Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, November 04, 1880, Image 4

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?um0Kittis gtpntarti. ANOTHER THEORY BUSTED. A widow who was going to leave the city held an auction of her household effects yesterday, and everything went at prompt sale until little but the beadstead was left. Just before this was put up some of the women went to spying around and discovered that it was infested by bed-bugs. This feet was noised around until it came to the ears of the auctioneer who mounted his box and said: "Words cannot express tho poignancy of my sorrow over the base canard which has been put in circulation in this crowd. I have sold goods jn this town for twenty-nine long years, and this is the first instance in which bugs have been permitted to step between me and the purchasing public. Ladies and gen tlemen, if there is bug in or about that bedstead I want to see him. I cannot and will not believe there is. It would be a slander? a most foul slander?on the character of this worthy widow, who is about to remove to the State of Ohio." Being invited to step down and view the bugs for himself he inade an .inspection. They were galloping in and cut and up and down, and it was no use to dispute the fact. "Ladies and gentlemen," said the auctioneer as he resumed his post, "I found bugs. I don't exactly remember the Latin name for them, but they are there. ' And now let me talk to you as a friend. Bedbugs were not made for gaudy show, nor were they made for a life of ease. It is a law of nature that they shottld inhabit bedsteads. They can no more go out under the barn and make a living than a dog can become ao eagle and float through space. The aversion among you to this insect is founded on false principles. His bite scarcely irritates the sleeper, but it cleanses and purifies the blood. But for bedbugs in this country we should all have boils and carbunkles. They keep down warts. They cause moles to disappear. Give them a chance and they would remove corns without pain. The great " "Ffty cents!" called an old woman who remembered that she had a remedy at home. "Fifty cents ! I am offered fifty cents for a 810 bedstead, and as I wa3 going to say, the great Napoleon always asked for a bed with bugs in it. I am offered fifty cents, and yet Caesar had his bugs. I am " "One dollar." "I am offered one dollar, and yet the poets of Greece immortalized the insects before you. This widow tells me that she has not had an ache or pain since the first bug made his ap pearance. How many of you have read what Homer wrote of them ? NVhat was the fountain of Mozart's twelfth mass?"- And yet I " "Two dollars." "And yet I hear only two dollars! Do ? i o a _ ra _ A you Have tne neauacner Are you amicieu with giddiness? Do you have roaring in the ears?" "Three dollars!" "My friends let me go home and get my copy of Paradise Lost and read to you one short chapter. What did M.lton ?" "Four dollars !" "Ah ! I begin to see that art and culture are not unknown to the audience. Did Alexander the Great have boils ? Never, not a one! And why?" "Five dollars!" "I am bid five dollars. I would like to quote one 'verse from a well known Latin poet, but time presses and this bedstead is sold for five dollars cash on the nail. I will now direct your cultured attention to that cookstove with a cracked oven."?Detroit Free Press. Only a Gimlet.?"I should like to sell you a gimlet," said a. careworn looking man as he walked into an office the other day. "We have no use for one," replied the cashier. "But you should always look into the misty future." went on the fiend, demurely. "Next winter you will want to make holes in your bootheels, so as-to get your skates on." "I use club skates?no straps required." "You may want to screw some boards together some time. The old-fashioned method of driving the screws in with a hammer is pernicious, as it deteriorates the tenacity of the fangs of the screw, as it were." "Nothing to day, sir." "This gimlet acts as a corkscrew." "I don't want it." "It also may be used as a tackhammer, a cigar holder and a toothbrush." | "I don't want it." "It has an eraser, a pen and ink-stand, a table for computing compound interest and a lunch box attachment." "I can't help it; I don't want it." "I know you don't; you're one of those men that don't buy a gimlet unless it has a restaurant and a trip to Europe ana an Italian opera company attached. You're the kind of man who would live near an electric light to save a gas bill." And the careworn man walked out with his mental plumage on the perpendicular, sighing at the dullness of his hearer. i5QjL""Is there any ford here?" asked an English tourist, who came suddenly to a full stop before one of the little mountain torrents of the West of Ireland. "Oh, to be sure, j your honor, there was a ford," said a peasant, - standing at the brink, and making a hundred grimaces of civility. "When was it?" said the tourist. "Before the bridge was built," said the peasant; "but when man and horse went over the bridge, th^ford was out of use." "Well, now that the bridge has broken down, I suppose that the ford has got into use again. Is it safe ?" "To be sure, your honor, all but in the middle. But that's nothing; if you can swim, there is no better ford in the country." "But I cannot swim." "Then, your honor, the only safe way I know of is, as soon as you get beyond your depth, walk back again." Jtey A little girl, who was left in charge of the house by her mother, with special warning against going into a press containing certain good thiugs, was found in the forbidden closet on the lady's return. Vexed at her daughter's disobedience, she asked her if she knew who it was that tempted her to do wrong. "It was Satan," said the girl. "Then you should have said : "Get thee behind me, Satan !" said the lady. "So I did, mother," replied the girl, "but then he pushed me into the press." Fashion is often the result of accident. A South End woman's hat blew off the other day and was run over by a horsecar, a hack and a wheelbarrow, besides being stepped upon four times, before she recovered it. She had to wear it home, though, and seven milliners who saw it thought it was a new style, and went to making haw with just the same jams in them. flay A gentleman, recently, about to pay his doctor's bill, said, "Well, doctor, as my little boy gave the measles to all my neighbors' children, and as they were attended by you, I think you can afford, at the very least, to deduct teu per cent, from the amount of my bill for the increase of business we gave you." ? ^ iSy* "I understand," said the Galveston recorder, "that you are a confirmed drunkard." "Dat's wbar you is too soon, jedge. I ain't been confirmed in no church yit, but the blue-light Baptises is giben Satan a heap ob worry about me." ^ JI6F* "Ah," said a conceited jmung parson, "I have this afternoon been preaching to a congregation of asses." "Then that was the reason you called them beloved brethren," replied a strong minded lady. 8&~ "I wish I had a receipt for making my own eye-water," said a lady, whereupon her little daughter remarked, "Mamma, I can make my eye water any time by sticking my finger in it" IS?" A youngster j oyfully assured his mother the other day that he had found out where they made horses; he had seen a man finishing one?"he was just nailing on his last foot" Jfam and JfitmiU.! TYPHOID FEYEE. RULES FOR PREVENTING ITS SPREAD, DRAWN UP FOR POPULAR USE. The means by which typhoid fever may be prevented from spreading are very simple, very sure, and their cost next to nothing. < They are founded on the discovery that the ] poison which this fever spreads is almost en- 1 tirely contained in the discharge from the < bowels. " j These discharges infect: 1. The air of the sick room. 2. The bed and body linen of the 1 patient. 3. The privy and cesspool, or the drains proceeding from them. From the privy or drain the poison often ] soaks into the well and infects the drinking ] water. This last, when it happens, is of all j forms of fever poisoning the most deadly. In these various ways the infection proceed- < ing from the bowel diseases often spreads the 1 fever far and wide. j The one great thing to aim at, therefore, is i to disinfect these discharges on their very es- I cape from the body, and before they are carried < from the sick room. ] This may be perfectly done by the use of disinfectants. One of the best is made of green copperas. This substance, which is used by all shoemakers, is very cheap and may be had s everywhere. A pound and a half of green copperas to a gallon of water is the proper strength. A teacupful of this liquid put into the nightpan every time before it is used by i the patient renders the bowel discharge per- i fectly harmless. One part of Calvert's liquid carbolic acid in fifty parts of water is equally : efficacious. To disinfect the bed and body linen and the 1 bedding generally, chloride of lime or Mc- ] Dougafl's or Calvert's powder is more convenient. These powders should be sprinkled by means of a common dredger on soiled spots on. the linen, and about the room to purify the air. All articles of bed and body linen should be plunged immediately into a bucket of water containing a tablespoonful of chloride of liine or McDougall's or Calvert's powder, and should be boilecl before being washed. A yard of thin, wide, guttapercha placed beneath the blanket, under "the breech of the patient, by effectually preventing the discharges from soaking into the bed, is a great additional safeguard. The privy or closet, and all drains communicating with it, should be flushed twice daily with the green copperas liquid, or with carbolic acid diluted with water. In towns and villages where the fever is already prevalent, the last rule should be put in force for all houses, whether there be fever in them or not, and for all public drains. In the event of death, the body should be placed as soon as possible in a coffin sprinkled with disinfectants. Early burial is on all accounts desirable. As the hands of those attending on the sick often become unavoidably soiled by the discharges from the bowels, they should be frequently washed. The sick room should be kept well ventilated day and night. The greatest possible care should be taken with regard to the drinking water. Where there is the slightest risk of it having become tainted with fever poison, water should be got ; from a pure source, or should at least be boiled before'being drunk. Immediately after the illness is over, whether ending in death or recovery, the dresses worn by the nurses should be washed or destroyed, and the bed and room occupied by the sick should be thoroughly disinfected. These are golden rules. Where they are neglected the fever may become a deadly scourge; where they are strictly carried out it never spreads beyond the person first attacked. ' i A SAFE BUSINESS. A man of uidustry and good, sound judg- ; ment, . under f:.vorable circumstances, will make himseli a comfortable home and accumulate a com) *tence on the farm. His industry will cause he acres to bud and blossom, and his judgn nt will keep him out of risky side-enterprise nd from getting head over heels in debt. I?e ?urse of any man or of any business is deb' and outside speculation usually leads the farmer into it. As a rule, it is f A ofinV +A Ann VoiCinQCQ fdW OY UCiSV IU OliViV WU VUV UU^lliVUW* ?f ivn ivn va ceptions, the man who gets too many irons in the fire will get some of the irons burned, and will be very lucky if he does not get some of his fingers badly.scorched. So almost universal is the operation of this rule that the world is accustomed to wait patiently for the downfall of any man with two or three kinds of business on hand, and if such a man happens to get through all right, instead of.gettiug credit for being a legitimate exception, he is turned off with the simple exclamation, What a lucky fellow! Successful farming requires all the force and ingenuity of one brain. Slipshod farming will conduct itself, but not so good farming. Anybody can plant and sow, and anybody can gather what grows. But it is not everybody that can do either as it ought to be done. Farming is a complicated science?the grand aggregate of all sciences?and it requires hard study and close application. Entertaining the now pretty generally exploded idea that anybody can farm, or that the farm will take care of itself, many a farmer has tried to live on the farm, and devote the most, or, to be reasonable in expression, a part of his time to other callings. In ninety-nine cases out of a hundred disaster has resulted, and both farm and outside business have been smashed ; and in view of what the past has shown in this particular, the best advice that can be given is to stick to the farm if you have one, or to let the farm alone if you are determined to enter upon or continue in some other business. The risks in farming, as already stated, are comparatively few. There is no danger of ruin arising from competition ; there is none arising from the treachery of business associates. The farm, under ordinary circumstances, is sure to furnish enough to make the family comfortable, ai d extraordinary circumstances, which are of a providential character always, are not very ap to exist. The farmer is engaged in the production of articles which the public must have. It makes no difference what else the people do without, they must have bread. They can wear their old clothes, but they must have new flour, and while a depression of the times may limit the demand, it cannot wholly destroy it. Thus is the farmer engaged in a business which is always active. If other kinds of business are nourishing, agriculture must be on the very topmost round; if other kinds of business are depressed, agriculture must still be on a round a little above any other business. ! In mercantileor purely speculative business, j there is no certainty of safety for a week, and , scarcely for an hour. Financial panics may ! come and swallowup values until the merchant ^ is ruined and the speculator stranded; conqe- ' tition may bankrupt one, ten, or scores of mer- ( chants. But if news should come that a farm- ( ex-, who had for years been entirely free from , 1 IX . JI I - J 1 ^11 4-U* I ueoi, aim nau wen raising yuuu wui? an tnc while, had gone into bankruptcy, it would as- ' tonish every one, except that they would ac- . count for it upon the grounds of outside spec- J ulation. Farming is a pretty sure business, and if it can be relieved of some of the unjust . burdens that are pressing it down, the farmer can afford to be content.? Western Rural. Watch the Children's Feet.?Life- \ long discomfort and sudden death often come , to children through the inattention or carelessness of the parents. A child should never lie allowed to go to sleep with cold feet; the < thing to be last attended to is to see that the ^ feet are dry and warm. Neglect of this has often resulted in a dangerous attack of croup, j diphtheria, or a fatal sore throat. Always on ( coming from school, on entering the house ( from a visit or errand in rainy, muddy or ( thawy weather, the child should remove its | shoes, and the mother herself ascertain wheth- ( er the stockings are the least damp. If they j are, they should be taken off, the feet held be- , fore the fire and rubbed with the hands till I perfectly dry, and another pair of stockings j and another pair of shoes put on. The reserve , shoes and stockings should be kept where they \ are good and dry, so as to be ready at a min- j ute's notice. . Good Advice.?When a horse stumbles, ! never raise your voice?the creature dreads its ( master's chiding; never jog the reins?the j mouth of the horse is far more sensitive than , the human lips; never use the lash?the horse . is so timid that the slightest correction over- ^ powers its reasoning faculties. Speak to the ? creature ; reassure the palpitating frame, seek to restore those perceptions which will form the best guard against repetition of the faulty ( action. < ( Fire.?To avoid suffocation in a house on ; \ fire, steep a handkerchief or towel in water ( and tie it around the head, covering mouth i and nostrils. In that condition a person will1 be in a position to breathe freely and walk in t the densest smoke to be met with in a burning ( building. 11 Heading fur the JWatb. CONDUCTED BY REV. ROBERT LATHAN. WHERE DID HE GET THAT LAW ? An aged lawyer of great eminence and talmts, who, from early life, had imbibed infidel principles, one day met a Christian man, who was also a lawyer, and an elder in a Christian church, and said to him: "I wish, sir, to examine into the truth of the Christian religion. What books would you advise me to read on the evidences of Christianity ?" The elder, surprised at the inquiry, replied, 'That is a question, sir, which you ought to tiave settled long ago. You ought not to have put off a subject of so great importance to this late period of life." "Is it too late ?" said the inquirer. "I nev?r knew much about it, but I always supposed that Christianity was rejected by the great majority of learned men. I intend, however, to examine the subject thoroughly myself. I iiave upon me, as my physician says, a mortal iisease, under which I may live a year and a tialf, or two years, but not probably longer. What books, sir, would you advise me to read?" "The Bible," said the elder. "I believe you don't understand me," resumed the unbeliever, surprised in his turn. "I wish to investigate the truth of the Bible." "I would advise you, sir," repeated the elder, //a. j it.. t "10 reau me j?iuie ?viiu x >viu yivc juu iuj reasons. Most infidels are very ignorant of the Scriptures. Now, to reason on any subject with correctness, we must understand what it is about which we reason. In the next place, I consider the interned evidence of the truth of the Sacred Scriptures stronger than the external evidence." "And where shall I l>egin my investigation ?" inquired the unbeliever. "At the New Testament?" "No," replied the elder; "begin at the beginning?at Genesis." The infidel bought a commentary, went home, and sat down to the serious study of the Scriptures. He applied all his strong and well disciplined powers of mind to the Bible, to try rigidly but impartially its truth. As he went on in his pursuit, he received occasional calls from the elder. The infidel freely remarked upon what he had read, and stated his objections. He liked this passage; he thought that touching and beautiful; but he could not credit a third. One evening the elder called, and found the unbeliever walking the room with a dejected look, his mind apparently absorbed in thought, lie continued, not noticing that any one had come in, busily to trace and retrace his steps. The elder at length spoke : "You seem, sir, to be in a brown study. Of what are you thinking ?" "I have been reading," replied the infidel, "the moral law." "Well, what do you think of it ?" asked the elder. "I will tell you what I used to think," answered the infidel. "I supposed that Moses was the leader of a horde of banditti ; that, having a strong mind, he acquired great influence over superstitious people; and that on Mount Sinai, he played off some sort of fireworks to the amazement of his ignorant fol lowers, wno imagined, in meir mingiea rear and superstition, that the exhibition was supernatural." "But what do you think now ?" interposed the elder. "I have been looking," said the infidel, "into the nature of that law. I have been trying to see whether 1 can add anything to it, or take anything from it, so as to make it better. Sir, I cannot ; it is perfect. The first Commandment," continued* he, "directs us to make the Creator the object of our supreme love and reverence. That is right. If lie is our Creator, Preserver, and Supreme Benefactor, we ought to treat him, and none other, as such. The second forbids idolatry. That certainly is right. The third forbids profanity. The fourth fixes a time for religious worship ; and if there is a God, he ought surely to be worshipped. It is suitable that there should be an outward homage, significant of our inward regard. If God is worshipped, it is proper that some time should be set apart for that purpose, when all may worship him harmoniously and without interruption. One day in seven is certainly not too much, and I do not know that it is too little. The fifth defines the peculiar duties arising from family relations. Injuries to our neighbors are thus classified by the moral law. They are divided into offences against life, chastity, property, and character. And," said he, applying a. legal idea with legal acuteness, "I notice that the greatest offence in each class is expressly forbidden. Thus, the greatest injury to life is murder; to chastity, adultery; to property, + lw\-P4- olwivnofnv rvavniimr \Ta?? flin rrrnntor tllCll ) V/lUUaV/tUl) [A/lJUiJi V H 5 \J 11^ jjiviHVi offence must include the less of the same kind. Murder must include every injury to life ; adultery every injury to purity; and so of the rest. And the moral code is closed and perfected by a command forbidding every improper desire in regard to our neighbors. "I have been thinking," he proceeded, "Where did Moses get that law V I have read history; the Egyptians and the adjacent nations were idolaters; so were the Greeks and Romans; and the wisest and best Greeks and Romans never gave a code of morals like this. Where did Moses get this law, which surpasses the wisdom and philosophy of the most enlightened ages ? lie lived at a period comparatively barbarous, but he has given a law in which the learning and sagacity of all subsequent times can detect no tiaw. Where did he get it V He could not have soared so far above his age as to have devised it himself. I am satisfied where he obtained it. It came down from heaven. I am convinced of the truth of the Bible."?Ex. Doctrinal Religion.?Mark what I say: If you want to do good in these times, you must throw aside indecision, and take up a distinct, sharply-cut, doctrinal religion. If you believe little, those of whom you try to do good will believe nothing. The victories of Christianity, wherever they have been won, have been won by distinct doctrinal theology ; by telling men roundly of Christ's vicarious death and sacrifice; by showing them Christ's substitution 011 the cross, and his precious blood ; by teaching them justification by faith, nn/1 Kiflrlinrr fliam lioliovD Ail n nriiAifiofl Ss'.i. (U1U UlUUIllg KllVill kA/ilVTV VMt Id VI UVliiV-V* viour; by preaching ruin by sin, redemption by Christ, regeneration by the Spirit; by lifting up the urazen serpent; by telling men to look and live?to believe repent and be converted. This?this is the only teaching which for over eighteen centuries, God has honored with success, and is honoring at the present clay, both at home and abroad. Let the clever advocates of undogmatic theology?the preach-* ers of the gospel of earnestness, and sincerity, and cold morality?let them, I say, show us at this day any English village, or parish, or city, or town, or district, which has been evangelized without a "dogma," by their principles. They cannot do it, and they never will. Christianity without a distinct doctrine, is a powerless thing. It may be beautiful to some minds, but is childless and barren. There is ao getting over facts. The good that is done in earth may be comparatively small; evil may abound, and ignorant impatience may murmur, and cry out that Christianity has failed. But, depend on it, if we want to "do [jood" and shake the world, we must light with the old Apostolic weapons, and stick to "dogmas." No dogma, no fruits! No positive, evangelical doctrine no evangelization !? Cannon Kyle. How not to Pray.?Says a devout writer, 'There are moments when, whatever the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees." liut there are moments, too, when, though the jody be 011 its knees, the soul is strutting about 1 ni rhetorical stilts, parading in lofty self-suflijiency its tinsel glories before a knee-sore aulience. Something of this kind might have jeen seen the other day at an anniversary occasion. The school and audience were told :hat they would be led in prayer. But, in stead, they were led from prayer, by the highstrutting leader, while he told the Lord with a 1 lourish of language, the history of the Sunday | Ho lniu1<>?l the faithfulness and self- I 7WiW4? J.AV iMMMVV. v>v ? sacrifice of its teachers; the punctuality and \. liberality of its scholars; the energy, ability, j ind self-denying labors of its superintendent;!' ind a multitude of other things, ending with i' in eloquent compliment to the pastor of the 11 jhurch, and the audience before him. It was in this way, very striking. It was in some as- j sects instructive. But it was not prayer, nor , my kin to prayer. "We wish we could say diere never was anything like it before or, since.?Sunday School l\mes. 1 j flgT The only cure for indolence is work ; the 1 inly cure for selfishness is sacrifice ; the only 1 mre for unbelief is to shake off the ague of 1 loubt by doing Christ's bidding; the only cure ?' :or timidity is to plunge into some dreaded j ] luty before the chill comes onRutherford, \ j Do not upbraid your wife in the presence 1J >f a third i>erson. The sense of your disregard )f her feelings will prevent her from acknowl- 1 idging her fault. 1 1 |HisceUatie0us Ratling. Pay As You Go.?"What Mr. N. J. Shepherd says in the following article is just as good advice for the printer or any other business man, as the farmer: "I think one of the worst evils the farmer has to contend with is going into debt. Many and many of them are always in debt for their machinery from year to year, and to their blacksmith and their merchant from one year's end to another. Men of this class always have to sell their wheat as soon as they can thrash it and haul it to market, their corn as soon as it is ripe enough to gather, and their stock as soon as it is salable. They have no choice. They cannot wait for a better market, because, if they keep the merchant waiting too long, they know there will be no chance of getting credit another year, and it takes all they have got this year to square up old accounts. As a rule, such farmers are obliged to sell at low prices and pay the highest price for what they use, and, therefore, lose on both sides. Most farmers will find it far easier, and a great deal more profitable, to pay as they go. There is no question but that they can get goods cheaper for cash. Any merchant will tell you he can afford to sell goods for less money if he can get cash every time instead of waiting six months. Precisely the same is the case with all with whom the farmer deals, and it will pay any one to live close for one year in order ever afterwards to be free from the galling pressure of debt. Do without everything that you can possibly live without. Do not buy a mew plow, or a new harrow, or any other new implement, simply because you can buy it 011 credit. "Wait, and wait patiently, until you can pay as you go, and you will be surprised how much you will save in a year; for I honestly believe any farmer will buy more when he is buying on credit tban he will if he pays cash every time, t It is those who are in debt, head over heels, that feel the hard times so severely. We farmers who are out of debt now, are the most independent class of men in the country. Keep out of debt." The King and the Page.?A pleasant story is told of the old king Frederick the Great of Prussia. Once when he rang his bell for his page to come and wait on him, there was no answer. He rang again, and still there was no answer. So be went out into the ante chamber, and there he found his page fast asleep. The step of the king does not waken him, so soundly is he asleep. A letter sticking out of the boy's pocket catches the king's eye, and he is curious enough to take it out and read it. Not any more honorable, that, for a king than for any one else. But the boy had no reason to be afraid or ashamed of the king's curiosity ; for it was a letter from his poor mother thanking him for sending ner nis wages, and praying ijoa to reward bis kindness and attention. After reading it, the king went softly back to his chamber, took a bag of money, and with the letter slipped it into the pocket of the boy. Again going to his chamber, he rang the bell loud enough to arouse the sleeper who immediately answered its summons. "You have been fast asleep," said the king. Frightened and confused, the poor boy put his hand into his pocket, and what to find but a bag of money. He took it out and, looking up to the king, burst into tears. "What is the matter?" asked the king. "Ah, sire," cried the poor fellow, throwing himself on his knees before Frederick, "somebody is trying to ruin me. I know nothing about this money which I found in my pocket." "My young friend," said the king, "God takes different ways of helping us. Send the money to your mother. Salute her from me and tell her I will take good care of both her and you."?Christian Weekly. Praise an Incentive.?Judicious praise is an incentive to effort. Praise your children if they deserve it, and don't be afraid it will make them conceited ; merited compliments serve rather to make persons satisfied with themselves and agreeable, rather than vain and overbearing. If your child is pretty let her know you .think so. Many a girl has been made timid find self distrustful for life, because her parents thought it their duty to convince her that she was plain and unattractive. As a rule, those who have the greatest gifts and talents are not the ones who are best satisfied with themselves. They absolutely'need encouragement from inferiors to buoy them up. A well-timed compliment does them good. It makes sensitive people wretched to have their defects pointed out and commented on, with no allusion to their redeeming virtues. As for men, they never make au effort which they think will end in failure; make a man think he can do what he undertakes, and he exerts all his powers and will^frequently come off victorious in spite of many obstacles, and in face of all discouragements. If blame is needed, don't restrain it; but when you can conscientiously praise a well-meaning effort do it. There is no knowing what good you will accomplish. Eating Without an Appetite.?It is wrong to eat without an appetite, for it shows there is no gastric juices in the stomach, and that nature does not need food ; and not needing it, there being no juice to receive and act upon it, it remains there to putrify, the very thought of which should be sufficient to deter auy man from eating without an appetite for the remainder of his life. If a tonic is taken to whet the appetite, it is a mistaken course, for its only result is to cause one to eat more when already an amount has been eaten beyond what the gastric has been able to prepare. The object to be attained is a larger supply of gastric juice, and not a larger supply of food ; and whatever fails to accomplish that desirable object fails to have any efficiency towards the cure of dyspeptic diseases. The formation of gastric juices is directly proportioned to the wear and tear of the system, which is to be the means of supplying, and this wear and tear can only take place as the result of exercise. The efficient remedy for dyspepsia is work? out-of-door work?beneficial and successful in direct proportion as it is agreeable, interesting and profitable. 4 How to Keep and Cook Mackerel.? The following suggestions with regard to keeping and preparing pickled mackerel and other salt fish, are condensed from an article on the subject by Mr. Isaac Hale, of Newburyport, Massachusetts, who has more than a merely local reputation as a packer of and as an "ex pert" on all matters thereto pertaining: "To keep nice, and prevent rusting, be sure that they are kept under the pickle, If the pickle should get below the fish, fill up with more, made by putting salt in cold water.* The cellar, or some place in which you have no fire and an even temperature, is the best place to keep all kinds of pickled fish. For boiling, soak twenty-four hours; for broiling or for baking, soak forty-eight hours. In the lattor case, cream or milk can be used for cooking them in. To avoid the unpleasant rising up in the throat after eating, which many persons experience, skin the mackerel before cooking, and a white, pulpy substance will be found, which adheres to the skin, and which causes this strong taste. ? 4SF* Blessed is the man who knows enough to keep his mouth shut. Some people live sixty years without learning the art. Indeed, the older they grow, the wider their mouths i open. A man or woman who is a gabbler at J forty-five is a dreadful affliction to a house, or j * . mi . I church, or a community, mere are two | things this age needs to learn?when to say ; nothing, and when it says anything to say it I well. "If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, this j man's religion is vain."?Murray. The superintendent of the railway mail service has completed his annual report for j the last fiscal year. It shows that there are 1 now covered by this service 108,460 miles of railroad and steamboat routes, an increase ofj 5,329 miles since last year. The number of pieces of mail matter handled by the employes of this division during the year reach- | )d the enormous aggregate of 2,670,000,000. j rhe report asks for increased appropriations ( ;o meet the constantly increasing demands of ;he railway mail service, A Peculiar Care.?A baby i3 the mother's peculiar care. To her it was especially given, and she is especially accountable for its welfare so long as it is a baby. By order of nature she stands between it and the father. The child is pre eminently hers ; and of the greatest political evils of which we have to complain is the laws which place the father between the mother and her child. If a woman be, even in the lowest degree, fitted for the office of mother, even the father of a child, be he ever so judicious, cannot interfere except with reference to the wishes of the mother. A child must get past babyhood before it comes within the sphere, of a father's authority. A man should think of this in choosing the mother of his children and be careful to select one who has eeuse flnnnrrVi frv falra nufa nf a KoKu fnr If flVio " ?? <-.? C """J | '" I " ???*<* lack it, no wisdom of his can supply the deficiency, and by making a wise choice his | own happiness and that of his children may be secured. + Size of the Great Lakes.?The latest measurements of the fresh water seas are as follows: The greatest length of Lake Superior is 355 miles ; its greatest breadth is 160 miles ; mean depth, 688 feet; elevation, 627 feet, area, 81,000 square miles. The greatest lentgh of Lake Ontario is 300 miles; its greatest breadth 108 miles; mean depth, 690 feet; elevation, 500 feet; area, 53,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Huron is 100 miles, its greatest breadth is 169 miles; mean depth, 600 feet; elevatiou, 274 feet; area, 20,000 square miles. The greatest length of Lake Erie is 250 'miles ; its greatest breadth is 80 miles ; mean depth, 84 feet; elevation, 555 feet; area, 6,000 square miles. A Dog Chooses his Own Church.?A resident of St. Thomas is the possessor of a dog which has some remarkable instincts. On Sundays his peculiarities and sectarian sentiments come out. Uulike the crow, he can couut. He knows when Sunday comes. He is not the same dog as on other days. He indulges in no pastimes, encourages no company, and says, in actions louder than words, "Six days shalt thou play aud do all thy sport." The family are Presbyterians, but the dog is a Methodist. On Sunday he attends the family to the Presbyterian house nf mnfalitn onft tVion lirvlrla nn his SrditftrV and unbroken way to his own church. He has a particular place up stairs, where he can manage to elude the vigilance of the ushers and obtain ingress, and he pays dogmatical attention to the word of doctrine* while at service.? Toronto (Can.,) Mail. Healtii of Old People.?Wholesome, nutritious food, pure air, and sleep are the best tonic for old people. Old people should reduce the amount of care and labor they take upon themselves, to such an amount that they shall not be overtaxed in body and mind. When the vital income is small, the vital expenditures must be small also; when the vital income is large, as in mature manhood, the vital expenditure may be proportionately great. But the expenditure should always be proportioned to the income. Some people can do an immense amount of work, but these are no guide to persons of weak constitutions. One reason why weakly people sometimes live long, and accomplish much, is because that they care so much for themselves that they never do more than their strength permits. "The Paper."?As with the school, so with the paper. You can pay your subscription price at the counting room ; you can acquire the right to be served with a copy ; all that is commercial you can buy. But you do not own the paper. You did not start it. You cannot stop it. You can learn from it if it is a teacher; you can be influenced by it if it is an advocate; you can love it if it is a companion. But, though you read it every week and fill yourselves with its ample contents, it comes back again ou- the next week, freshly burdened with its wealth of thought and information. That is the newspaper. Slander.?Nothing is so powerful to a person as slander. Yield in the least degree, and it will soon take possession of you. Lis* ten once to wicked remarks and you will soon be used to them, and begin yourself to repeat them. Only hear something against somebody else's characfer, whether you believe it or not, you will have an unpleasant feeling towards him when you see him next. You try to forget this, hut you cannot; before you have had time to recover your good opinion, you will find you begin to suspect him. A Lightning Hog Scraper.?A hog scraping machine which has just been tested in Chicago worked very satisfactorily. A hog was killed, placed in a machine, and almost in an instant came out with only a few odd hairs on his head and legs. Seven hogs were passed through the machine in fifty-seven seconds, and each came out as hairless as could be desired. With a few improvements the machine is expected to finish off 6,000 hogs in ten hours. ffa fotfaille #nquiw. TKRM8 OF SUBSCRIPTION: Single copy for one year, 92 50 For six months, 125 For three months, 75 Two copies one year, 4 00 Ten copies one year, 20 00 And an extra copy for a club of ten. ADVERTISING RATE8. ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion, and FIFTY CENTS per sqnare, for each subsequent insertion. A square consists of the space occupied by seven lines of this size type. Contracts will be made at reduced rates for advertising space to be used for three, six, or twelve months. THE CORNER DRUG STORE. PURE DRUGS AND MEDICINES AT THE CORNER DRUG STORE. T INVITE special attention to my large assortment of Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines, Perfumery, Toilet Goods, aud everything that pertains to a well appointed first-class Drug Store. My celebrated HORSE AND CATTLE POWDERS Are still in demand and has given entire satisfaction. Sales increasing everyday. My celebrated ' POULTRY POWDER Cannot be beat in this part of the up-country. Try Dr. May's ESSENCE JAMAICA GINGER. It is equal to the best Extract of Ginger in the land. Sample bottles twenty-five cents, large bottles only 50 cents. Try Dr. May's improved COMPOUND CATHARTIC PILLS. They have attained great celebrity. They never 1 fail to give satisfaction. Price 25 cents, or five boxes for $1.00. THE CORNER DRUG STORE Still keeps all Patent Medicines of any worth. Stills keeps all Pills of any worth, and all Medi- . cines that the Old Doctor can recommend to be ?ood. Lightning Liniment is still ahead of any . liniment sold in Yorkville, and going ahead of any that was ever sold. Sold only at tne Corner Drug House. Dr. JOHN MAY, Agent. UUU-bUT J. HJ5.tlJN.UUJN, , Late Student of Boston Conservatory of Music, ^ TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS, f ANDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order for any number of Instruments. Terms moderate. Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND INSTRUMENTS. ?" April 22 17 ly \ REMOVAL. ! WE have moved into our NEW BUILDING, opposite the old Stand, where we will keep A FULL LINE OF GENERAL MERCHANT- " DISEcontinually on hand. A. FRIEDHEIM <fc BRO. . Rock Hill, S. C., Aug. 26, 1?80. 35 tf ( NOTICE TO CREDITORS. THE Creditors of JOSEPH R. HOWE, de- ceased, are hereby notified to present their claims to me, duly authenticated, on or before 1 P .turday, the 18th day of November next. J JOS. F. WALLACE, Administrator. October 21 43 5t THE FAVORITE OF THE WORLD. rflHE Family Favorite Improved Weed. These X Machines have been remodeled and Improved until they are almost perfect in all respects. The parts are all of Steel and Wrought Iron Forgings. Every Machine sold by us will be fully warranted. Prices as low as any First-Class Machine, either for Cash or on T'me until the first of November next. W. G. REID A CO., Furniture Dealers, Rock Hill, S. C. . LATIMER A HEMPHILL, Agents at Yorkvllle, S. CNOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY ! AVAIL YOURSELF OF IT! PRESERVE YOUR BOOKS, PERIODICALS, NEWSPAPERS AND MUSIC. ALL families have old Books, Periodicals, Newspapers, Music, Ac., which they desire to transmit to their posterity. Then . HAVE THEM REBOUND! Which will preserve them and make them look almo?t as well as new. Old Books, Ac., should not only be rebound, but thecurrent literature of the present day should be put in a durable form for preservation as well. This can be done in the shortest possible time, with tho best material, in the most handsome and durable style, and at prices which' cannot be dunlicatcd anvwhere. hv E. R. STOKES, Stationer, Book Binder and Blank Book Manufacturer, No. 155 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C. 7?8r Send in orders at once. THE BICKFORD . AUTOMATIC FAMILY XHITTEB. Knits all sizes of work, narrows and widens it shapes all sizes complete. Knits over 50different garments, Socks, Stockings, Mittens, Legging, Wristlets, Gloves, etc. It knits every possible variety of plain or fancy stitch. 75 per cent, profit in manufacturing knit goods. Farmers car treble the value of their wool, by converting it into knit goods. Agents wanted in every State, County, City and Town, to whom very low prices will tie made. For full particulars and lowest prices for the best Family Machine, send to BICKFORD KNITTING MACHINE MFG. CO., Brattleboro, Vt. February 26 9 ly COTTON FOR GUANO. THE Notes given for Fertilizers sold by me have been sent to me F R COLLECTION. I have made arrangements with Capt. J. R. GARDNER to WEIGH AND GRADE THE COTTON. He will enter the weight and grade on a slip of paper which must be brought to me FOR SETTLEMENT. I would urge my customers to deliver as RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, As the price is good and cotton green. I will pay THE MARKET PRICE For any excess. T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent. September 23 39 tf FRESH MEATS. THE undersigned respectfully in- 989HB forms the citizens of Y orkville and vicinity, that he will have for sale, in . /I ff. the buildine immediately South of the Banking Office of T. a. Jefferys, FRESH MEATS, of good qualitv, on TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY MORNINGS of each week. Every effort will be made to keep the market supplied with meats of the best quality that can be procured in this section. PS* The highest market price will be paid for FAT BEEF CATTLE, SHEEP, GOATS and HOGS. Poor cattle, sheep, goats or hogs are not wanted. J. N. ROBERTS. September 33 40 * tf DR. J. B. PATRICK, JR.. CHARLESTON, S. C., SURGEON DENTIST, WILL make bis regular visit to YORKVILLE IN JANUARY, with all the most improved instruments and appliances known to the profession ol Denti3try. Teeth extracted by the aid of nitrous oxide. ARTIFICIAL TEETH supplied. All Dental operations performed and satisfaction guaranteed at as reasonable rates as CAn be done by any firstclass Dentist. August 12 33 ly SUBSCRIBE FOB THE WEEKLY PALMETTO YEOMAN, COLUMBIA, S. C. IT is an 8 page paper, designed for the people, filled with interesting matter?Family Reading, News, Markets, Ac. Subscription : One year, $1.60; Seven months, $1.00; Three months, 50 cents?payable in advance. For six names and nine dollars, an extra copy for one year. Specimens furnished. The DAILY YEOMAN, an afternoon paper, is $4 a pear. -G. M. MoJUNKIN, Editor and Publisher. Sjeptember 30 40 tf EOS E'S HOTEL, YORKVILLE, S. C. 1/*!^ THIS HOUSE has been thoroughly renovated from cellar to ii$b!iA_ garret, and newly furnished, ineluding GRAFTON'S PATENT SPRING BEDS. In view of the times, our motto is a full House at a moderate price. TERMS?$1.50 PER DAY, OR 50c. PER MEAL. Sample Rooms reserved especially for Commer- i cial travelers. HENRY W. SMITH. ' June 17 25 tf GARRY IRON md Cement. * 79 and 81 Columbus Street, cxjU vaixj a tmd, omo. Send for circulars and price lists. February 26 9 lyI. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY, 1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAU. A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every 1 /V convenience, and a determination to do my * seat, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in vant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy ' weather is as good or better than sunshine for all lubjects, except small children. i August 5 32 tf NOTICE. [RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears tnd other fine-edged instruments. Prices?for loningand sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for j iharpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and | . latisfaction guaranteed or no charge. ! . TOM BALLARD, Barber. J September 9 37 3t t OLD NEWSPAPERS, J fkF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale U at one cent each, at the ENQUIRER OFFICE. October 28 44 tf f NOTICE. r [AMstill Agent for the "American"becauseitls I the beet and cheapest Sewing Machine made, e J. R. SCHORB. r AugUBt 19 34 tf JOI* PRINTING. OWING to our superior facilities with the beat machine presses, an abundance of type and first-class appointments throughout our office, sve are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF IOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices chat will compara with New York or Philadelphia jbarges for the same quality of work .ma materials. We have recently made & reduction in prices for the following classes of work, to which we invite the attention of business men : HILL HEADS. Por 500 For 1000 * Half-sheet Bill Heads $3.00 $5.00 Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50 Sixth-sheet Rill Heads, 2.00 3.00 Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet bill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads, giving any desired number of either size of sheet at proportionate prices. LETTER, HEADS. For 500 For 1000 Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25 Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 Letter (large size) 3.00 5.00 For the above work we use a superior quality of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in everyinstance. we also give special attention to the printingof Briefs, Arguments and P?.int? and Authorities, which we furnish strictly accordingto the require- J ments of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure accuracy. We are prepared to furnish all other kinds of printing, from c visiting card to a large volume, J and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any style of work desired. Address, T. \T ORTST Vni-lrvllla S P C. & I. HARROW GAUGE RAILROAD. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE,) YoisKYiLnE, S. C., July 22,1880. J THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger Trains tool: effect at 6 o'clock, a. m., on the 20th of July, 1880. GOING SOUTH. Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M. Arrive at Gastonia at 6.20 A. M. -Leave Gastonia at - 6 40 A. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at .7.00 A. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.16 A. M. Leave Bowling Green at 7.26 A. M. Leave Clover at 7.40 A. M. Arrive at Yorkville at 8.20 A. M. Leave York villa at 8.30 A. M. Leave Guthriesf lie at 0.06 A. M. Leave McConneUsville at 9.20 A. M. Leave Lowrysvillle at 9.40 A. M. Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M. GOING NORTH. Leave Chester at i 2.45 P. M. Leave Lowrysville at 3.20 P. M. Leave McConnellsvillo at 3.40 P. M. 4 Leave Gutbriesville at 8.50 P. M. Arrive at Yorkville at -...4.20 P. M. Leave Yorkville at 4.25 P. M. Leave Clover at 5.05 P. M". Leave Bowling Green at 5.15 P. M. Leave Crowder's Creek at 5.25 P. M. Leave Pleasant Ridge at 5.35 P. M. Arrive at Gastonia at fi.55 P. M. Leave Gastonia at 6.110 P. M. Arrive at Dallas at 6.30 M. JAMES MASON, Superintendent. July 22 30 tf ATLANTA AOT) CHARLOTTE AIE-LIITE railway. PASSENGER DEPARTMENT. Atlanta, Ga., May 20,1880. CHANGE OF SCHEDULE. ON and aftei- May 23rd, 1880, trains will run on this road as follows: DAY PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.10, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 11.37, A. M. Leave 11.38, A. M. NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 2.16, A."M., Leave 2.17, A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 1.08, A. M., Leave 1.09, A. M. LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 4.33, P. M., Leave 5.02, P. M (westward.) ^ Arrive at Gastonia, 7.43, A. M., Leave 8.03, A. M. THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN. (eastward.) ^ Arrive at Gastonia, 5.55, A. M., Leave 5.55, A. M. (westward.) Arrive at Gastonia, 5.00, P. M., Leave 5.00, P. M. * Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and Southwest. Connecting at Charlotte for all. Eastern points. Ttirough Tick eta on Bale at Greenville and Spartanburg to all joints East and West. * G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager. W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fe Ticket Agent. June 10 25 tf BEMOYAL. THE YORK MARBLE YARD. 1 WOULD respectfully announce that I have REMOVED MY MARBLE WORKS to the new building South of Wheeler's Coach Factory, on my own premises, and near the Railroad depot, where I shall hereafter be better than ever heretofore prepared to furnish M0NUMENT8, TOMB STONES, or ANYTHING IN MY LINE, as low as the lowest. As an evidence of this, I can furnish Tomb Stones for CHILDREN from $3.00 upward ; for ADULTS, from $8.00 upward. ^"Monuments and Tomb Stones designed and finished in the most elaborate style, and in point of workmanship and material, equal to the work of any establishment in the country. Specimens always on hand, Jo an inspection of which, those in want of marble work are respectfully invited. Estimates and other information furnished on application. Work delivered at any point on the Chester ^ and Lenoir Narrow Gauge Railroad, between Chester and Dallas, or at any place between Rock Hill and Winnsboro, on tne Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for transportation. Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed upon my establishment, my determination ia to merit a continuance of tne same. F. HAPPERFIELD. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. COUNTY OF YORK. WHEREAS J. F. WALLACE, C. C. C. Pleas, has applied to me for Letters of Administration, with the Will annexed, on all and singular, the goods and chattels, rights and credits of JOSHUA HOLMES, late of the oountyaforesaid, deceased. These are, therefore, to cite and admonish all and singular, the kindred and creditors of the said deceased, to be and appear at our next Judge of Probate's Court, for York County, to be holden at York Court House, on the 6TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, next, to shew cause, if any, why the said Administration should not be granted. Given under my hand and seal, this 80th day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty, and in the 105th year of the Independence of the United States of America. J. A. McLEAN, Judge of Probate. September 80 40 6t NEW STORE! NEW STOCK! HAVING erputed a new and commodious Store on the site of our Old stand, our facilities for conducting the Foreign and Domestic Fruit trade are now unsurpassed in the Southern Country. The attention of our friends, and dealers generally is called to tMs fact, and also to our fresh supplies arriving to-day. 100 barrels o' Northern Apples. 50 boxes Messina Lemons. 25 barrels and half barrels of Pears. 15 packages Delaware and Concord Grapes. 200 barrels Early Rose Potatoes. 25 barrels Onions, 100 barrels Northern Cabbages. Peaches and Grapes fresh every morning by Express. C. BART & CO., 55, 57 and 59 Market street, Charleston 8. C. September 23 39 4m " GEORGE T. SCHORB, PHOTOGRAPHER. CHESTER, 8. CAROLINA. PICTURES taken in all kinds of weather, and pains taken to please every customer. Old Pictures COPIED AND ENLARGED, as low as can be done in any city, North or South. Have on hand a fine selection of CHURCH AND PARLOR ORGANS, which are offered rery cheap. Instruments guaranteed to be firstMass. Call and see for yourselves, at the- PHOTOjlALLERY, opposite the "Cotton Hotel." Also, authorized agent to receive Subscriptions, Advertisements and orders for Job Work ror the roBKViLLX Enquirer. GEORGE T. 8CH0RB. February is 7 u CLEANSING AND REPAIBIN(L rHE undersigned would respectfully inform the public that he is prepared to cleanse garnents of any fabric whatever, rendering them >erfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring tnem to he original brightness and lustre of the goods. Do not throw away your old clothes, but have hem cleaned and made to look as well as new. York promptly done, and at the most reasona>le prices. THOMAS BALLARD. August 12 29 11 IRON SAFE FOR SALE. rHE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2 IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bahnan <fe Co., of Cinoinuati. This safe has a comdnation lock, and for all practical purposes is qnal to a new one. It is offered for sale for no eason except that it is too small for ray purposes, L. M. GRIST.