Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 21, 1881, Image 4
READING THE RECIJPE.
Old Mrs. Jones borrowed Mrs. Brown's
recipe for making watermelon pickle the i
other day, and, being hard of hearing, as
she couldn't see to read very well, she got her |
grandson Jakie to read it for her. Jakie j
took the paper, like a dutiful child, and,j
holding it upside down, commenced :
"Take a green watermelon?"
"Why, Jakie, ain't you mistaken! I thought
the melon must be ripe."
"Oh, what's the matter wid yew ! Gew ever
see a watermelon that wusn't green ?"
"Cat the watermelon into four halves?"
"But there ain't only two halves to anything.
I don't believe you are reading that,
Jakie."
"Well, I don't have to, anyhow that's
what the reseet says. Then soak it in a pint
cup?"
"Oh, dear me! How in the world can you
put a watermelon in a pint cup ?"
"Well T ain't. here t.n tell fhf> whereases i
and howfore3. I'm just readin' the facts and
you can put in the filosofee to suit your taste.
After soakiu' the melon put it in a skillet and
fry it fur five days."
"I wonder if Mrs. Brown sent rae such
a recipe as that ?" said the old lady ; but
Jakie kept on :
"Then put the watermelon in a quart bowl
and pour over it a gallon of vinegar, taking
) c^tfi-not to spill the vinegar?"
/>^"rd just like to know bow you can pour
r a gallon into a quart bowl without spilling
any of itbut Jakie continued :
"Then sift a peck of red pepper through a
milk strainer over the melon, and to one cup
of butter add the white and yolks and shells
of three eggs, and throw in the old hen that
laid them, and four sticks of cinnamon drops
aud two tablespoonfuis of quinine aud run it
through a coffee mill and let it stand until it
ferments, and then put it in a tin can and tie
the can to a dog's tail?this will stir it up to
the right consistency?and then you can turn
it off in crocks and have it ready for use. Serve
it cold and spread it on mince pie and it
makes capital dessert." Jakie slid out of the
door and left the old lady looking like a
wrinkle on a monument.
A Robust Imagination.?Judge Carey
showed the greatest interest in these weird
tales and edged up to the group.
"These are curious yarns, gentlemen, but I
believe them all. I had a dog once, back in
Nebraska, that I kept to herd lumber."
"Beg pardon Judge; did you say the dog
herded lumber ?"
"Yes, sir; Cottonwood boards. We always
kept a dog there to bring the lumber in
at night."
Everybody now paid the closest attention
as they knew that the boss was at work.
"It was this way. Cottonwood boards
warp like thunder in the sun. A board
would 'begin to hump its back up about 9
o'clock in the morning and in half an hour
it would turn over. By 11 it would warp
the other way with heat and make another
I flop. Each time it turned.it moved a couple
of feet, always following the sun toward the
West. The first summer I lived in Brown-ville
over 10,000 feet of lumber skipped out
to the hills the day before I had advertised a
house raisin'. I went to the county seat to
attend a lawsuit and when I got back there
wasn't a stick of lumber left. It had strayed
away into the uplands. An ordinary board
would climb a two-mile hill during a hot
week, and when it struck the timber it would
keep worming in and out among the trees
like a garter snake. Every farmer in the
State had to keep shepherd dogs to follow
his lumber around the country, keep it together,
and show where it was in the morning.
We didn't need any flumes there for lumber.
We sawed it East of the place we wanted to
use it, and let it warp itself to its destination,
with men and dogs to head it off at the right
time; we never lost a stick. Well, here
comes the jury," continued the Judge. "The
witnesses lied so I guess they will disagree."?
Carson City Appeal.
? + - Unshipping
a Thomas Cat's Rudder.?
Jack Larboard, a disabled sailor, undertook
to cultivate and decorate hie grand-mother's
flower garden in front of the old Mansion
House at Welfleet, England. The daisies,
and the dandelions and daffy downdillies
were springing up beautifully, to the great
delight of the crippled floriculturist. But,
an immense cat of the masculine gender committed
depredations in the premises almost
nightly, scratching up the roots, tearing off
the stalks, &c. At length, embracing his opportunity,
Jack, with a sudden lunge of his
spade, nearly deprived the intruder of its entire
caudle elongation, or in other words
sliced off his tail. "Where's my cat ?" sharply
inquired its lady owner over the way, a
little while after the surgical operation had
been performed. "Ah, ha 1" said Jack,
?<i??ii ui~ ? T .?!
lie 11 uut uuuuic iuc auy iuuic. ? vau^ui
him this morning, unshipped his rudder, set
him off before the wind, and blow me if he'll
ever be able to steer his way back again."
IS?* A girl who lived with a lady in Edinburg
surprised her mistress by giving her
warning. The lady inquired the cause, and
found it was a sweetheart.
"And who is the lad ?" inquired the mistress.
"Oh, he's a nice lad ; a lad that sits in the
kirk just fornenst me."
"Are you sure he intends to marry you ?"
"I dare say he does, mem."
"Have you had much of each other's company
yet ?"
"Not yet."
"When did you last converse with him ?"
"Deed, we hae nae conversed any yet."
"Then how should you suppose that he is
going to marry you ?"
"Oh!" replied the simple girl, "he's abeen
lang lookin' at me, and I think he'll
soon be spakin'."
flaT It was in the smoking room of an Atlantic
steamer that a worthy Teuton was
talking about weather forecast.
"Look here," said he, "I dell you vat it is.
You petter don't take no schtock in deni
weather bredictions. Dose beoble don't know
nodding. Dey can't dell no better as I can.
"But my dear sir," said a person present,
"they foretold the storm which we have just
encountered."
"Veil, dat ish zo," said the Teuton, contemplatively,
"but I dell you vat it is. Dat
shtorm vould have come yust de same if it
had not been predicted."
56?- Uncle Bill Tidd was a drover from Vermont.
Being exposed to all kinds of weather,
his complexion suffered somewhat; but at j
the best he was none of the whitest. Stop- j
ping at a public house, a man of notoriously
bad character thought, as Uncle Bill came in. i
lie could make him the butt of a joke, and as
the black face of the weather-beaten man ap- '
peared at the door be exclaimed, "Mercy on
us, how dark it grows!" Uncle Bill, survey-'
ing him from head to foot, coolly replied ;
"Yes, sir; your character and my complex- j
ion are enough to darken any room."
ftrtT "See here," 9aid a fault-finding husband
to his wife, "we must have things arranged in
this house so that we shall know just where
everything is kept." "With all my heart,"
she sweetly answered, "and let us begin with
your late hours, my love; I should dearly
like to know where they are kept." He lets
things run on as usual.
J?"* A foppish nobleman, who saw Descartes
enjoying himself at the table, having ex-;
pressed his astonishment that a philosopher
should exhibit such fondness for good cheer,
got this answer for his pains: "And pray, ray j
lord, did you think that good things were
made only for fools." <
ihe and Jwside. | <
How to Cook Hominy.?Every cook i
will promise you she can do this, but it is ;
quite Bfcfe to soy that not one in fifty will, i
Indeed, people live to a good old age in this,
our famous corn-growing region, without |
having ever tasted well-cooked hominy. It!
is usually started well enough, but stirred so j
vigorously that the graius, instead of stand- 1;
ing out snowy and well done, yet round and '
separate, are mingled in one glue mass. Hav- j
ing once seen and tasted the former, you will (
never be reconciled to the latter. Try to
prepare it in this way: A quart of ground |
hominy is a sufficient quantity to prepare !
well in any ordinary cooking utensil. It is j i
better to soak for a while before cooking.
Put over the fire, and cover well with water;
do not not allow it to boil rapidly, and, if
the fire is a sufficient one for baking, it is
better to keep a lid beneath it. It can not
be hurried, and here is where many fail in
its preparation. After the grains swell and
begin to soften, on no account stir it. The
water put in at first should be sufficient to
finish it; but if there has been too little, add
?*kot it mow ko iiish enmiah.
UJUIU vai OiUIIJ } buuv U wv j?w- ?~?
and Dot too much, thus making your almost
perfect dish sloppy. Do not salt it until just
before taking from the stove. Early salting
will make it dark. If it could be cooked in
a double vessel, the outer one containing
boiling water, so much the better for both
hominy and cook. Such vessels save the
care of constant watching. Care and experience
must always go together toward the
making of a.perfectly cooked dish, and nothing
gives better satisfaction.
Don't Waste Vital Energy.?The most
vigorous persons do not have too much vitality.
People generally inherit a lack ; or at
least hod that much vital energy has been
permanently lost in their childhood or youth
through the ignorance or carelessness of their
parents. Often it is impaired hy wrong indulgences
in early manhood. The endeavor
with all persons should be to husband what
is left, be it much or little. Therefore?
1. Don't do anything in a hurry.
2. Don't work too many hours a day,
whether it be farm-work, shop-work, studywork,
or house-work.
3. Don't abridge sleep. Get the full eight
hours of it, and that, too, in a well ventilated
and sun purified room.
4. Don't eat what is indigestible, nor too
much of anything, and let good cheer rule
the hour.
5. Don't fret at yourself or anybody else;
nor indulge in the blues, nor burst into fits of
passion.
6* Don't be too much elated with good
luck nnr dishearteued Dy Dad.
Positively ? be self controlled, calm and
brave. Let your braiu have all the rest it
needs. Treat your stomach right. Keep a
good conscience, and have a cheerful trust
in God for all things and both worlds.?Selected.
.
Sudden Checking of Perspiration.?
A Boston merchant, in "lending a haud"
on board of one his ships on a windy day,
found himself at the end of an hour and a
half pretty well exhausted and perspiring
freely. He sat down to rest, and engaging in
conversation, time passed faster than he was
aware of. In attempting to rise, he found
he was unable to do so without assistance.
He was taken home and put to bed, where he
remained two years; and for a long time afterwards
could only hobble aboil* with the
aid of a crutch. Less exposures than this
have, in constitutions not so vigorous, resulted
in inflammation of the lungs?"pneumonia"?ending
in death in less than a week,
or causing tedious rheumatisms, to be a source
of torture for a life time. Multitudes of lives
would be saved every year, and an incalcu
lable amouut of human suffering would be
prevented, if parents would begin to explain
to their children, of the age of three or four
years, the danger which attends cooling off
too quickly after exercise, and the importance
of not standing still after exercise, or work,
or play, or of remaining exposed to the wind,
or of sitting at an open window or door, or of
pulling off any garment, even the hat or
bonnet, while in heat.?Journal of Health.
Uses of Stale Bread.?1. Make dressing
for meat: crumb it fine, turn hot broth
over it, season, add butter and a well-beaten
egg, or more, according to quality.
2. Make bread pudding: soak two hours
in sweet milk, then beat eggs, sugar and
spices, and bake. I sometimes add fruit.
3. Make biscuit; soak over night in sour
milk, mash flue with the hand, mix in your
biscuit for breakfast, adding salt, lard and
| soda. They are better than without the
stale bread.
4. Make pail cakes or gems: soak over
night in sour milk, add well-beaten eggs,
corn meal or Graham flour to make a batter,
and soda and salt, and bake on a griddle, or
in gem pans.
5. Crumb fine, and put them in the next
omelet you make.
6. Toast your bread : set a pan of milk on
the stove, but do not remove the cream from
it; add butter and salt, dip the bread in this,
and send to the table for supper or breakfast.
7. Crumb fine, and put in your tomatoes
when you are stewing them.
8. Pound fine, season, and roll oysters or
fresh fish in them and fry in nice lard.
A Cure for Blind Staggers.?A correspondent
furnishes the following remedy
for blind staggers: "Take half an ounce of
laudanum, one pint of butter milk, mix well
and drench the horse. If not perceivable
relief in half hour, repeat?fifst bleed freely.
Inject with warm corn gruel with some oil.
"I will mention a case that took place in
the settlement seme month or two since.
One of my neighbors told me he had a horse
taken with the blind staggers. He did not
know the ingredients?sent to one of his
neighbors for the recipe. Before the remedy
could be applied, the horse was down and
so near dead he was not able to raise his
head. He had bis head raised up and gave
him the drench and left him to die. The
bleeding and glister was dispensed with, and
to his great astonishment in two or three
hours, the horse was up and walking about,
and is now living and well. If you think it
is worth a place in your valuable paper, you
are at liberty to use it."
To Cure the Appetite for Tobacco.?
The New York Independent gives the following
as the experience of a clergyman who
smoked and chewed tobacco for many years,
and used these means to break himself of J
the habit: I had a deep well of very cool i
water, ana wnenever tne evil appetite ciairaea
indulgence, I resorted immediately to freshdrawn
water. Of this I drank what I desired,
throwing out and taking successive |
raouthfuls, until the craving ceased. By a j
faithful adherence to this practice for a month,
I was cured. And from that time to this !
have been as free from any appetite for tobacco
as a nursing infant. I loathe the use of 1
the weed in every form, far more than I ever
did before I contracted habits of indulgence.
Gapes ijJChickens.?Gapes may be cured | i
by giving a piece of camphor gum, the size j i
of a small pea, every day uutil the chick j i
seems well. Sometimes two or three liberal |
doses of pepper will effect a cure. If the j
chicks are very bad, fumigate with sulphur, (
and give two or three drops of solution of car- ,
bolic acid and water. Sixty drops of water ' ,
to one drop of acid form a solution. Do not '
hold the chicks directly over the fumes of j
burning sulphur, and do not fumigate too
long, or the remedy may prove worse than !
the disease. Let the chicks inhale the fumes ,
for two or three minutes, and in most cases
that will be sufficient to effect a cure.
The fodder from an acre of corn which t
yields fifty bushels, i- equal in value to a ton i
of hay. I f
parting fot the Sabbath.
CONDUCTED ?Y
REV. RO BERT LATH AN.
[Original ]
OCR HOPES.
The doud, hope, is thus defined by Webster
: "A desire of some good, accompanied
with at least a slight expectation of obtaining
it, or a belief that it is obtainable." This
definition is as far as any from defects.
Amid all our troubles aod disappointments,
we are sustained and buoyed up by the hope
that something better is in the future, and
we have, at least, a feeble belief that good
will be enjoyed by us. We all groan beneath
the oppressive burden of misery which sin
has imposed upon us; but hope to be some
tirao released from this grinding pressure.
The miserable beggar, as he strolls from city
to city, and from house to house, soliciting,
by his tattered rags and woe-begone countenance,
i cold morsel which will keep soul, and
body together, has a shadowy belief that
there is an obtainable better Btate of things
for him in the future. The past is all sad ;
but the future is not all gloom, else would
despair fix its fangs in every heart, aud a
wail, never to he hushed, be uttered by every
human tongue.
By a feeling which is akin to iustinct, all
men hope to be saved in Heaveu. Reason
and revelation declare, and personal experience
demonstrates, that the past aud present
of our earthly existence has been and is full
of trouble. Hope pictures a bright future,
aud still we bear and toil and struggle. Tomorrow's
sun, we hope, will shine more brightly,
its cold bleak winds be lulled to rest, and
we will be permitted to repose and rejuvenate
our weary limbs at fountains of ease iu groves
of peace. Alas! each returning sun only
wakes us up from a bed of disappointment to
begin a new day of care and toil. Thus we
trudge our weary way through life. How
dark, how gloomy, the final end of him whose
hopes are not in the Lamb of God ! There
is nothing sure but Heaven, and Heaven is
sure to none but those who believe in Jesus
Christ. The hopes of all others shall perish.
[Original.1
ONE MARK OF A GENTLEMAN.
A heathen poet says the gods are known
by their walk. Generally, a well-bred man
can be distinguished from the common rabble
by his gait. We heard a man, who has had
many years' experience as the keeper of a
drinking saloon, say that he could distinguish
a man of refined manners from one that was
not, even when both were drunk. It is hard
to tell how it is, but it is nevertheless true,
that a gentleman drunk, is still a gentleman.
He is polite, courteous and as decent as a
drunk man can be, even though he be in a
grogshop unable to walk.
Whether a gentleman will always conduct
himself properly in a grog-shop or not, we
leave to others to decide; but one thing is
absolutely true, a gentleman or a lady always
conduct themselves properly in church.
Whenever you see a man or woman treating
wiih marked contempt the worship of God,
or God's house, or God's people, you may set
it down that there is something rotten about
that man or woman. They lack something
that every man or woman ought to have.
They cannot succeed in any department of
life. Their latter end will be a dreadful failure.
A gentleman is always above-doing a
disrespectful thing in church. No matter
how poorly conducted may be the services of
God's house, or how absurd and even unscriptural
some of these services may be, he
? <*..1 r\..? i. j
is icspcuuui. vsue uini&, auu in uui tauu,
the mark of a gentleman, is that he behaves
well in church.
fOrlginnl.]
GOD SLOW, BUT SURE.
Men are apt to conclude that because God
does not punish sin promptly, that he will not
punish it at all. We forget, therefore we conclude,
that God forgets. Because God does
not strike U9 down with the sword of justice
the moment after we sin, we very foolishly
console ourselves that he will, in the tumult of
business, never think of our transgressions
again. Not only so, but the long-sufferiDg of
God has the direct tendency to make us recklessly
presumptuous. "Because sentence
against an evil work is not executed speedily
therefore, the heart of the sons of men is
fully set in them to do evil." This is the
declaration of the Bible, and it is vindicated
by the observation and xperience of us all.
We should, however, remember that though
a sinner do evil a hundred times with apparent
impunity, the day of reckoning will
come. Then God will settle with him. Then
he will be paid, interest and principal. God
never forgets. He is slow, but absolutely
sure. No man will ever be able to boast
that he cheated God.
[Original.1
DON'T CARE.
The most direct road to infamy and shame,
is "Don't Care." The young man who
"don't care" what people say or think about
him, is in a fair way to reach the point in
human degradation where mau is lower than
a brute. Whoever has do respect for the
opinion of others, has no respect for himself, j
So long as a young man has a decent regard
for the sentiments of those who are older than
himself, he is not hopelessly lost to society,
no matter how great his errors of youth. But
the young man who "don't care" who sees !
him drunk, nor before whom he swears, has j
lost all moral restraint and will soon reach i
the point when neither God nor man will j
care anything for him.
8?f The profession that fosters pride is one
that can only bring a snare in the end. And j
not a few of our religious professors do this, ,
since they substitute a desire for human recog
nition or applause for the prompting that |
comes from our Saviour.
In eternity it will amount to more to .
have given a cup of cold water with right
motives, to an humble servant of God, than
to have been flattered by a whole generation.
I have read in Plato and Cicero, sayings
that are wise and very beautiful; but I never
read in either of them, "Come unto me all
ye that labor and are heavy laden."
He who bears failure with patience is
is much of a philosopher as he who succeeds; j
for to put up with the world needs as much ,
ivisdom as to control it.
S?~ There is nothing more deceitful than
he idea of gaining the esteem and good opin-1
on of the world, by familiarizing ourselves j
tnd mixing ofteu with it.
IpswHaneottsi fUadittg.:
A RACE ACROSS THE PLAINS. j
Id 1859 St. Joseph was the western termi- r
uus of railroad communication. Beyond, t
the stage coach, the saddle horse and ox train (
were the only means of commerce and communication
with the Rocky Mountains and
the Pacific Slope. In the winter of 1860 t
there was a wall street lobby at Washington ]
trying to get $5,000,000 for carrying the t
mails overland for one year between New ?
York and San Francisco. The proposition 1
was extremely "cheeky," and William H. {
Russell, backed by Secretary of War Floyd, |
resolved to give the lobby a cold shower-bath. (
He therefore offered to bet $200,000 that he <
could put on a mail line from Sacramento to f
St. Joseph that should make the distance? |
1,950 miles?in ten days. The bet was taken ]
aud the 8th of April fixed upon as the day j
of starting. Mr. Russell told his partner and ,
general manager of business upon the plains,
Mr. A. B. Miller, what he had done, and \
asked if he could perform the feat. Mr. ,
Miller replied : "Yes, sir; I will do it, and do (
it by pony express." To accomplish this Mr. j
Miller uurchased three hundred of the fleetest ,
horses he could find in the West, and em- j
ployed 126 men. Eighty of these men were (
to be post riders. These he selected with |
reference to their light weight and known i
daring courage. It was very essential that i
the horses should be loaded as lightly as
possible. It was necessary that some parts .
of the route should be run at the rate of
twenty miles an hour. The horses were stationed
from ten to twenty miles apart and each
rider would be required to ride sixty miles.
For the change of animals and the shifting |
of the mails two minutes were allowed.
Where there were no stage stations at proper
distances, tents sufficient to hold one man and
two horses were provided. Indians would
sometimes give chase, but their cayuse ponies
made but sorry ^how in their stern chase
after Miller's thoroughbreds, many of which
could make a mile in a minute aud fifty seconds.
Arrangements being completed, a single
gun on the steamer at Sacramento proclaimed
the meridian of April 8, 1860?the hour
for starting?when Border Ruffian, Mr. Miller's
private saddle horse, with Billy Baker
in the saddle, bounded away toward the foot
hills of the Sierra Nevadas, and made his
ride of twenty miles in forty-nine minutes.
The snows were deep in the mountains, and
one rider was lost for several hours in a snow
storm ; and after the Salt Lake Valley was
reached additional speed became necessary to
reach St. Joseph on time. From here all
went well until the Platte was to be crossed
at Julesburg.\ The river was up and running
rapidly, but the rider plunged his horse into
the flood, only, however, to mire in the quicksand
and drowu. The courier succeeded in
reaching the shore, with his mail bag in hand,
and traveled ten miles on foot to reach the
next relay. Johnuy Fry a popular rider of
i ? . 1._ ?i__ LT. i i
his uay was to mane uieumsu. ne uuu oiAty
miles to ride, with six horses to do it. When
the last courier arrived at the 60 mile post,
out from St. Joseph, he was oue hour behind
time, a heavy rain had set in and the roads
were slippery. Two hundred thousand dollars
might turn on a single minute. Fry had
just three hours aud thirty minutes in which
to win. This was to finish the longest race,
for the largest stakes, ever run in America.
When the time for his arrival was nearly up,
at least five thousand people stood upon the
river bank, with eyes turned toward the wood
from which the horse and its rider should
emerge into the open country in the rear of
Elmwood?one mile from the finish. Tick,
tick, went thousands of watches! The time
was nearly up! But seven minutes remain
ed ! Hark ! a shout goes up from the assembled
multitude, "He comes! he comes!'' The
noble little mare, J3ylpl>, the daughter of
little Arthur, darts like an arrow from the
bow and makes the run of the last mile in
one minute and fifty seconds?landing upon
the ferryboat with five minutes and.a fraction
to spare.?SL Joseph {Mo.) Nexcs.
A FIENDISH JOKE.
"I think," said a well-known orchestral
leader, "the best joke ever played in this
town was on an ambitious amateur pianist
when Gottschalk was here. The amateur's
father was the owner of a-large hall, and he
offered the use of it to Gottschalk for bis benefit.
There was to be a piece for eight pianos,
and the amateur was to play one of the instruments.
I was leader. I thought Gotts
chalk would have a fit when 1 told him that
the amateur couldn't play three straight notes
of the piece.
" 'He is sure to throw us all out,' said I,
'and ruin the performance.'"
"Gottschalk swore like a major, but 'twas
no good. The bills were out, and he couldn't
go back on his programme, even ^f the gift
of the hall for the night was no consideration
to him. At last I hit on an idea that fixed
the whole business. The amateur came down
to rehearsal, and we praised him up until
he thought he was to be the star of the night.
As soon as he left we took the hammers out
of his piano and made it dumb as an oyster.
I guessed he would never know the difference,
several pianos going at once."
The tuneful convention laughed.
"And just as I thought," said the leader,
hammering on the table with his glass, "that
amateur or his frieuds never discovered the
trick."
"No ?"
"No, sir; he just sailed in and pounded on
that piano as if it was the worst enemy he ever
had. He was bound to show off among so
many good pianists, and hammered on his keyboard
until the perspiration nearly blinded him.
Now and then I looked at him approvingly
to give him fresh courage, and every time
that I did he gave the piano a lick that nearly
made .matchwood of it. His friends all
around threw bouquets at him till he looked
like a wedding arch, and when 'twas all over
his fond parent fell ou his neck in the greenroom
and slipped a check for ?250 into his
hand. The old man didn't know whether
he was standing on his head or his heels,
he was so tickled."
"Didn't he do fine," said he to me, "among
so many first-class professionals too ?"
"I never heard an amateur do so well in
public," said I, and what's more I meaut it,
eh ? Don't you think I was right?"?San
Francisco Chronicle.
TOO 1YELL HEELED.
Old Shokey, a peripatetic preacher, well
known to California, is such an ardent be- j
liever in the scripture, says the Carson (Mo.) I
Appeal, that he is ready to bet on any proposition
laid down in the Bible. A few weeks
ago he visited the lake and stopped on Sunday
at Gleubrook. Being uearly penniless,
he determined to give an exhortation, and,
orottinor thft inn nf ft hall, called the sinners I
6 -?
together. His test was the marine episode,
in which Jonah was taken in by the whale.
"Now, my hearers, to the class of people j
who never look beyond the surface of things j
this looks like a hard story to believe, but I jJ
kuow it is so, every word of it." | .
He saw an incredulous look on the face of j
a few of the hard cases in the front row, and, 11
after pausing a moment, continued :
"I'll bet any man in the crowd ?100 coin 1 {
up that I can prove every word of it. Does j f
anybody respond ?" i
He thrust his hand down into his trousers
pocket and leaned forward. He went on .
with his sermon, showing conclusively that
the whale did all that was claimed for it, and 11
then passed around the hat. j "He
that giveth to the poor lendeth to the t
Lord," he said as it went down the row. j s
"Lay up your treasures in heaven, where 8
neither moth nor rust corrupts, nor thieves j
break in and steal," he remarked again, as | he
saw the hat coming back. >
It was handed to him empty, and he dis- j
missed the audience with a hasty benediction, j
After the service he met one of his hearers, I
ind complained bitterly of the lack of coin
md enthusiasm in the town. .
"We've got the enthusiasm Here, parson,"
laid the man addressed, "but when yon
duffed us with a 8100 bet, some thought you
uust be a road agent, and the rest concluded
hat a man so well heeled didu't need any
jollection in Glenbrook."
The Gates of Jerusalem.?Speaking of
he gates of Jerusalem, a correspondent of the
Baltimore American says: Tradition men,ions
several that are not now to be found,
inch as the Old Gate, Ephraim's Gate, the
Valley Gate, the Prison Gate, the Fish Gate,
ind others. At present there are but four
;hat can be opened, although four others are
distinctly seen walled up. The gates now
}pen are those of Jaffa, of Damascus, of St.
Stephen, and of David?oue in each of the
four walls. The Jaffa gate is northwest of
Mount Zion,and is the usual entrance for pilgrims
from Christian lands. It is composed
sf tall towers or buttresses, evidently of great
strength, aud easily defended against ancient
modes of warfare. The gates proper consist '
af two large folding doors, in one of which is
a wicket called "The Needle's Eye," which
is just large enough to admit a cainel without
any load upon its back, whence comes, I
suppose, the scriptural adage about the difficulty
of a camel going through the eye of a
needle. I asked what significance the natives
attached to this, and was gravely told
that inasmuch as a camel cannot possibly
pass through it while carrying any portion of
a load, similarly a rich man cannot pass
through the wicket of the heavenly Jerusalem
until he has entirely unloaded himself of
his riches and other earthly burdens.
The three other gates are of similar construction,
with strong turrets. But they an;
all wonderfully striking to the eye. in their
quaint and useless pouderousness, albeit conveying
a profound impression of the ancient
strength of the city, and the difficulty of its
capture by Moslem or Crusader. Nowadays
one or two of our big guns would effect a
breach iu a few minutes.
The Pistol and its Victims.?The NewYork
correspondent of the Utiea Herald
writes: The word pistol is derived from Pistoga,
a town in Italy, where the weapon was
invented about three centuries ago. As u
dueling weapon it superseded the sword,about
the time of the Americun Revolution. 7 No
sword duels are on record on this continent,
but this was for a Jong time the approved
method in Europe. The pistol fired by Ma
jor Pitcairn, at Lexington, which was the
first shot in the Revolution, is now in the
State library at Albany. Among other his
toric pistol-shots is that by which Col. R. M.
Johnson slew Tecumseh, at the battle of the
Thames. The most fearful and horrible of
pistol tragedies was the death of Lincoln.
The next in point of distinction was Alexander
Hamilton. The derivation of the names
of noted weapons has some interesting points.
Cannon is from canna, which, in the Latin,
means a tube; musket is from the Spanish
moscheto?evidently referring to the sound
of the ball and its wound. Rifle is derived
from rapio (Latin) or "rip meaning a ripped
or grooved surface. Artillery is derived from
art, since it is the highest art of destruction,
and yet the whisky-bottle has proved much
more destructive to our race.
An Old General's Sa-vaoe Humor.?
Old General Wrangle, of Prussia, not long
since deceased, was a crabbed and queer character,
but he had some humor. The Bear, a
Berlin periodical, tells how one of his officers
called on him one day, wearing spurs that
did not conform to the army regulations,
noticing which, Wrangle imposed a penalty
of twenty-four hours' confinement upon him.
The officer, seeing that Wrangle wore the
same kind of spurs himself called his attention
to the fact. "That is so," replied the
old soldier. "You are right, and you may
therefore remain under twenty-four hours'
additional arrest for me."
ItST The girl who can work a boquet of erabroidery
on the toe of a slipper and play
"Somebody's Coming When the Dew-Drops
Fall" on the piano, may boast of her accomplishments
during the courting season, but
after marriage the one who can put a trian
gular patch on her husband's pantaloons and
realize that somebody's coming when the
dinner bell rings, is the better wife. This is
an exceedingly practical age, and to know
htfw to do all these little domestic odds and
ends is just so much capital a girl brings
with her when she marries a poor man.
<iT7<.?, ua ., ? .\\t\ ??? ?
XiAKfl 1110 OA J/1'. IT liCU TIC oujr ui IV
shiftless fellow that he does not "earn his
salt," we unconsciously allude to an ancient
custom among the Romans. Among them a
man was said to be in the possession of a salary
who had his salarium, his allowance of
salt-money, or of salt, wherewith to savor the
food by which he lived. Thus "salary" comes
from "salt," and in this view of the word
how many are there who do not "earn their
salt!"
AST A sensible writer, who knows how it is,
says: "How often it is the "wet spell" and
the "dry spell" get the credit of bringing
about short crops ; wheu the "lazy spell" and
the "extravagant spell" had as much to do
with the short crop as the weather had. Apply
the remedy this year. Begin to economise?but
don't begin by stopping your paper
and feeding your preacher on "husks."
m ?flrMlc inquirer.
TERMS 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 RATES.
ONE DOLLAR per square, for the first insertion,
and FIFTY CENTS per square, 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 mouths.
ESTATE, JANE BARBER, DECEASED.
To all and singular the Creditors of said estate :
YOU, and each of you, are hereby notified that
von are required to establish your demands
against the said "estate, at York C. H., on the 2(>tn
day of May next, at 10 A. M., before the undersigned,
a Special Referee appointed by the Court
of Common Pleas for York count}', in the consolidated
actions of "Erwin A Steele, Adm'rs.,
vs. John Barber et al." and "J. Newman McEl-'
wee vs. Jos. F. Wallace, Adm'r," or be debarred
from payment out of the assets of said estate to
be marshalled in said actions in the said Court.
April 12, 1881. JNO. J. HEMPHILL,
Special Referee.
April 14 15 lit
ROBERT HERNDONT
Late Student of Boston Conservatory of Music,
TEACHER OF BRASS BANDS,
ANDTHE CORNET. Music arranged to order
for any number of Instruments. Terms '
noderate.
Agent for all kinds of first-class BAND IN- '
STRUM ENTS.
April 22 17 ly
IRON SAFE FOR SALEi ,
rHE undersigned offers for sale one No. 2 i
IRON SAFE, manufactured by Mosler, Bahnan
& Co., of Cincinnati. This safe has a oomjination
lock, and for all practical purposes is
jqual to a new one. It is offered for sale for no
eason except that it is too small for my purposes.
L. M. GRIST.
October 28 44 tf
NOTICE. .
[RESPECTFULLY inform the public that I J
am prepared to sharpen razors, scissors, shears !
ind other line-edged instruments. Prices?for ]
toning and sharpening razors, 25 cents, and for |
harpening scissors or shears, 10 cents each, and j
atisfaction guaranteed or no charge.
TOM BALLARD, Barber.
February 3 5 tf
OLD NEWSPAPERS,
r\F large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
If at one cent each, at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE. '
April 14 15 tf |
THE
"FAMILY FAVORITE." J
1
THE VERY BEST AND THE VERY LATEST
IMPROVED
Sewing' Machine.
Light Running, Noiseless,
No Gears, No Cams, No Springs,
New and Elegant styles of Woodwork.
Looae Fly-Wlieel, Automatic Spooler,
Casters in Stand, Largest Shuttle Used,
Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires
no Repairs at all.
INSTRUCTION BOOK
So plain that no other teacher is required. If you
see it. you will buy it. Prices as low as any firstclass
Machine. For sale by
LATIMER A HEMPHILL,
Yorkville, S. C.
WEED SEWING MACHINE* COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.
March 31 13 tf
""Wool cotton,ESTABLISHED
1812.
cass*
V CflA MAR K /^7
(Wound on Whitk Spools )
GEORGE A. CLARK,
SOLE AGENT,
100 BROADWAY, NEW TORI.
Since the introduction of this Spool Cotton
into the American market, its success has
been unprecedented. No other brand of
thread has ever met with the same amount
. of public favor in the same space of time.
The "0. N. T." manufacturers were the
first to recognize the importance of the Sewing
Machine and to make a six-cord cotton,
which has ever since been the recognized
standard for machines.
"All the improvements in machinery that
the inventive genius of the nineteenth century
has produced have been adapted by the
manufacturers of " 0. N. T."
At all the great International Fairs of the
world, "0. N. T." has been awarded the
highest honors.
The " 0. N. T." factories at Newark, N. J.
and Paisley, Scotland, employ 5,200 operatives?make
sufficient thread daily to go around
the world four times.
Consume 140 tons of coal daily.
The manufacturers of "0. N. T." are the
largest manufacturers of Spool Cotton in the
world.
A fall assortment of this Spool Cotton can
had at wholesale and retail at
HUNTER, OATES & CO.%
Agents,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, <Sc.
Yorkvllle, South Carolina.
February 24 8 6m
THE PUBLIC ROADS.
fTXHE citizens of York county are informed that
|_ for the purpose of looking more closely after
the condition of the public roads, the County
Commissioners, at their last meeting, decided to
take upon themselves a reasonable share of this
duty, and to that end each Commissioner has assigned
to him a portion of the county from which
reports of the condition of the public roads may
be made. Complaints of the condition of the
Eublic roads of the different townships should be
ereafter made as follows:
Bethel, Ebenezer and Fort Mill townships to J.
M. Jackson.
Bethesda, Bullock's Creek and Catawba townships,
to A. F. Lindsay.
Broad River, King's Mountain and Cherokee
townships, to J. B. Allison.
By order of the Board.
J. B. ALLISON, Clerk.
March 10 10 tf
KING'S MOUNTAIN CENTENNIAL.
THE King's Mountain Centennial Association
instructed me to publish, in permanent form,
the proceedings of the recent CELEBRATION
OF THE BATTLE OF KING'S MOUNTAIN,
together with those of 1855. The book will contain
about two hundred pages. It is proposed to
bring the workout in three different bindings at
the following prices:
Paper Binding, ?1 00
Half Binding, 1 50
Full Binding 2 00
It is manifest that the proposed work can only be
published by subscription. It is for the public to
say whether or not the work shall be published.
Any one desiring the work will send mehisorher
name and the money, and in the event the book
is not published the money will be refunded.
R. LATH AN.
March 10 10 tf
"garry iron roofi^^^^
and Cement.
79 and 81 Columbus Street,
CLEVELAND, OHIO.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 26 9 ly \
turbine water wheel. '
WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TUR- <
BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's
Invention. We are working a 134-inch Wheel
of the same kind, and there is no better Water
Wheel made for the same money. Those who "
contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no
better than to get one of these Wheels. We have p
Circulars giving all the details in regard to the
working of it, and with the sale you have the ,
privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not .
do as represented, the money will be refunded, j
Come and see the sample 18-inoh R. H. Turbine i
Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MAN- .
UFACTURING COM PANY, Greensboro, N. C. i
HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. |
February 10 47 tf
a gentsw ante d7
WE want a limited number of active, ener- : *
getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a 1
rare chance TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisements
by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what1 1
business they have been engaged in. None but *
diose who mean business need apply. Address j ^
FIN LEY, HARVEY it CO., Is
Atlanca, GA. !
January fl 1 ly
"chattel mortgages MORTGAGES
of Real Estate, and Titles to : j
Real Estate. For sale at the e
ENQUIRER OFFICE. I ?
September 9 37 tf I
JOB PRINTING.
DWING tc our superior facilities with the best
machine presses, an abundance of type and
irst-claas appointments throughout our office,
ve are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF
TOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices
hat will com pare with New York or Philadelphia
rtiarges for the same quality of work and mate ials.
We have recently made a reduction in ft
rrices for the following classes of work, to which V
ve invite the attention of business mei^ \
HI ILL IIJEA-I3S. \
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Bill Heads >3.00 >5.00
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 8.50
Sixth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.00 8.00
Monthly statements at same price of sixth-sheet
jill heads. We will fill an order for bill heads,
jiving an^ desired number of either size of
dieet at proportionate prices.
LETTER HEADS.
Fof.500 For 1000
Commercial Note, >2.15 >8.25
Packet Note, ?..v 2.25 8.50
Letter (largesize) * 3.00 5.00
For the above work wo use a superior quality
jf paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every
instance.
We also give special attention to the printingof
Briefs, Arguments ami funis ana Aiunoriues,
which we furnish strictly accordingto the requirements
of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and
in proof rending exercise the utmost care to ensure
accuracy.
Wo are prepared to furnish all other kindB of ^
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
style of worlc desired. Address,
L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C.
ATLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE
RAILWAY.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta, Ga., January 30,1881.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
ON and after January 30, 1881, trains will run
on this road as follows:
FAST MAIL.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gaatonia, 4.10 A. M. Leave 4.11 A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.05 A. M. Leave 2.09 A. M.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.15, P. M. Leave 2.18, P. M.
(westward.)
Arriye at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN. ' .
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.07, A. Leave 2.09, A. M.
(westward.) ->
Arrive at Gastonia, 1.11, A. M. Leave 1.12, A. V.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN. '
(ea8tward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 6.35, P. M. Leave 6.55, P. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 0.30, A. M. Leave 6.55, A. M.
THROUGH FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 8.52, A. M. Leave 8.52, A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 4.24, P. M. Leave 4.24, P. M.
Connecting at Atlanta for all points West and
Southwest.
Connecting at Chnrlotte for all Eastern points.
mi ...-u
iiu?;ugij ju'qcw uu pqic nt uaiiic^viuc, ui;ucco
City, Greenville, Spartanburg and Gastonia, to all v
points East and Went.
G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager.
W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. <fc Ticket Agent.
February 17 7 tf
C. & L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE,)
Yorkville, S. C., January 31st, 1881. J
THE following Schedule of the Mail and Passenger
Trains took effect at 6 o'clock, a. m.,
on the 31st of January, 1881.
going south.
Leave Dallas at 6.00 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 0 20 A. M.
Leave Gastonia at 6 40 A. M. a
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.10 A. M.
Leave Bowling Green-at 7.20 A. M.
Leave Clover at .7.35 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville at -..8.15 A. M.
Leave Yorkville atv. 8.25 A. M. .
Leave Guthriesvillo at 0.00 A. M,
Leave McConnellsvilleat 9.15 A. M.
Leave Lowrysville at 9.35 A. M.
Arrive at Chester at 10.10 A. M.
going north.
Leave Chester at 2.00 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville at 2.30 P. M.
Leave McConnellsville at 2.55 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 3.05 P. M. ->
Arrive at Yorkville at 3.35 P. M.
Leave Yorkville at 3.45 P. M.
Leave Clover at 4.25 P. M.
Leave Bowling Green at 4.35 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 4.45 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 4.55 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia at 5.20 P. M.
Leave Gastonia at 5.40 P. M.
Arrive at Dallas at 6.00 P. M.
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
February 3 5 tf
THE YORK MARBLE YARD.
mur unrlAroirvn.^ wnnlH rofi n/i/it f 1111 v an.
r | 1UU UllUOIOIgllVU nuMiu t
JL 110unee to the public that hie MARBLE
YARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full operation,
and that he is now well prepared to furnish
anything in his line of business at the L0WP1ST
CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children fur- A
nished for from $3.00 upward ; for adults from
$8.00iipward.
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, to 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 the Charlotte, Columbia
and Augusta Railroad, free of charge for
transportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
upon my establishment, my determination is to
merit a continuance of the same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
January 6 1 ly
mIlITmachinery.
WELLS BROTHERS respectfully inform the
public that they are prepared to contract
for the construction of all kinds of MACHINERY
AND FIXTURES for the operation of Saw
Mills and Coin and Wheat Mills. Their long
experience in this line of business warrants them
in giving assurance of satisfactory work, which
will be guaranteed in all cases, and at reasonable
prices. Would be pleased to hear from all parties
contemplating the erection of mill or similar
machinery.
We are the owners of the exclusive right of a
mode of dressing MILL STONES, by means of
which we will guarantee a Mill of not less than
twelve-horsepower, which grinds twelve bushels
of grain per hour, to increase the production
to twenty-four bushels per hour. Address us at *
Yorkville, S. C., or Whitaker's, S. C.
W. S. WELLS, J. W. WELLS.
M. R. WELLS, I. G. WELLS.
March 24 12 3m*
THE WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE
RESPECTFULLY offers its services to those
parents who desire to secure for their daughters
the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of
their physical, intellectual, and moral powers.
It is conducted on what is called the "ONE-*
STUDY" PLAN, with a Semi-Annual Course of
Study; and by a system of Tuitional Premiums,
its low rates are made still lower for ALL who
average 85 per cent.
No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Graduation,
which is always private, may occur eight
times a year.
For full information, write for an Illustrated
Catalogue. Address
Rev. S. LANDER, President,
Williamston. 8. C.
November 4 45 ly
CLEANSING AND REPAIRING.
THE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments
of any fabric whatever, rendering them
perfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring them 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.
Work promptly done, and at the most reasonable
prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
August 12 "29 tt
|7r7sCH(JRB'S photo-gallery,
1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAIL.
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gsulery with every
fV convenience, and a determination to do my
jest, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in
vant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy
veather is as good or better than sunshine for all
lubjects, except small children.
January 27 4 tf
TANNER ENGINES.
[HAVE just received a sample AGRICULTURAL
ENGINE, six-horse Power, with Pat>nt
Spark Extinguisher. Call and inspect the
'Daisy " T. S. JEFFERYS, Agent.
February 17 7 tf