expense obtained, and, withal,
a most consummate mimic.
The two students?Blythe and Allen?one
day rambled off and came to a store, with
whose owner Allen was upon terras of intimacy.
A short time having been spent in
desultory conversation, it was proposed by
some one of the company, that young Allen
entertain the crowd by delivering a Methodist
sermon. The proposition was accepted,
and Cary Allen mounted the counter and
proceeded to deliver a harangue in that peculiar
style, and in the peculiar nasal tones
somewhat common among a class of Metho
dist preachers a century ago. The crowd
was filled with exquisite merriment and convulsed
with laughter. Jas. Blythe, of North
Carolina, enjoyed it as much as any one, notwithstanding
the fact that he was a member
of the Presbyterian Church.
fUia -? (Toi*Uakln
UUliiCULliC aitci fcMlOj ? V^iivuuiv xuvuiivu .iJv
preacher?Rev. Hope Hull?came into the
neighborhood of Hampden Sidney and began
to preach. Many of thestudents, if not all,
hastened to the scene. They promised themselves
"a good old time." Cary and Blythe
were in the crowd. Flattered by his former
success iu burlesquing Methodist preachers,
no doubt, Cary Allen promised himself fresh
laurels by coming in contact with a living
model. Things, however, are, at least, sometimes
not as they seem. The plans and
schemes of men, as well as those of reckless
school boys, are often frustrated before the
execution begins. The Methodist preacher
delivered his message. What it was, or how
it was delivered, even tradition does not say.
The idle and reckless college students returned.
Cary Allen had either lost his powers
of mimicry, or was indisposed to exercise
them. No one asked him to make sport for
the company by repeating the sermon. Ou
reaching the college, each student went to his
proper apartment. Cary Alleu, on entering
his room, locked the door and began to read
his Bible and pray. James Blythe, the boon
companion of Allen in sin and folly, soon
came to Allen's room and knocked. Receiving
no answer, he knocked again ; but still
receiving no answer, he knocked so hard that
Allen, fearing he would break the door down,
opened it and permitted him to come in. On
entering the room, Blythe found a Bible lying
on the bed. "Do you read this book ?" inquired
Blythe. Allen was strongly tempted
to say "No," and turn the whole thing into
burlesque. The Holy Spirit was more powerful
than the temptation of the wicked one,
and he frankly, and, nodoubt, with trembling
frame and stammering tongue, confessed that i
he was in great distress of mind ou account
of his sins and iniquities. James Blythe
burst into tears and confessed that he was a
member of the church, but had been living a
godless life. William Calhoun, Clement Reed
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and William Jtitll soon joined tnem. inese
five locked the door of the room and began
to sing and pray. This attracted the other
students. The voice of prayer and praise
had long since ceased to be heard, if, indeed,
it had ever been heard in a student's room at
Hampden Sidney. The godless multitude
began to raise a hideous uproar. Some laughed
boisterously; others uttered noisy discordant
sounds ; whilst the whole was interlarded
with vile and blasphemous oaths.
The Presideut was absent, at the time. He
returned in time for evening prayers, and
learuing the true state of affairs, he admin
istered a sharp rebuke to the scoffers, and expressed
his great delight in seeing any evidence
of the workings of the Holy Spirit in
the hearts ofauy of the students. Order was
restored in the campus, aud the President of
the College took Allen, BIythe, Calhoun, Hill
and Reed to his own house, and instructed
them more fully in the way of salvation.
From this strange beginning spruug up a
great revival, which spread like the prophets'
cloud over the whole land. The principal
awakening was among young men. Eighty
students of Hampden Sidney?near one half
of the whole number?were, if not all converted,
brought under deep convictiou. Dr.
Smith, President of the college, preached all
over the surrounding country, and as a great I
and good man can preach when he feels the I
outpourings of God's holy spirit upon himself,
and sees its gracious effects upon others. J
"The blessed work," says one who witnessed j
its progress, "has spread among the people of [
every description ; high and low, rich and
poor, learned and unlearned, orthodox aud ;
hetrodox, sober and rude, white and black,
young and old?especially the youth?whom !
it seems to have seized generally."
No small number of the young men turned
their attention to the gospel ministry. Among
this number was James Blythe, Cary Allen,
William Calhoun and William Hill. Indue
time "the blessed work" reached Liberty
Hall, and the hesitating tongue of William
Graham was loosed and he preached with unaccustomed
energy. The great and good Dr.
Archibald Alexander, then a modest boy,
accompanied his preceptor in his preaching
tours, witnessed the mighty work of divine
grace, and was thus fitted, in part at least, for
the great work to which God afterward called
him. James Blythe became a distinguished
minister of the gospel, and, at one time during
his life, was President of South Hanover
College, Indiana. Verily, the Lord controls
all things, making even the folly of school
boys to redound to his own glory.
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When a man is willing to work there
are stupendous resources for good in him.
Igiscclkucous fUading.
About Names?Days of the Week.?It
ia an interesting fact that nearly all proper
names signify something. The name of the
fir3t man, Adam, means red earth ; Eve signifies
mother ; and it was the custom for a long
time to give names descriptive of the person
or thing designated. Now-adays, proper
names are so plenty, that a new one is seldom
invented, and thus we have thousands of Wil- ;
litims, Johns, Marys, Susans, etc. The Eng- J
lish names of the days of the week, were given
by our Saxon ancestors, who, as you have
read, settled in England many hundred years j
ago. They were idolaters, and they named
the days in honor of their principal deities.
Sun day, as you readily perceive, means the
day of the sun. On that day they worshipped
an idol representing that luminary, which
is described as being like the bust of a man,
set upon a pillar, with outstretched arms holding
a burning wheel before his breast. Monday
means Moon day. The moon was worshipped
under the form of a woman with long
ears, dressed in a short coat and a hood. She
held in her hand a representation of the moon.
beasts to prey upou them. Wagon tires un- '
rusted, gun barrels brigot, untarnished. Such
is the place. Mile after mile silence reigns, 1
silence?and death.?Kinnesom Gazette.
Rheumatism Cured by Fright.?John 1
McGinty, a printer, who became a confirmed
tramp, was cured of rheumatism in the fol- '
lowing manner: He was at work on a morn- '
ing paper at Rochester, N. Y., where he had 1
a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism.
He is a devout Catholic, and, when his ]
rheumatic difficulties made it impossible for ,
him to work at his trade, he took up his
quarters at St. Mary's hospital, and was taken
care of by the Sisters. His case seemed to \
be incurable, and here he stopped for a long ,
time, scarcely able to put his feet to the
ground. Having no money, he was, howev- (
er, set at work doing light chores about the (
building. <
In the second story is a large room, known i
as the "dead-room," where the bodies of
those who die in the institution are placed, ,
preparatory to burial. To this apartment
McGinty was sent, one evening, just at dusk, (
to get a cross. He had been sent on a simi- |
lar errand many times before, and nothing (
worthy of note had occurred ; but this time ,
he hobbled, slowly and painfully, to the silent (
room, and, in the dim light, succeeded in |
finding the corpse all right, placed, as usual,
upon a platform about two feet high, with ,
the hands folded together across the breast,
and holding the cross, which McGinty reached
out and took, but accidentally dropped i
beside the body. 11
Stooping down low enough to pick any- i (
thing from the floor, was, for him, at that 1
time, a very difficult and painful task, and 1
while engaged in it, one of the hands of the i
corpse, which bad been loosened by the re- I
raoval of the cross, began slowly, of its own i
weight, to move toward him, and when it <
passed beyond the centre of gravity, came i
down, with a tremendous thump, upon the i
back of poor, rheumatic McGinty. j i
Now he was quite positive that there was i
not a living soul in the moid, except himself,,
and to have a dead man strike him a severe .
blew would have startled a considerably less ,
superstitious man than this tramp printer, ;
who forgot his rheumatism, and went down 1
those stairs on the jump, with his hair standing
on end. He was nearly frightened to
death, but his rheumatism was gone, and 1
i from that day to this he has been entirely
free from the disease. 1
Effect of Emotion upon the Brain.? j1
In New York, recently, I)r. Hammond deliv-1
ered his second lecture on the nervous system. '
j During the course of the lecture he said that (
emotion is the most important of any of the
functions of the brain. The physiological
signs of emotion are blushing, palpitation, in- (
crease of the salivary secretion and other (
bodily changes. Emotion is the most difficult
to control, such as anger, grief, fear and anxiety,
and these are produced by too much !
blood flowing or rising to the head from other
parts of the body. He explained the means
by which these emotions could be controlled,
and quoted instances which came under his
, own observation, which led to disastrous con- j
sequences. Sometimes the bite of a man un- <
i der strong emotion of passion was poisonous;
Tuesday was named from Tuisco, the Saxon I
god of war. He is represented as a warrior
clad in armor, with a huge sword uplifted.
Wednesday comes from Wodin or Odin, the
supreme divinity of the Northern European
nations. He was represented as a venerable
old sage, clothed in the shin of an animal,
holding a sceptre in his hand. Thursday was
dedicated to Thor, reputed to be the oldest
and bravest son of Wodin. He was shown
seated on a throne, with a crown of gold on
his head, adorned with a circle in front, in
which were set twelve golden stars ; he held
a sceptre in his right hand. Friga, or Frae,
was the wife of Wodin, aud Friday was derived
from her name. She was represented
with a drawn sword in her right hand and a
bow in her left. Saturday commemorated
Saster, another name for Saturn. He was set
up on a perch like a bird. He had lean,
sharp features aud was bare-headed. In his
left hand was a wheel, and in his right a pail
containing flowers and fruit. His dress consisted
of a long coat girded with linen. These
representations were all, of course, fanciful
and absurd, but they go to prove that men in
the most ignorant condition feel that there is
a superior being to whom worship should be
given. Their superstition was indeed pitiable,
but was not their blind devotion preferable to
the thoughtlessness and neglect of too many
who have been taught the existence of the
true Deity ? If we have more light than they,
surely we should profit by it.
The Valley of Death.?In the northeast
comer of San Bernardina county, Cal.,
lying partly in Iuyo county, aud, by the newly
surveyed line, partly, also, in the $tate of
Nevada, is a region paralleled by few other
spots on the face of the earth. We say the
world is instinct with life. Here, if the
phraseology may be pardoned, is a place instinct
with death. A huge basin, whose rim
is the ancient hills, strickeu with the barrenness
of eternal desolation, whose bosom the
blasted waste of the desert?treeless, shrubless
and waterless, save a few bitter pools like
the lye of potash water; surrounded by
mountains that tower thousands of feets.bove
the sea level, itself lying 3,000 feet above the
sea. It is a very "Gehenna"?a place of
death and bones. Birds do not fly over it.
Animals do noc enter it. Vegetation cannot
exist in it. The broad sands absorb the heat,
the bare mountains reflect it, the unclouded
sun daily adds to it. Ninety degrees in the
shade (artiflcial heat, there is no other) means
winter; ISO and 140 degrees, that means
summer. The hot air grows hotter, wavers,
trembles with heat, until nature, goaded with
madness, can endure no longer, and then the
burning blast rouses itself?rouses in its
might; rouses as an angry blast, with a
hoarse, ominous roar; swept mile after mile,
on ever on, over the broad reach of the desert,
bearing in its black, whirling besom?
black as midnight?dust, sand, alkali and
death. Sometimes murky clouds gather upon
the mountains above; then there is a
rush?a warning sigh of the winds?a low
rumbling in the air; the hills quiver, the
earth trembles, and a torrent, half water, half
mud, bouuds from the hills, leaps in the des- 1
ert, ploughing chasms like river beds in the 1
loose sand. The clouds scatter, the sun
comes again, the eternal thirst is not quench- I
ed. The raging river was only a dream. In
the year 1849 a party of immigrants entered
the basin. Day after day they toiled on, !
thirsting, dying. The pitiless mountain ]
walled them in ; no escape. One by one
they drooped and died. A few abandoned 1
everything, scaled the mountain and escaped. '
The others lie as they fell, dried to mum- 1
mies?no birds even to devour their flesh, no
at all events, he was sure that the bite of animals,
such as rats, cats and dogs, were sometimes
fatal. He said he had received several
letters since his last lecture, criticising what
he had said and explained to the audience.
One asked him what is genius and was it synonymous
with intellect. The doctor said
that there was a vast difference, and that
many erred much in (heir idea of genius.
Hardly any man has accomplished anything
great by genius. It wa? by intellect that Napolton,
Fulton, Franklin and many others 1
had accomplished great things; not at all by j
genius, as many believe. He gave some sound j
advice as to how much and how long the brain |
should be exercised by men of study as well j
as by men of labor; and how important it is ;
that regular and sound sleep should be obtained
by simple remedies. When the nerv- j
ous system is impaired by emotion, excessive
labor or anxiety of mind, a person cannot
sleep, and without regular sleep the brain
must suffer waste of tissue. He instanced
the case of a Chinese merchant who had been
convicted of a great crime, for which he was
condemned, and the punishment was to deprive
hira of sleep. His sufferings exceeded
any torture that could be devised, and the
man died in nine days.
Waste and Want.?Either man must be
content with poverty all his life, or else deny
himself some luxuries and save to lay the
base of independence in the future. But if
a man defies the future, and spends all he
earns (whether his earnings be one or ten
dollars a day) let him look for lean and want
at some future time?for it will surely come,
no matter what he thinks. To save is absolutely
the only way to get a solid fortune;
v rpi t _
tnere is no otner certain muae. inose who
shut their eyes and ears to these certain facts
will he forever poor, and in their obstinate
rejection of truth, mayhap, will die in rags
and 61th. Let them so die, and thank themselves.
But, no! They take a sort of recompense
in cursing fortune. Great waste of
breath. They might as well curse the raouutaius
or the eternal hills. For I can tell
them, fortune does not give away good and
substantial goods. She sells it to the highest
bidder, to the hardest and wisest worker for
the boon. Men never make so fatal a mistake
as when they think themselves creatures
of fate; 'tis the sheerest folly in the world.
Every man may make or mar himself, whichever
he may choose. Fortune for those, who
by diligence, honesty and frugality, place
themselves in a position to grasp hold of fortune
when it appears in view. The best evidence
of frugality is the 6ve dollars or more
standing in your nam6 at the savings bank.
The best evidence of honesty consists in diligence
and frugality.
Talmage on Southern Loyalty.?Rev.
T. DeWitt Talmage, of New York, says :
"During my two weeks at the South, mingling
with all classes of people, and in perpetual
conversation, often incoguito, I heard
not one unkind word toward the North or
northern people. My opinion is that if, today,
a northern mau gets hanged in the South,
it is because he deserves to be hanged. Those
Congressional politicians who are enlarging
upou the belligerent States of the South
must have some bad design or be President
making. There is no spirit of 6ght in the
South. I do not speak of what I read ; I
speak of what I know. My observation is
that there is not so much need that the South
be reconstructed toward the North, as that
the North should be reconstructed toward the
South. No man on a lecture platform to
day, in the South, can make any allusion implying
loyalty to the United States Government
Kilt Kin onino trill ho Hpnain?H hv t.hfl
uproar of euthu9iasin. There is do more use
for Federal military at New Orleans than in
Brooklyn. Aud yet there are now men
hereabouts who are still cursing President
Hayes because he withdrew the military,
and have not found out in the last fourteen
years that the war is over. Let our newspapers
and our platforms quit stirriug up the
old strifes. There is now absolutely nothing
to fight about. Peace from P&ssaraaquody
Bay to Lake Pouchartrain."
Swedish Methodof Restraining Drunkenness.?During
a debate before the New
York Excise Board, a few days ago, the
Swedish Consul was invited to explain the
3y9tem adopted in his country to restrain intemperance.
The gentleman replied, with
great modesty and simplicity, that in Sweden
there is no effort made to prevent the sale of
intoxicating liquors, nor to restrict their consumption.
The personal right of a citizen to
ilriiik what he pleases has never been assailed.
The Government only assumes the right to
Bay where liquors shall he drank. By this system
all private bars are prohibited, and the
entire wholesale aud retail liquor trade is carried
on by the Government, through a commission
called the Bolag, which is composed of
6ve respectable and influential members of
the community. When a thirsty Swede
wants a drink, he repairs to the municipal
authorities, procures his glass of grog, pays a
moderate price, obtains a pure article, and
rarely, if ever, gets intoxicated. The profits
of the business do not go to enrich tippling
saloons, but swell the revenues of the Government
and reduce personal taxation.
Energy.?Exertion is the price of a noble
life. The pursuit of a noble object adorns,
and elevates, and ennobles, and vivifies life.
Without a definite aim, life is like a rudderless
ship, drifting about between life and
death, buffeted by the winds of circumstance,
and entirely at the mercy of the waves.
While one with folded arms waits for future
opportunities, another makes the meanest occurrences
subservient to a golden result.
One labors to find something to do; the other
labors to do something.
When the Alps intercepted his line of
march, Napoleon said, "There shall be no
Alps!" When difficulties from poverty, and
difficulties from opposition beset him, Franklin
resolutely determined there should be no
difficulties. Greatness has in its vocabulary
no such word as fail. It will work ; it must
succeed. Happy is he, who at the sunset of
life, can recall the years that have gone swiftfooted
by, without bringing before him a fearful
array of squandered opportunities.
Don't Lose a Minute.?Keep busy. The
man who has nothing to do is the most miserable
of beings. If you have no regular work,
do chores as farmers do when it rains too
hurd to work in the field. In occupation we ,
forget our troubles, and get a respite from
sorrow. The man whose mind and hands are
busy finds no time to weep and wail. If work
is slack, spend the time in reading. No man
sver knew 1.00 much. The hardest students
in the world are the old men who know the
most. The man who does not acquire some
item of useful information between day-break
and bed time, must mournfully say, with the
Roman Emperor, "I have lost a day."
SOT Mother Goose was not born yesterday.
" Sing a Song of Sixpence," was sung in the
sixteenth century. "The Frog and the
Mouse" was licensed in 1580, and "Three
Blind Mice" belongs to the same period.
"Pussy Cat, Pussy Cat where have you been?'
was a nursery rhyme in Queen Elizabeth'*
day; "Girls and Boys Come out to Play,"
was written in the reign of Charles II ;"The
Old Woman Tossed in a Blanket" was pop- 1
ular in the days of James II," and "Little '
Jack Horner" is older than the seventeenth
century.
JST It is a great misfortune to have a fretful
disposition. It takes the fragrance out j
of one's life, and leaves only weedB where a ,
cheerful disposition would cause flowers to ;
bloom. The habit of fretting is one that j
grows rapidly, unless it be sternly repressed ;,
aud the best way to overcome it is to try al-1
ways to look on the cheerful side of things.
A child drunkurd is among the criminal
curiosities of Jersey City. Only three
years old, it stood by its drunken father in a
court room, and, when offered water, pushed
it away and demanded beer.
SERGEANT&
GREENSBO
MANUFACTURERS OF
"TROPIC" COO]
T. M. DOBSON & CO., Agent
JOHN R. LONDON, Agent, I
A. F. LINDSAY, Agent, McO
J. L. CARROLL, Agent, Chesi
August z
G. H. O'LEARY.
furniture.
IN connection with my 8addlery establishment
I shall also conduct the FURNITURE BUSINESS,
and keep on hand a full stock of articles
in that line, consisting of Bureaux, Bedsteads,
Tables, Chairs, Lounges, Cottage and Chamber
Suites, Ac., of different styles and qualities, and
in the various kinds of wood.
G. H. O'LEARY.
saddles.
A FULL supply of my own manufacture ot
f\ Saddles, consisting of Gentlemen's, Ladies',
Boy's and Wagon Saddles, all of which will be
sold very cheap, for the cash.
G. H. O'LEARY.
sundries.
BRIDLES, Halters, Girths, Saddle Bags, Saddle
Blankets, Hames, Trace Chains, Backbands,
Stirrups, Bridle Bits, Buckles, etc., etc.,
for sale at G. H. O'LEARY'S.
cooking stoves.
SEVERAL different brands of Cooking Stoves
of the best grades, which I will warrant and '
sell at low figures. Also, cheaper grades of |
Stoves for sale at G. H. O LEARY'S. |
"tablesT&cT " |
DINING, Teapoy and Office Tables, Tin Toilet:
Sets, Towel Racks, Hat Racks, Suspension
Spring Beds, etc., etc., at
G. H. O'LEARY'S.
harness.
A COMPLETE stock of Harness on hand, and
j\ any kind made to order, at verv low figures,
at G. H. O'LEARY'S.
" whipsTnd umbrellas.
A LARGE stock of Buggy, Wagon and Riding
Whips and Buggy Umbrellas, for sale by
G. H. O'LEARY.
b ed stead s7
A NICE lot of Walnut Bedsteads just received.
A Also, Maple and Poplar and "Cottage Bed- I
steads for sale Dy G. H. O'LEARY.
A. WILLIFORD,
BOCK HILL, S. C.
MORE FINE STOCK!
HORSES AND MULES!
BOCK HILL SALE STABLES.
I WOULD respectfully inform the public that
I now have for sale, at my stables in Rock
Hill, FORTY HEAD of tine Kentucky
HORSES AND MULES,
Which I offer for saleON TIME until the FIRST
OF OCTOBER next, at 7 per ce.-it, interest, for
Note and good security.
BARGAINS IN HORSE FLESH,
Either on the above terms or for Cash. An inspection
of my stock, by all in want of good animals,
is respectfully solicited; and if you are in
a trading mood and do not wish to buy, bring up
your costanogas and exchange them for good serviceable
Horses or Mules with which to cultivate 1
your crops, or serve in harness or under the sad- ,
die. A. WILLIFORD. 1
fodder wanted. !
THE undersigned will pay the highest Cash
prices lor 10,000 POUNDS OF GOOD FOD- DER,
delivered at his Livery and Sale Stables at j
Rock Hill. A. WILLIFORD.
March 7 10 tf <
"new attractions !
AND ]
GREAT BARGAINS. !
we offer I
A
COMPLETE STOCK j
OF
Family Groceries
AND '
MILLINERY GOODS,
CHEAP,
FOB THE CASH. J
Mr. <S Mrs. S. B. MASSEY, j
Chester, 8. C.
\fniv?h 13 3m 1
DOWN J
WITH HIGH PRICES! J
CHICAGO SCALE COMPANY, ,
68 AND 70 WE8T MONROE ST., CHICAGO, ILL.,
Have reduced the prices of all kinds of
SOCLES!
4-Ton Hay, Stock or Cotton Scale, $60.
FORMER PRICE, 9160. j
All other sizes at a great reduction. Every t
Scale fully warranted. All orders promply ,
tilled. Circulars, Price List, and Testimonials '
sent upon application.
BUY THE CHEAPEST AND BEST.
October 4 40 12m :
JAMES A. GLENN, D. D. S., SURGEON
AND MECHANICAL DENTIST, ;
OFFERS his professional services JiBS&fc ?
to the citizens of this section. v
When desired, he will visit the resi- 1 1 ,
dences of patrons. Teeth extracted without pain
by the use of nitrous oxide gas. Letters addressed
to Crowder's Creek, N. C., will meet with
prompt attention. Terms moderate.
November 1 44 tf
S. K. MARKS, '
t
Wholesale and Retail Dealer in f
GENERAL FURNITURE,
CHESTER, S. C. t
January 24 4 8Jm
L RT SCHM'I PHOTO-GALLERY, '
1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL a
1
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every r
convenience, and a determination to do my L
11 A ? IA oil In I .
Desc, enauies me wj pniuusn .^auniw ui/.. ^ ??i <u ^
want of correct and flattering likenesses. Cloudy g
weather is as good or better than sunshine for all j
subjects, except small children.
February 28 9 3t
NOTICE. "
I RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I \
am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears '
and other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for
honing and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for
sharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and (
satisfaction guaranteed or no charge. (
TOM BALLARD, Barber. (
November 2 44 ly ?
IRON SAFE. ]
A SECOND-HAND IRON SAFE for sale
Price $20. Apply at the i
ENQUIRER OFFICE. I
April 4 14 tf
CHATTEL MORTGAGES, I
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to (
Real Estate. For sale at the t
ENQUIRER OFFICE. 6
November 8 45 tf 1
c McCAULEY,
RO. N. C.,
1 THE CELEBRATED
KING STOVES!
PRICE GREATLY REDUCED
on Cooking and Heating Stoves,
Hollow Ware And-Irons, and
Castings of al. grinds. Also, on
PLANTER'S PRIDE' PLOWS
STRAW CUTTERS,
HORSE POWERS,
Saw Mills, 4c.
s, Yorkviile, S. C.
iock Hill, York county, S. C.
onnellsville, York county, S. C.
ter, S. C.
si tf
FOR THE CAMPAIGN!
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made complete and permanent so
that the people may reap and
fully enjoy the Fruit of
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The News and Courier will Direct all its Energies
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Full and Interesting Accounts
of the Progress of the
Campaign.
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During this exciting contest, we have determined
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Friends of the Cause of Honest Home Rnle in
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April 4 14 tf
Subscriptions, at the above rates, received
and promptly forwarded, by
WILLIE FERGUSON, Agent.
"yorkmarble yard.
Sthat^he can supply5Ithose
MENTS OR HEADSTONES
with anything
in his line, and at the
lowest cash prices. Monuments designed and
finished in the most elaborate style, and in point
of workmanship and material warranted equal
to the work of any establishment in the country.
Head and Footstones, in various styles, from
plain to highly-carved work, furnished at short
notice, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Specimens usually on hand, to an inspection of
which, those in want of marble work are respectfully
invited.
Estimates and anv other desired Information
jheerfully given at any time.
Work delivered at any point on the Chester
ind Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between
Chester and Dallas, or at any place between
Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
sransportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
apon my establishment, my determination is to
Merit a continuance of the same.
P. HAPPERFIELD.
January 3 1 ly
BLANK BOOK MANUFACTORY
STATIONERY, AND
BOOK BINDERY.
THANKING the public for liberal past patronage,
I now invite attention to my complete
stock of
STAPLE AND FANCY STATIONERY,
sonsisting, in part, of Flat Papers, Midium, Foio
Post, Demy, Letter and Note. Blank Books,
>f every variety; Envelopes, Slates, Ink, Ac,
Fancy Stationery, Gold Pens and Pencils, PenKnives,
Writing Desks, Ac. Also,
BOOK BINDING DONE,
n all its various branches. Sheet Music, Periodcais.
Law Books, Ac., bound in any style desired.
Did Books rebound and repaired.
PBINTED BILL AHD LETTER HEADS A 8PE0IALTY
Orders promptly attended to, at lowest cash
irices. E. R. STOKES,
155 Main Street Columbia S. C.
ROSE'S HOTEL"
YOHKVILLE, 8. C.
THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly
renovated from cellar to
garret, and newly furnished, in^"ar
eluding GRAFTON'S PATENT
3PRING BEDS. In view of the times, our moto
ia a full House at a moderate price.
L'ERMS?31.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. #
Sample Rooms reserved especially for Corn mer ial
travelers. HENRY W. SMITH.
August 30 34 ~tt m
KETAL1C CASES AND WOOD COFFINS.
[HAVE on hand a good assortment of METALIC
CASES AND WOOD COFFINS?
ill styles, qualities and prices?from a FINE
BASKET, with Silver-Plated Mountings, worth
1200.00, to a PLAIN COFFIN, at 37.00.
I am prepared, at all times, to furnish these
}offlns at my Despository, or send them auyvhere
in the country.
JAMES E. SMITH, Agent.
January 17 3 tf
CLEANSING AND REPAIRING^
rHE undersigned would respect'ully inform
the public that he is prepared to cleanse garnents
of any fabric whatever, rendering them
>erfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them to
he original brightness and lustre of the goods.
Do not throw away your old clothes, but have
Item cleaned and made to look as well as new.
York promptly done, and at the most reasona)le
prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
September 6 36 tf
BARBER SHOP.
rHOSE in want of an EASY SHAVE, a fashionable
and stvlish cut of hair, or a pleasant
md luxurious Shampoo, are reminded that
fHOS. BALLARD, Professor of the ArtTonsoial.
is still in business, in his old Shop next door
o tne Enquirer building, where it will afTord
litn great pleasure to wait upon all who may deire
his services. Razors honed and sharpened,
,nd any other work of that kind promptly done,
THOMAS BALLARD.
January 10 2 tf
farbviUe (Shtqntm.
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)ne copy, one year. $ S 00
)ne copy, six months, 1 50
)ne copy, three months, 75
iingle copy, 10
Pwo copies, one year, 5 00
ren copies, one year, 25 00
persons who make up clubs of ten or
nore names, an extra copy of the paper will be
tarnished one year, free of charge.
j&tr- Advertisements inserted at One Dollar per
iquare, for the first insertion, and fifty cents per
iquare, for each subsequent insertion. A square
jonsists of the space occupied by eight lines of
his size type. Contracts can be made for three,
ilx or twelve months, and a reduction obtained
rom the regular transient rates. -