Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, April 28, 1881, Image 4
Humorous frparfmcut.
PATRICK'S SERENADE.
Oeh ! Bridget, mavoureen, joostopen the winder.
And give me a glimpse av your beautiful face;
My ancient dudeen is all burnt to a cinder^
And boogs are very thick in this murthrii^>lace.
Sure, Biddy my girl, it's no joke for a ganius,
To walk all djiy 'nath the botherin' hod,
And thin, in the night, serenades ycung Vainus,
Clane up to his knees in the muddy ould sod.
I'm dyin' wid rapture, my Jewel of creatures,
A nlver a lover more willingly howled ;
But don't ye let scorn wrinkle up your sweet features,
Because your poor Paddy has got s uch a cowld.
The lightnin' is roarin', the toonder is tlashin',
The moon is no bigger than nothin' at all;
And such an outrageous and divilish splashin'
I never did hear, since the days I was small.
Thin open the winder, my queen av affection,
Or, what is as good, plase open the door;
Nor drame that you're sure of escapin' detection,
I know ye're awake, by the length ov ye're
tihnnrft.
EXCRUCIATING.
Scene 1.?In front of a fashionable hotel.
Gentleman dismounting from his horse.
"Stabler, attend ! Refrigerate my beast by
allowing him twice to circumambulate yonder
fountain; that accomplished, to imbibe a
moderate quantity of acqueous particle; conduct
him with care to the repository for wearied
beasts, and having clothed in lustre his
dirty skin by a gentle application of the vegetable
material, commonly called straw, suffer
him to partake of food which shall afford
nourishment and gentle repose."
Stabler?(laughing.) u\V-h-a-t,sir ?"
Gentleman?"What, sir! Stand you like
one who has no reason in his soul, while this
poor bea3t, whose every pore is a fount of
gushing strength, grows valetudinary 'neath
Sol's oppressive rays. Ye volatile barbarian !"
Stabler?(laughing still more unrestrainedly,)
"I can't understand a word you say, sir ;
but I suppose you want your horse put up."
Gentleman?"Stupidity unequaled! Landlord,
fulminate your censures against this
tardy churl, who thus manifests opugnation to
my desires, and conduct me to secluded apartments,
and bring restoratives of a most vivific
character, to reinstate to their former power
the wearied energies of my exhausted frame."
Landlord?(laughing) "I will, sir."
Gentleman?"Prospecterous ! And you,
sir, unite in the disgraceful merriment of your
minion ! I should surmise myself the first of
the species you had ever beheld.
Landlord?(laughing still more.) "Indeed
you are, sir."
Gentleman?"Terminate this prolix scene
and officiate as guard to my apartments. At
the hour of dinner, summon me. If wearisomeness
should have caused me to be recumbent
in posture, gently reanimate me with the
breath of a fan."
Scene 2.?The Dining Room. Gentleman
seating himself at the table, dinner over, and
others standing in the room.
Gentleman?"I should judge voracity and
ignorance prevailing characteristics of man.
I see nothing among these reeking ruins worthy
the regard of a gentleman's palate. Waiter,
I desire a female fowl, sufficiently, but not
redundantly made edible by fire."
It is brought.
"Waiter, dissect with care the same. Do
not violently separate the parts, lest my joints
should suffer dislocation from the discordant
sounds."
It is done.
"Waiter, place a tender portion of the
breast upon my plate, with necessary accompaniments."
It is done as ordered, and the gentleman
commences his dinner.
A wag who, with others, had observed
these proceedings, seats himself at table opposite
our hero.
Wfltf?^Woifor furnicK ma mlfK a fomolo
IT 4*? 11 uiuwi | IUIUIOU UJ\j nmu ?
fowl."
The waiter understands the joke, and does
as he is bid.
"Waiter, dissever now her component
parts."
It is done.
"Waiter, divide those parts into portions
suited to lubial capacity."
Opening his mouth, and throwing himself
back on his chair.
"Waiter, place one of them in the orifice
before you."
Our hero begins t:> understand the quiz,
and is evidently much disconcerted.
"Waiter, wag my jaws !"
Amid roars of laughter, and curses upon
his lips, our hero rushes from the room.
.Election Anecdote.?The following story
is told of a revolutionary soldier who was
running for Congress: It appears that our
hero was opposed by a much younger man,
who had never "been to ihe wars," and it was
the wont of oldJ^ftJ^kttTOnary" to tell the
people of"tl^e^tTardsh:ps he endured. Says
he:
"Fellow-citizens, I have fought and bled
for day country?I have helped to whip the
British and the Indians. I have slept upon
the fiefriyof battle with no covering but the
canopy ofsHeaven. I have walked over
frozen groumiKnll every footstep was marked
with blood."
Just about this li^ne one of the "sovereigns,"
who had becoute very much affected
by this tale of woe, wa.lksViip in front of the
speaker, wiping the tears Yrom his eyes with
the extremity of his coat-tail, and interrupting
him, says: /
"Did you say you fopght the British and
tbelngines?" /
"Yes," responded^e old "revolutionary."
"Did yous^y^fhat you had slept on the
grountbjsJrileserving your country, without
"Elver ?"
"Yes, sir, I did."
"Did you say that you had followed the enemy
of your country over frozen ground till
every footstep wa3 marked with blood ?"
"Yes," exultingly replied the speaker.
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treu, men, says me leariui "sovereign,
as he gave a sigh of painfui emotion, "I'll be
hanged if I don't think you've done euough
for your country, and I'll vote for the other
man."
"Mother," said a little girl of twelve,
the other day, "I want to get married."
"Hold your tongue, you silly thing," exclaimed
the parent.
"But you let sister Jane get married last
month, and she wasn't but three years older
than myself. And there is cousin Martha, ,
only two years and a half my elder?she got j
married lately, you know, and I guess my i
beau is as good as her husband is, any day. I
So there now."
"Your beau !" exclaimed the maternal one :
in surprise. "For mercy's sake, child, you .
have not got a beau, I hope."
"I guess I have, ma, and a good one, too, j
as any girl's at our school; Jim Cricket is my i
beau, and we have been engaged for a long ;
time."
"In a vear or two. we'll think about it:
^ but I can't hear to such a thing now," returned
the parent,
"Well, ma," returned the hopeful juvenile,
poutingly, "if you will not let me get mar*
ried, I want you to give me a new patent skirt,
with a self-adjusting buBtle attached !"
Magnificently Sold.?No medical so-!
ciety could be imposed upon as once was the
London Medical Society. They were au-1
thentically informed that a sailor had broken
his leg, and it had been cured in three days
by the application of tar and oakum. They j
immediately broke the legs of uuch animals
as they could get, bandaging them with tar
and oakum, but the legs did not get well ;
and they wanted to break some man's leg to
test this wonderful cure. Finally, they
wrote to their informant to learn, if they had j
used the right kind of tar and oakum, and in j
the right proportions. He assured them all
was right, and added in a posteript, that the
leg being of mod, tar and oakum was proba- j
bly as good as anything they could have,
* used. I
Jam and Jirwide. I
Take Care of the Feet.?Very many j
persona do not properly care for their feet, j
Tfiey wear cottou stockings and thin shoes in
winter; sometimes they sit, perhaps for hours, j
with thpir feet damp, and even wet. It is not
infrequent for females to go about their household
work half a day at a time with their
feet inadequately protected, while the cold
currents of air cause a temperature forty de-i
grees less near the lioor than overhead. Some
people become so habituated to cold feet as !
not to feel the chill, the long-continued cold !
having contracted the blood vessels and destroyed
the proper sensibility of the nerves.
Not a few persons go to bed in a cold room
with their feet still cold, to have them yet
further chilled by a cold bed. Now the feet
sustain a close relation to the rest of the body.
Hence it is that the physician applies heat to
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the feet to relieve a congested Dram, inefeet
of one whose legs are paralyzed will kick
when tickled, though the person is not conscious
of the tickling, nor, except by sight, of
the kicking. This indicates, too, one of the
reasons why a rusty nail in the foot causes
that fearful disease, lockjaw. Good health
cannot be enjoyed unless the blood circulates
warm and strong "through the extremities.
Mothers should see to it that their children's
feet are well clad, and should, from time to
time during the day, remove their shoes to
make sure that they are warm. They should
train them to right ideas and habits in this
respect. With all persons, the rule in Winter
should be woolen stockings and thick-soled
shoes, and rubbers in wet weather. Extra
soles, whether of cork, felt or even thick
pasteboard, may be used to great advantage.
Slippers, or shoes that can be easily removed,
should be worn about the house. If the feet
are permanently cold, from the shrinkage of
the blood vessels, this will tend to enlarge
them again. Iu such cases they should be
soaked every night, for a tirafi, in quite warm
water.? Youth's Companion.
Sowing Seed.?The depth to which seed
should be covered depends upon a variety of i
circumstances, all of which should be well
understood. To iorae extent the condition of
the soil, the state of the weather, the nature
nf sppfi and ti'o numose for which it is to
be grown, all have something to do with the
matter. If the soil is warm and the season
at planting indicates a period of dry weather,
plant deeper than if these conditions were
different. Peas need to be planted quite deep
if they are wanted for several pickings through
the season for family use; but for market
purposes, after which the land is to be cleared
for another crop, they may be planted shallower.
During some seasons a large per cent,
of our common garden seeds fail to grow.
Au open seed, as it is called, like beet seed,
needs to be planted nearer the surface thau
one enclosed in a hard coatiug, like the turnip
or cabbage, because if planted deep it is
liable to rot. One and a half to three inches
has been found to be the proper depth for the
coarser field and garden seed, while flower
seeds and the finer vegetable seeds want much
less covering, and some are so small as only
to need placing upon the surface and pressing
into the soil with the hand or garden trowel.
All seeds germinate better if the soil is made
firm above them. This may be done with the
hoe, hand, foot, trowel, garden or field roller,
as circumstances may favor.
Salt for Trees.?Young fruit trees can
be made to grow and do well in places where
old trees have died, by sowing a pint of salt
on the earth where they are to stand. After
the trees are set continue to sow a pint of salt
round each tree every year. I set twenty-five
trees in sandy soil for each one of seven yeare
and only succeeded in getting one to live, and
that only produced twigs a few inches long in
nine years. Last year I sowed a pint of salt
around it, and limbs grew three and a half
feet long. In the Spring of 1877, i set out
twenty-five trees, putting a pint of salt in the
dirt used for filling, and then sowed a pint or
more on the surface after each tree was set.
All grew a3 if they bad never been taken
from the nursery. Last spring I set thirty
more, treating them in the same way, and
they have grown very finely. The salt keeps
away insects that injure the roots and renders
the soil more capable of sustaining plant
growth.
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A farmer's ambition should be to own
smaller land titles and better land ; to own a
less number of stock and bettter stock. More
praise to him who raises one thousand bushels
of corn from ten acres than to him who
raises the same from twenty; and to him who
feeds five cows into making a pound of butter
each day, than to him who has ten cows and
gets half a pound from each ; and to him that
makes yearling porkers weigh as much as his
neighbor's two-year-olds, than to that neigh
bor. As much as 212 bushels of corn, 50
bushels of wheat, 60 of oats, 70 of barley, 50
of rye, 9 of clover seed have been reported
from one acre. Hogs have been made to
weigh 400 pounds at one year old. Steers
2,400 at three. Forty pounds of wool have
been sheared f om oue sheep. Seventeen
pounds of buttf >. have been made from one
cow in a week. And the closer a farmer gets
to these results the more the world owes him.
Oatmeal.?The use of this article of food
has greatly increased during the past few
years, and if all we hear and read in iis favor
be true, it should be used to even a greater
extent. The Scotch are noted as a robust
and healthy people, and they make great use
of oatmeal iu various ways. We believe it
would be far better for our farmer friends to
have this article on their breakfast tables every
morning, than to eat so much fried pork as
a good many do. It must be very healthful
and nourishing for children as well as adults.
Get a good article and have it well cooked,
and served with cream and a little sugar, and
it is good. Let those who do not think so try
it for six months or a year, and they will not
do without it ever after.
Ammonia for Headache ?There is nothing
that will relieve the headache so efficaciously
as w irm water, with a few drop3 of
spirits of ammonia mixed with it. Have the
water as hot as the hand can bear it, and
bathe the head freely with the solution. It
acts like a charm. The same remedy is goocb
for bruises or blows on the head or any
part of the body. It takes out the soreness
and the black and blue spots quickly. I know
of nothing that is so efficacious, and it is very
simple and quiet to apply. The bumps that
are always happening to children can be cured
in a few minutes by a thorough application
of ammonia and hot water, and just as soon
as the pain is gone they are ready to run and
iry 11 again.
A Scarlet Fever Cure.?The following
recipe was publis led some years ago as infallible
for scarlet '?ver and small pox. The
publisher of the lecipesays: "Either disease
will disappear in twelve hours. For a child,
smaller doses, according to age." We would
not, however, advise our readers to use it without
consulting a competeut physician: "Sul- j
phate of zinc, one grain ; foxglove (digitalis)
one grain ; half :i teaspoonful of sugar, mix j
with two tablespoonfuls of water. When I
thoroughly mixed add four ounces of water, j
Take a spoonful every hour."
S&* Young chickens drink a great deal of
water, but they in common with all animals
know just how much they need. Mix your ;
corn dough very dry and crumbly, therefore, j
and let your fowls drink fresh, cool, clean wa- j
ter after they are through eating. If your
mess is mixed too thin and sloppy, you will
force them to swallow more water than they
need in order to get at their feed.
A man will wait to get shaved in a bar-!
ber shop for an hour with perfect tranquility ;
but the same man will come home to dinner,;
and if he finds the meal five or ten minutes
late he will tear around like a Bashan bull. I
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fJratlhig (0* the jiMfrath.
CONDUCTED BT
REV. ROBERT LATHAN.
[Original ]
THE FIRST COMMANDMENT.
The ten commandments, contained in the
twentieth chapter of Exodus, is usually called
the moral law. It is not very apparent why
they are so designated. So far as we remember,
they are not so called in the scriptures.
The simple word law, or, for the sake of emphasis,
the law, expresses all that is necessary.
The adjective moral, is derived from the
Latin word mos. This word means, manner,
custom, habit, way of life, conduct. The
word law denotes a ruler of action. The
word moral is apparently superfluous. Custom,
however, has made its use in connection
with law as applied to the term commandments
admissible, if not correct.
The ten commandments, were given by
God-to Moses, under circumstances well
adapted to show their great importance.
These circumstances are all minutely and
thrillingly narrated in the book of Exodus,
and need not be here repeated.
The ten commandments are susceptible of
division. The first four have reference to the
duties which we owe directly to God. The
remaining six teach us what duties we owe to
our fellow-men. It may be remarked that
these ten comraaudments form the basis of all
good governments among men, and all human
crime is a violation of some one, or all of
these commandments.
The first comraandmeut is thus stated:
"Thou shalt have no other Gods before me."
The starting point in religion is the belief in
the existence of a Supreme Being. Religion
consists in worshiping God. If the God we
worship is the true God, and if we worship
him in the right way, our religion is the true
religion ; otherwise, it is a false religion. In
the first commandment, it is assumed that
there is only one living and true God. This
God we are commanded to recognize in all we
do, say and think. By a fair and legitimate
inference, we are, in the first commandment,
commanded to worship the Supreme Being.
All men are so constituted that they must
worship, in some sort of way, some sort of a
god. The first commandment forbids the
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worsnipiug ui any auu nu guus, cAucpt vuc
living and true God. It does not, in otherwords,
forbid Jthe exercise of devotion.-.l feelings
and devotional exercises, but it limits
these feelings and exercises to the true God.
It would be a waste of time to attempt to
prove, to auy Bible reader, that one of the
truths taught in the Scriptures, is the exis
tence of God. It matters not whether this
fact ia discoverable by the light of nature or
not; it is plainly taught in the Bible, and is
not inconsistent with the discoveries of reason.
No science, ho philosophy, has any facts to
present which teach that there is no God.
It is only the fool that says in his heart there
is no God. In the first commandment, we
are commanded to worship this God to the
exclusion of all others. As the existence of
law indicates irregular conduct, so the first'
commandment teaches us that there is a tendency
of the human mind to idolatry. In
nothing has the fertility of tlie human mind
more clearly shown itself than in its multiplying
objects of adoration. There are godsmany;
but they are the creations of morbid
imaginations. The Bible teaches that there
is but one God, and this is the teaching of
right reason.
In the first commandment, as in all the
commandments, there is a duty enjoined and
a sin forbidden. The duty which we are
required to perform, is the worshiping of
the living and true God. The sin forbidden
is tbe worshiping of idols. Whoever refuses
or neglects to worship the living and
true God, sins; and whoever worships any
idol, no matter what it may be, sins. Sin
consists in doing what we are commanded
not to do, or in not doing what we are commanded
to do. In this there is nothing that
is unreasonable, nothing that is arbitrary,
nothing that is onorous. On tbe contrary, it
is in perfect harmony with reason.
If, as the scriptures teach, there is but one
God, and that God is our maker and preserver,
it is our duty to render to him whatever
services He may require. The highest
claim to our services is the claim of creation
and preservation. In us, God has a peculiar
propriety. We sustain to Him a relationship
that we can sustain to no creature. He is our
maker. From Him we derive our being
and to Him is due our preservation in existence.
No higher claim can possibly be set
up than the right of creation. All other
titles may be defective. That founded upon
creation is perfect. This is the right which
God has in all his creatures. This gives
Him the absolute right to command, and imposes
upon all his creatures the duty to obey.
That we may be enabled to render acceptable
obedience to God, we must have a correct
knowledge of his nature. This knowledge
can be obtained only from the Scriptures.
From the works of creation and providence,
we can learn something of the nature of God,
but that knowledge is very obscure, dark and
confused. Sin has blinded our minds and
made that which is plain, obscure; that which
is light, dark and confused.
The tendency in the human mind to idolatry,
is fully demonstrated in the history of all
nations. Under the most favorable circumstances,
the Jews forsoek God?the God
that brought them out of Egypt?and made
and worshiped false gods. Even Aaron, the
priest of God, so far aided and abetted this
sinful propensity, that he made for God's
chosen people a golden calf, and winked at
the sinful practice of worshiping it. Ilight
reason is opposed to idolatry, and the first
commandment positively forbids it.
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fiSaF* Our Saviour spake with authority. He j
spake as never man spoke. He gave positive [
and broad precepts. The whole spirit of war, j
violence and retaliation is prohibited in language
so direct, so comprehensive, so unqualfKof
nnt nrnKIKU oil war if ia i
difficult to conceive of any words that will.? j
E. B. Hall.
flSaj"1 The tree will not only lie as it falls, but i
it will fall as it leans. And the great, ques- J
tion every one should bring home to himself, i
is, "What is the inclination of ray soul ?
Does it, with all its affections and powers, lean ;
toward God, or away from him ?"
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8Z&r If you hate your enemies, you will con- j
tract such a vicious habit of mind as by de- j
grees will break out upon those who are your
friends, or those who are indifferent to you. j
flaT A Christian must be a man of faith ev- j
ery step of the way. One whom the world i
knows not, though he so well-knows the world. I
IgiswUiMwu* Reading.!;
PREVENTION BETTER THAN CURE.
Professor E. G. Janeway lectured in New ,
York about the prevention ofdisease, advising ,
that great attention should be paid to it in ' (
order to obviate the necessity of curing the
disease when it should come. All, he said,
were familiar with the cost of sickness, involving
the expense of medical attendance
and loss of time, work and wages, hut rnauy j
were ignorant of how to prevent it. A man j,
should first learn his hereditary tendencies, '
and if he was likely to inherit disease he j 1
should guard against it by his mode of life, j
his choice of occupation and of a dwelling
place, etc. After enlarging somewhat upon '
the tendency of consumption and gout, he
spoke particularly of hereditary insanity.
If a child were liable to that, the greatest
care should be taken from the earliest infancy?first
to develop the body. As he
grew older he should be trained to avoid
? ??J ?A u'uo /Inotralilo
wurry uuu tvuAicty* xxv/tiuu nu?i uv.au?uiv
for such a person rather than undue reflection.
All mental shocks should be avoided.
It was bad for him to be wrapped up in one
idea, such as the acquisition of money or power.
He should choose a congenial pursuit
and by no means be forced by his parents
into a distasteful one. There were good reasons
why he should not marry, but if he did,
he should carefully choose a congenial wife.
The lecturer theu spoke at great length on
the necessity of pure air, water and milk,
giving several instances of the deleterious
effects of bad air, among others that of the
passeugers on the ship Londonderry in 1848,
150 of whom were shut up by the captain
during a storm, in the steerage, an apartment
18x11x7 feet. Seventy of them died in an
incredibly short time, having convulsions and
bleeding at the eyes and ears. Speaking of
the dangers of improper air in dwelling
houses, the lecturer described a house he had
examined in which he found the cold air-box
of the furnace connecting directly with the
sewer. In unother house he knew of three
cases of malaria where the tenant, imagining
a drain that the owner had warranted, to be
alt right, found a cesspool under the house.
He has also known people to put their garbage
barrels under the cold air-box of the
furnace. People should examine the plumbing
in their houses for themselves and not be
satisfied when the plumber said it was right.
n.Aa rkAAaililA a KniMor r?r
UCUCVCl lb nni J1U931UIO a icuaut uuuuu <->
purchaser of a house should insist that the
plumbing work be all in sight, and not buiied
in walls. If people would insist upon it
houses would soon be built so. But if the
plumbing is in the wills the peppermint test
should be applied. A considerable quantity of
the essence of peppermint should be poured
in the highest trap in the house, and if there
was a break anywhere the peppermint odor
would betray it. Bad odors in a house were
like the rattles of a rattlesnake. They meant
bad plumbing and danger.
He then spoke earnestly in regard to vaccination,
saying that a hundred years ago ten
deaths in every hundred were caused by smallpox.
Now, by vaccination and isolation, the
disease was checked. By being vaccinated
in infancy and once fifteen or twenty years
afterward a person was comparatively safe;
but by being vaccinated once in seven years
he was as safe as he could be. He then concluded
with a few directions in regard to disinfecting
and nursing in cases of infectious
diseases.
INFIRMITIES OF TEMPER.
I think more downright unhappiness and
misery are caused by ill temper in the home
than by all the embezzlements, infidelities
and crimes put together into which poor human
nature falls. One individual?man, woman
or child?is possessed of an arbitrary,
overbearing or furious temper. You never
know at what unfortunate moment his temper
will explode. A chance word, an unlucky
allusion or a mistimed jest, will set it
off, for the fuse is always laid, and it needs
but one touch of the match. Five or ten
people shall be made temporarily wretched
because one person?unconsciously, perhaps,
yet supremely egotistic and selfish, has never
learned to control his disposition and bridle
his tongue. It may be the head of the house
who is apt to be cross at breakfast time, and
he goes away to business, leaving a weight of
depression behind him which he is wholly unable
to estimate or measure. It may be the
mother who gives the reins to fretfulness, or
who looks like a martyr, when everybody is
trying to please her. Her husband carries
the thought of her face to his counting room,
and the children miss their lesso.us and receive
discredit marks because they did not
get well started for the day. Even a child
who is willful, capricious and stormy in mood,
can overshadow a family and lessen the sum
of its daily delight.
A great many bad-tempered people are
very good in 6ome regards. They are truthful,
generous and kind. They will go to all
lengths to do you a service. They will divide
their lust dollar with you, and sit up with you
when you are ill and suffering. Yet they
will not scruple to trample on your ordinary
comfort, to wound your feelings constantly,
and mortify you by outbreaks of passion
when they ought most to be patient and courteous.
What is to be done about it? For one
i thing society is to blame. We must cease to
look upon an infirm temper as a venial offense.
We must let the person who habitually
indulges in it understand that he caunot
be at once a bear and a saint. We must not
talk or think of a bad, by which we mean an
irascible, vindictive, or malicious temper, as a
misfortune to be pitied merely. It is rather
a trait to be condemned and a sin to be
ashamed of. The ill-tempered person should
be met by reproof and by good-humored but
constant resistance. Too often he carries all
before him. For the sake of peace everybody
keeps quiet. It is an old lion, and who
shall stir him up? The abject submission
of friends and kindred to the ill-temper of
some one they both love and fear, intensifies
and augments the evil.
The ill-tempered adult was once a child.
The fault was once manageable. On parents
and nrpppntnrs. then, heavv responsibility
lies, siuce theirs is the duty of right training.?
Christian Weekly.
Consumption.?Consumption usually begins
with a slight dry cough in the morning,
then, on going to bed getting more "and more
frequent, with more and more phlegm, increasing
debility, thinness of flesh, shortness
of breath and quickening pulse. In fatal
cases its average course is about two years;
hence the importance of arresting the disease
at as early a stage as possible, and
the sooner rational means are employed
for this purpose, the greater the chances of
success.
The disease is owing to an irritation commencing
in the throat and extending to the
lungs, so that their action is interfered with,
and the blood does not receive sufficient oxygen
to purify it. The first thing to be done
is to remove the obstruction which is the irritation
or congestion of the lungs. Four !
ouuces of glycerine, two ounces of alcohol,
two ounces of water aud one grain of mor- ,
phine make an excellent mixture for relieving
the cough. It should be taken in doses
of two teaspoonfuls every two hours until 1
the cough is relieved. The chest, just below
the neck, should be rubbed with tartar emetic
ointment every morning over a space as
large as the hand, until a thick crop of sores (
is brought out; then rub the ointment between
the sores to bring out a new crop. :
Meantime the patient should take regular [
and vigorous exercise in the open air. There
is nothing that equals horseback riding as a
remedy for this disease.
If a consumptive were to "live in the sad- j
die" and sleep out of doors, taking care to s
keep the feet dry and warm, and to live upon !
good, nourishing food, in short to "rough it," (
he would recover his health in a few months, <
even if the disease had made coD9iderable
progress. The trouble is that it requires a
strong will to carry out so severe a course, jn
spite of the languor and debility which disposes
an invalid to quiet despondency. The
most marked sign of lung disease is emaciation,
and the most positive indication of reluming
health is increase in weight.?Halls
Journal of Health.
THEY ALL KNOW.
Once in a lifetime you meet a man who
will admit that he doesn't know all about a
horse, but he may come around next day and
claim to have been tcmporairly insane when
he made the admission. As a rule, every
man knows exactly what ails a horse, whether
anything ails him or not, and can point
out a dozen instances where nature could
have improved on her work, no matter how
well she did it.
Yesterday a horse which had been ltfok?d
over by the fire department and rejected on
account of size was tied to a post on Griswold
street. He was as sound as a dollar.
not even showiug a wind-puff. Pretty soon
along came two lawyers, and one of them
remarked :
"Pity such a nice animal as that is foundered."
"Yes, and I can see that he is windbrokeu
to hoot," was the ready response.
Then the cashier of the bank halted and
took a look at the horse's teeth. He was
going away, wheu a mail carrier asked :
"How old do you call him ?"
"Some men might buy him for 12, but
they couldn't*fool me. That horse will never
see 16 again."
The best judges had called him 6, and his
owner had proofs that he wasn't a month
older. The mail carrier felt of the animal's
ribs, rubbed his spine and observed :
"He's got the botts or I'm no judge of
horses."
Then a merchant halted and surveyed the
horse's legs, lifted its front feet, pinched its
knees and feeling said :
"Been a pretty good stepper in his day,
but he's gone to the crows now."
The next man was a book-keeper. It took
him about five minutes to make up his mind
that sweeny was the leading ailment, although
poll-evil, heaves and glanders were
present in a bad form.
"What is sweeny?" queried an innocent
boot black who had made up his mind that
the hnrsfl hnd liver rmnnlnint..
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"Sweeny?" repeated the bookkeeper?
"look at the way he carries his tail and learn
what sweeny is."
"Oh, no," put in another?"sweeoy affects
the eyes."
"I guess not," said an insurance man ; "I
guess sweeny affects the lungs."
"Lungs!" cried a broker?"you mean the
stomach!"
And they were jangling over it when the
owner of the horse came and led him away.?
Detroit Free Press.
A Few Slight Faults in a Postmaster
When Judge McLean was Postmaster General,
he wrote the following letter to a dismissed
Postmaster, who inquired why he had
been removed:
"Sir : The allegations against you are numerous
and strong, and chiefly these: That
you cannot write nor read ; are not a safe accountant
; not delivering letters when called
r._ J-i? : 1 -ii c ,1..
ior, uenvenug itueis j r eijiieii wj' iu pcioimo
for whom they were not intended ; fail to send
letters and packages by mail in proper time ;
sometimes sending off the mail without putting
into it any letters or packets that have
been lodged at your office; reverse the destination
of letters, and send them back to the
place whence they came; have not sense
enough to discover the error after the letters
have been repeatedly returned ; make frequent
and gross mistakes in the bills forwarded
to other offices ; open packages addressed
to other post offices ; when a mail is called for
by a neighboring post-master, handing out any
one, right or wrong; disobey the regulation
respecting dead newspapers ; appropriate half
a dozen of them to your own use for two or
three years, and resort to the miserable speculation
of selling them for wrapping paper;
fill up a circulating library with periodical
works obtained in this way ; are uncouth in
your behavior, odious to the population;
heap error upon error, and avail yourself of
these errors in order to supplant your employer
; have been tried by the vicinage and
found wanting; and to sura up, they charge
you with want of principle and capacity."
Characteristic.?There is a little incident
connected with Mahone's career during
the late war, which is worth relating. On
one occasion Mahone had a fight with General
Wilson's division, near Petersburg, and
Wilson captured a whole regiment of Mahone's
men. Fitz Hugh Lee subsequently
gave Wilson a sound drubbing, and recaptured
Mahone's lost regiment and twelve or
fourteen of Wilson's cannon. Mahone had
the pieces hauled to his quarters, and sent a
dispatch to the Richmond papers announcing
that he had whipped Wilson and captured
his artillery. In the meautime he had the
guns placed in conspicuous positions arouyd
his headquarters, as trophies of war. Fitz'
Hugh Lee, hearing of this scurvy trick, went
to Mahone's camp at 2 o'clock in the morning
and demanded the guns. Mahone impudently
refused to give them up. Fitz Hugh Lee
went back to his camp and ordered his men
to prepare to take the guns. General R. E.
Lee, hearing of the difficulty, interfered, and
Mahone delivered the guns to him, refusing
to hand them over to Fitz Hugh Lee, who
had taken them from the enemy and saved
Mahone's captured regiment. In his magnanimity
Fitz Hugh Lee did not report to
General Lee that Mahone had lost his regiment,
but the little brigadier gave him no
thanks, and meanly stuck to it that he had
gained a victory and captured the guns. The
incident is suggestive of the character of the
man.? Courier-Journal.
The Elephant Disappearing.?Considerable
interest attaches to a question which
has just heen put by a Sheffield worker in
ivory. He desires to know whether elephants
shed their tusks, as, if not, upward of one
thousand two hundred and eighty of these
magnificent beasts must have been killed to
supply his manufactory alone with the ivory
used last year. The answer to his query is,
unfortunately, that before the tusks can be
obtained an elephaut must be slaughtered,
and herein is found a subject for serious reflection.
Numerous still in Ceylon, though
hv no means as plentiful as they were a few
years ago, anil without doubt existing also in
large numbers in certain parts of Africa, the
elephant is, however, rapidly disappearing.
As a beast of burden he is 'unrivaled in
strength, eudurauce and intelligence, and the
service he renders in times of war as well as
peace, would alone more than reward a great
effort on his behalf. Quite apart from the j
fact that, when he goes, the supply of ivory ,
ceases too, there is also the grave considera- <
tion of his loss as a means of locomotion and ;
transport. It is well known that he does not '
breed in captivity, and it is, therefore, only in i
a wild state that the species can be preserved. 1
The destruction of more than twelve hundred
of his kind for one knife making firm implies
a huge and serious waste.
?lte forMle #t?ptiw. j
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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 inser:ion,
and FIFTY CENTS per square, for each
subsequent insertion. A square consists of the
ipace occupied by seven lines of this size type.
$S3- Contracts will be made at reduced rates t
for advertising space to be used for three, six, '
)r twelve months. '
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ESTABLISHED 1812.
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(Wound on Whitb Spools.)
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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. 1
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.
*A11 the improvements iu machinery that
the inventive genius of the nineteenth century
has produced have been adapted by the
manufacturers of " 0. N. T."
At nil tho great International Fairs of the
world, "O. 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. 1
Consume 140 tons of coal daily.
Tho manufacturers of "O. N. T." are the
largest manufacturers of Spool Cotton in the
world.
A full assortment of this Spool Cotton can
be had at wholesale "and retail at
HUNTER, OATES & CO.'S,
Agents,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, <ftc.
Yorkville, South Carolina.
February 24 8 6m
THE
"FAMILY FAVORITE."
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THE VERY BEST AND THE VERY LATEST
IMPROVED
Sewing* IVTaeliine.
Light Running, Noiseless,
No Gears, No Cams, No Springs,
New and Elegant styles of Woodwork.
Loose Fly-Wheel, Automatic Spooler,
Casters in Stand, Largest Shuttle Used,
Simple, Easy to Learn, Requires
no Repairs at all.
? .
INSTRUCTJON 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 <fc HEMPHILL,
Yorkville, S. C.
WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN. i
March 31 13 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, $100 ,
Half Binding .-. 1 50 1
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 me his or her .
name and the money, and in the event the book ,
is not published the money will be refunded. ;
R. LATH AN. 1
March 10 10 tf }
GARRY IRON ROOFING CO., '
and Cement. <
79 and 81 Columbus Street, '
CliEVELAlVD, OHIO. ]
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 26 9 ly
Tt RBINE WATER WHEEL. !
WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TUR- t
BINE WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's ?
Invention. We are working a 131-inch Wheel t
ot the same kind, and there is no better Water 1
Wheel made for tbe same money. Those who
contemplate using a Turbine Wheel can do no
better than to getone of these Wheels. We have
Circulars giving all the details in regard to me working
of it, and with the sale you have the 1
privilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not ..
do as represented, the money will be refunded.
Come and see the sample 18-in<-h R. H. Turbine J
Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MAN- \
UFACTUKING COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C. lT
HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C. ?
February 10 47 tf ?
c
ESTATE, JANE BARBER, DECEASED." J
To all and singular the Creditors of said estate:
YOU, and each of you, are hereby notified that u
you are required to establish your demands ti
sgainst the said estate, at York C. H., on the 26th
day of May next, at 10 A. M., before the under- C
signed, a Special Referee appointed by the Court
of Common Pleas for York county, 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 f
be marshalled in said actions in the said Court.
April 12, 1881. J NO. J. HEMPHILL, ,j
Special Referee. D
April 14 15 6t tj
AGENTS WANTED. ~ J
WE want a limited number of active, ener- \
getic canvassers to engage in a pleasant and b
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chance TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement I
by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what i ?
business they have been engaged in. None but
:hose who mean business need apply. Address '
FINLEY, HARVEY A CO., j
Atlanta, Ga. i j
January 6 1 ly j b
CHATTEL MORTGAGES J
MORTGAGES of Real Estate, and Titles to ' s:
Real Estate. For sale at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE, j September
9 37 tf
OLD NEWSPAPERS, ]
OF large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale e
at one cent each, at the "
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
LTLANTA AND CHARLOTTE AIR-LINE
RAILWAY.
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
Atlanta, Qa., January 30,1881.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
I~|N and after January 30, 1881, trains will run
Lf on this road as follows:
FAST MAIL.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 4.10 A. M. Leave 4.11 A. M.
(westward.)
Arrive at Gastonia, 2.0;> A. M. Leave 2.09 A. M.
DAY PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Arrive at Gaston in, 2.15, P. M. Leave 2.18, P. M.
(westward.)
Vrrive at Gastonia, 2.16, P. M. Leave 2.17, P. M.
NIGHT PASSENGER TRAIN.
(eastward.)
Vrrive at Gastonia, 2.07, A. M. Leave 2.09, A. M.
(westward.)
Vrrive at Gastonia, 1.11, A. M. Leave 1.12, A. M.
LOCAL FREIGHT TRAIN.
(eastward.) '
Vrrive at Gastonia, 6.35, P. M. Leave 6.55, P. M.
(westward.)
Vrrive at Gastonia, 6.30, 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 Charlotte for all Eastern points.
Through Tickets on sale at Gainesville, Seneca
City, Greenville, Spartanburg and Gastonia, to all
points East and West.
G. J. FOREACRE, Gen'l Manager.
W. J. Houston, Gen'l Pass. & Ticket Agent.
February 17 7 tf
C. & L. NARR0W~GATJGE RAILROAD.
CHANGE OF SCHEDULE.
SUPERINTENDENT'S OFFICE, 1
Yorkville, S. C.t 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 6.20 A. M.
Leave Gastonia at - 6 40 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge at 7.00 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek at 7.10 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 at 8.25 A. M.
Leave Guthriesville at 9.00 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 8.05 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
JOB*PRINTING.
OWING to our superior facilities with the best
machine presses, an abundance of type and
first-class appointments throughout our office,
we are prepared to execute ALL MANNER OF
JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices
that will compare with New York or Philadelphia
charges for t he same quality of work and materials.
We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes of work, to which v
we invite the attention of business men:
HILL HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Half-sheet Bill Heads, $3.00 $5.00
Fourth-sheet Bill Heads, 2.25 3.50
Sixth-sheet Bill 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.
I LETTER HEADS.
For 500 For 1000
Commercial Note, $2.15 $3.25
Packet Note, 2.25 3.60
Letter (large size) .".... 3.00 5.00
For the at ive work we use a superior quality
of paper, an I guarantee entire satisfaction in every
instance. .s
We also give special attention to the printingof
Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities,
which we fu mish strictly according to the requirements
of the Justices of the Supreme Court, and
in proof reading exercise the utmost care to ensure
accuracy.
We are prepared 10 iurmsn an uumr kuiuh ??
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any
style of work desired. Address,
L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C.
-mm ? nnr P V 4 D n
'JL'tiHi X liiviv 1uaivj7uu m aujui
THE undersigned would respectfully announce
to tne public that bis MARBLE
YARD, near the Railroad depot, is in full operation,
and th..t he is now well prepared to furnish
anything in his line of business at the LOWEST
CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children furnished
for 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, 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
xansportation.
Thankful for the patronage heretofore bestowed
ipon my establishment, my determination is to
merit a continuance of the same.
F. HAPPERFIELD.
January 6 1 ly
MILL MACHINERYT"
WELLS BROTHERS respectfully inform the
public that they are prepared to contract
'or the construction of all kinds of MACHINERY
AND FIXTURES for the operation of Saw
Mills and Corn and Wheat Mills. Their long
;xperience in this line of business warrants them
n giving assurance of satisfactory work, which
,vill beguaranteed in all cases, and at reasonable
jrices. Would be pleased to hear from all paries
contemplating the erection of mill or similar
machinery.
We are the owners of the exclusive right of a
node of dressing MILL STONES, by means ot
vhich we will guarantee a Mill of not less than
welve-horse power, which grinds twelve bushils
of grain per hour, to increase the production
o twenty-four bushels per hour. Adaress us at
forkville, S. C., or Whitaker's, S. C.
W. S. WELLS, J. W. WELLS.
M. R. WELLS, % I. G. WELLS.
March 24 12 3m*
CHE WILLIAMSTON FEMALE COLLEGE .
ri ESPECTFULLY offers its services to those
[1, parents who desire to secure for their daughers
the thorough and symmetrical cultivation of
heir physical, intellectual, and moral powers,
t is conducted on what is called the "ONEITUDY"
PLAN, with a Semi-Annupl Course of
Itudy; and by a system of Tuitional Premiums,
ts low rates are made still lower for ALL who
verage 85 per cent.
No Public Exercises. No "Receptions." Gradlation,
which is always private, may occur eight
imes a year.
For full information, write for an Illustrated
Catalogue. Address
Rev. S. LANDER, President,
Williainston, S. C.
November 4 45 ly
CLEANSING AND REPAIRING.
rHE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he is prepared to cleanse garments
of any fabric whatever, rendering them
erfectly clean, and if unfaded, restoring tbem to
lie original brightness and lustre of tne goods.
)o not throw away your old clothes, but have
liein cleaned and made to look as well as new.
Vork promptly done, and at the most reasonale
prices. THOMAS BALLARD.
August 12 29 tt
. R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERf,
1ST HOUSE EAST OF THE JAII.
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every
V convenience, ana a determination to do my
est, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in
-ant of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy
reather is as good or better than sunshine for all
ubjects, except small children.
January 27 4 tf
TANNER ENGINES.
f HAVE just received a sample AGRICULTUL
RAL ENGINE, six-horse Power, with Patnt
Spark Extinguisher. Call and inspect the
Daisy." T. S. JEFFERYS, Agerit.
February 17 7 tf