Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, June 09, 1881, Image 4
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"NOT GUILTY."
We all recollect the verboseness of the old
style of pleading, before the courts were
purged of their prolixity by the "Code." An
indictment for a simple misdemeanor was
so long and tiresome, that a victim, against
whom one was "found," would almost plead
"guilty" to get rid of the bore of its reading.
Under this system an indictment was found
against Joel Nash, a simple-minded backwoodsman
of C county, for "assaulting"
and "battering" one "Joe j>avis." Nash had
simply knocked Davis down, for some trivial
insult, and Davis, through malice, had informed
the Solicitor of the affair, and the
grand jury had found a "true bill" against
Nash. The case came up, and Joel was called.
The Solicitor, who reads an indictment
with peculiar gusto, upon Joel's appearance
at the bar, drew his indictment and began to
read of the prisoner's not having the fear of
God before his eyes, but being moved and instigated
by the devil, did in the county aforesaid,
at, &c., aforesaid, against the peace and
dignity of the State, assault, with divers sticks,
bludgeons, blocks of wood, logs, bars of iron,
pistols, bowie-knives, daggers, dirks, Arkansaw
tooth-picks, brickbats, and stones, in and
upon the head, neck, arms, breast, belly, abdomen,
legs, knees and feet of the said Davis,
making divers, wounds, contusions, bruises,
bumps, cuts, stabs, holes, and burns, &c., &c."
"Nash, uneasy from the first, upon the
reading of the indictment, began to grow
pale and nervous. He twisted and squirmed,
and 'twas all his cousel could do to prevent
his interrupting the Solicitor.
"Ob, heavens!" thought Joel, "did that
dod rotted Joe Davis swear to all them lies ?
If he did, I'm a gone coon."
After the Solicitor bad finished the reading,
he turned to Joel, and said :
"Joel Nash, what say you to this charge in
this indictment ? Are you guilty, or not
guilty ?"
Joel sprang to his feet, and said :
"Not guilty to that piece of paper, squire;
but I jest slapped Joe Davis over for callin'
uv me a liar."
Joel's appearance of anguish at being acfiiaprl
if hrnisinor ?nd hftfttincr tin .Tift Davis
in such a manner, and his answer to the
charge, was irresistable, and court, bar, and
ali laughed immoderately. Joel was fined
one dollar and costs, upon bis plea of "guilty,"
and the members of the bar raised the
amount for him.
S. S. Prentiss.?When this gentleman
was in his glory, in the State of Mississippi,
during a season of high political excitement,
there was a convention at Hernando. Prentiss
was there, and set everything ablaze with
his burning eloquence and inimitable wit.
As was usual, hundreds of ladies crowded the
ground to hear him, and when he had concluded,
the welkin rang with shouts of applause.
Now there was present one Didemus
Brief, Esq., opponent, who, like the gnat in
the fable, never suffered to pass unimproved
an opportunity to inflict his bite on the ox's
legs. He arose to reply to some of Mr. Prentiss'
arguments. When Didemus had gone
through his "piece," and had given it the last
finishing touch of gesticulation, peculiarly his
own, he sat down apparently exhausted.
Prentiss, meanwhile, sat looking on, with a
peculiar twinkle in his eye, enjoying the thing
hugely. At the conclusion he slowly arose,
advanced to the front of the stand, intending
no doubt to drop an admonitory hint to such
thick headed zealots, when, at the moment, a
neighboring jackass, quartered hard by,
"opened his mouth and spoke" long and loud.
Mr. Prentiss turned his eyes in the direction
of his new assailant, fairly gaped with astonishment
without uttering a word for a moment,
and then, ere the reverberating tones of
the as9 had died away, he turned to the audience,
and throwing up his hand deprecatfngly
to his first opponent, exclaimed, "Ah !
ladies and gentlemen, another competitor ! I
can't stand it?" and sat down amidst the
deafening shouts of the multitude. Didemus
Brief, Esq., became thoroughly disgusted with
the "vulgar meeting," and withdrew.
A Knowing "Coubt."?An anecdote is
related of a court in a village during the past
year, which we regard as one of the richest in
its line of any that has been recorded, and
give it to our readers as nearly as we can
recollect it. The case on trial was for the
sale of liquor. The principal witness was
singularly obtuse; and though confessing
to having made a purchase, could not, for the
life of him, tell what the article was. The
most ingenious questioning would not bring
it out. At last the attorney asked him :
"How did it taste?"
"I d'no!"
Here the "court" iuterposed, alleging that
to be an improper question, and inquired of
the attnrnev whv he not. snr>h an interrnira.
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"Well, your honor," replied the attorney,
"I was unable to make the witness tell what
kind of liquor he bought; but I thought if
he would tell how it tasted, the court would
be able to determine for itself."
The hit was too palpable.
t&' Some years ago, in the New Hampshire
Legislature, a new member, somewhat noted
for "pumping thunder," made a speech. It
was upon a bill for taxing bank dividends, in
which he attempted to be very pathetic in favor
of widows who owned bank stock:
"Yes, Mr. Speaker," he exclaimed with indignant
energy, "the gentleman from Dover
who introduced this bill, deaf to the cries of
her orphan children, would strip the widow,"
but before he could conclude the sentence, he
was interrupted by a laugh. Astonished,
but undaunted, he exclaimed, with profound
feelings:
"Gentlemen, it is not a subject of derision.
I appeal to you, in all candor, to say if it is
not worse than stripping. Put on this tax,
and you will drive the widow to her last shift!"
Shouts of laughter here petrified him in his
place, and he spoke no more during that ses
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New Music.?"Do the ladies play music
in Vermont?" asked a young lady of a Vermont
green-looking customer.
"0, very universally, Miss," was the reply.
"Indeed, I was not aware of that; do they
use the piano?"
"Never, Miss. The instrument that we
have up our way is the surinctic, and the girls
all play it."
"O, I am sure I never heard of that instrument
before; do tell what it is, and how they
play it."
"Well, the instrument is a small pig, and
each girl takes one under ODe arm and
chews the end of bis tail, and that brings the
music."
After that, Vermont "greeny" was the
lion of the.show.
t&~ A strong, hearty, lazy fellow, who preferred
begging for a precarious subsistence to
working for a sure one, called at the house of
a blunt farmer and asked for cold victuals
and old clothes.
"You appear to be a stout, hearty looking
man," said the farmer ; "what do you do for
a living ?"
"Why, not much," replied the fellow, "except
traveling about from one place to another
!"
"Traveling about, ha!" rejoined the farmer
; "can you travel pretty well ?"
"O, yes," returned the sturdy beggar, "I'm
pretty good at that."
"Well, then," said the farmer, coolly opening
the door, "let's see you travel."
"Ned," she said to him, pensively, in a
tone implying total lack of confidence in herself,
"I don't think I can ever be to you
what your first wife was." "Great Mary,"
wa? the enthusiastic response, "if I thought
that I'd marry you to morrow."
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HOME DOCTOR.
A gill of strong sage tea, taken at bed time,
will relieve night-sweat.
The way to produce a smile on the face of
nature is to plant it with seeds of flowers.
Tickle nature in that way and she will laugh
with blossoms.
Corn tea for a sick person: Brown and
pound in a mortar one cup of sweet dry corn ;
pour on this twQ cups of boiling water, and
steep fifteen minutes. This is very light and
nutritious, and can be taken when the patient
is very weak.
The following is said to be a good cure for
colds. Boil two ounces of flax seed in one
quart of water; strain and add two ounces of
rock candy, one-half pint of honey, juice of
three lemons; mix and let all boil well; let
cool and bottle. Dose, one cupful before going
to bed, one-hall: cupful before meals.
The hotter you drink it the better.
According to a writer in the Scientljic American,
a little warm turpentine poured on a
mnnn/t trill "(tiro roliof in Iocq than n
lUU&'jan nwuuuj nut g??v *v..v? ?M .vww ?
minute;" it is also a sovereign remedy for any
Bevere cut or bruise, and for croup. In the
latter ailment, a flannel should be saturated
and put on the throat aud chest and three or
four drops be taken inwardly on a lump of
sugar.
The best remedy for bleeding at the nose,
as given by Dr. Gleason, is a vigorous motion
of the jaws, as if in the act of mastication.
In the case of a child!, a wad of paper should
be placed in its mouth and the child instructed
to chew it hard. It is the motion of the
jaw that stops the flow of blood. This remedy
is so very simple that many feel inclined
to langh at it, but it has never been known
to fail in a single instance, even in very severe
cases.
A physician says: I find this recipe of use
for invalids. It is easy to make and cooks
cannot well blunder: Take a pound of juicy
steak, from which all the fat has beeh removed
; cut it up in pieces of about an inch
square, salt and pepper it slightly; take a
stone jar to hold two pints; pour into it a
pint and a half of cold water and a teaspoonful
of whole rice ; cover the jar with a saucer
and let it bake slowly for four hours; remove
any fat present.
Pay as You Go.?The best of all rules for
successful housekeeping and making both
ends of the year meet, is "Pay as you go."
Beyond all countries in the world, ours is the
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oue iu wuicu uio vrcuitojoiciu id must uocu ouu
abused. Pass-books are the baoe and pest
of domestic economy, a perpetual plague,
vexation, and swindle. Abused by servants
at the store and the house, disputed constantly
by housekeepers and dealers, they are
temptations to both parties to do wrong. "I
never had that;" "We neglected to enter
this "I forgot to bring the book "Never
mind, we'll make a note of itand so it goes.
But the worst of it iu that housekeepers are
tempted to order what they have not the
means to pay for, and when the month or
quarter comes for settlement they are straitened.
A family cap live respectably on a moderate
income, if they always take the cash in
hand and buy where they can buy to the
best advantage. They will be careful first
to get what is necessary. Extra comforts
will be had, if they can afford them. But it
is bad policy to buy ou credit. No wise dealer
sells so cheaply on credit as for cash.
The table is the place for economy. Good
wholesome food costs little, compared with
unwholesome luxuries.
The dress of a family is so much a matter
of taste, that it need hardly be said it is just
as easy to be respectable in cleihing that coBts
little as in that which is expensive. To dresB
according to one's means is the only respectable
style.
One must have a home, and in every place
there are dwellings suited to the ability of the
purchaser. When the rent, the food and the
clothing are kept within one's income, the
margin for benevolem e, for luxury, and for
pleasure, may be 0K<tsured and used. In
these, as in other ma ters, "Pay as you go."
Out-door life is both a remedy and
a preventive of all known disorders of
the respiratory organs. Consumption, in
all but the last stage of the deliquium, can
be conquered by transferring the battle ground
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irom tpe sicxroom to toe wuuerness or tne
next mountain range. Asthma, catarrh,
and tubercular phthisis are unknown among
the nomads of the intertropical deserts, as
well as among the homeless hunters of our
Northwestern Territories. Hunters and herders,
who breathe the pure air of the South
American pampas, subsist for years on a
diet that wonld end anger the life of a city
dweller in a single month. It has been
repeatedly observed that individuals who
attained to an extreme old age were generally
poor peasants, whose avocations required
daily labor in the open air, though
their habits differed in almoBt every other
respect. Also, that the average duration
of life in various countries of the Old
World depends not so much on climatic peculiarities
or their respective degree of culture,
as on the chief occupation of the inhabitants.
The brave Hindoo outlives the wellfed
Parsee merchant; the unkempt Bulgarian
enjoys an average longevity of forty-two
years to the west Austrian citizen's thirtyfive.?Dr.
Oswald.
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Transplanting in the Night.?A gentleman,
anxious to ascertain the effect of transplanting
by night, instead of by day, made
an experiment with the following results:
He transplanted ten cherry trees while in
bloom, commencing at four o'clock in the af
ternoon. Ihose transplanted during the daylight
shed their blossoms, producing little or
no fruit, while those transplanted in the dark
maintained their condition fully. He did
the same with ten dwarf trees after the fruit
was one-third grown. Those transplanted in
the day shed their fruit; those transplanted
during the night perfected the crop and showed
no injury from having been removed.
With each of these trees he removed some
earth with the roots. The incident is fully
vouched for, and if a few similar experiments
produces like result, will be a strong argument
to horticulturists to do such work at
night.?Floral Cabinet.
Disinfectants.?As the warm weather
appears, disinfectants will be needed. Lime,
plaster, charcoal, dry earth, and sifted ashes
have value, chiefly to be tested by the rapidity
with which they correct odors. Freshslaked
lime should be scattered in all places
of foul odor. It or charcoal or plaster may ,
be scattered over heaps emitting foul odors.
Calx powder is made by poundiug one bushel
of dry fresh charcoal and two bushels of stoue j
lime and mixing them, and is of great prac- J
tical use. All these substances absorb foul j
gasses and dry up moisture, and so help to re- i
tard decomposition or else absorb its results. I j
Where lump charcoal is used, it may be refit- J
ted for use by reheating it. Quicklime and j
ground plaster should not be used where they ,
may be washed into pipes and form lime-soap
or obstruct by hardening.
A Method of Leading Cattle.?Mr.
J. W. Gilman, Kearney Co., Neb., writes of <
an arrangement of the halter for the easy I
leading of cattle that are inclined to hang i
back. He writes: "I learned the method ;
from a young Dane in my employ. I had .
two cows, neither of which would lead with <
any degree of comfort; to lead them both at i
once was out of the question. One day I <
noticed the Dane leading them with as little I
trouble as if they were well broken horses. I
This ease in leading was due to his taking a 1
half-bitch in the halter around one ear of i
each cow in such a way that it would not slip 1
off. This idea has been worth a great deal to <
me." To those who have tugged and wor- I
ried over a cow that would uot lead at the '
halter, this hint will be welcome. <
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NO TIME FOR HATING.
Begone with feud! away with strife;
Our human hearts unmating !
Let us be friends again! This life
Is all too short for hating !
So dull the day, so dim the way,
So rough the road we're faring?
Far better weal with faithful friend,
Than stalk alone uncaring !
The barren fig, the withered vine,
Are types of selfish living ;
BuUsouls that give like thine and mine
Renew their life by giving.
While cj'press waves o'er early graves,
On all the way we're going;
Far better- plant, where seed is scant,
Than tread on fruit that's growing.
Away with scorn since die we must
And rest on one low pillow ;
There are no rivals in the dustNo
foes beneath the willow.
So dry the bowers, so few the flowers
Our earthly waj' disclosas,
Far better stoop where daisies droop
Than tramp o'er broken roses !
Of what are all the joys we hold
Compared to joys above us !
And what are rank, and power and gbld
Compared to hearts that love us ?
So tleet our years, so full of tears,
So closed death is waiting ;
God gives us space for loving grace,
But leaves no time for hating.
UtoccUancous finding.
A VISIT TO THE GARDEN OF EDEN.
A couple of hours' ride, over a most wretched
bridle path, up aud down rugged mountain
passes, brought U9 to this charming oasis
called "Eden." The Arabs assured us this
spot was the real Garden of Eden, and judging
from the intense curiosity they evinced
concerning ourselves and our traps, we had
no difficulty in believing this to be the garden
where our first mother Eve dwelt ere
she grew too fond of apples. This Eden is
situated iu a pretty little valley in the heart
of the mountains, at an elevation of some
5,000 feet above the level of the sea. Water
is abundant here aud consequently everything
is green and fruit is plenty. The valley
is full of vineyards, with pomegranates and
fig trees, and olive and mulberry plantations,
and over topping the whole can be seen some
immense walnut trees that look as old as the
world.
As I am writing these lines, sitting on a
camp stool in front of ray tent, I can see the
whole population of Eden collected round our
camp staring at us. Young and old, men,
women and children, are pressing forward to
have a good look at us ; and some of these
wild children of Eve have climbed up the
trees to have the luxury of a bird's eye view
of our camp. Long before we reached our
camping ground, the news had been brought
that a caravan of people from beyond the
mouutain9 and perhaps, oh wonder ! from beyond
the sea, was coming to camp in their
oasis. The news spread like wild fire among
the tribe and there was a general rush for the
best places to see us come in and get off our
horses. The women left off their work iu the
fields, the men left off playing on the reedpipes,
and the children left off crying to see
us coming, a circus arriving in a village
"out west" never created such a sensation as
we did on approaching this earthly paradise.
As we filed past through this aisle of human
beings, we were greeted with shouts and mock
salutations. The women giggled, the men
smiled, the children roared at the queer figure
we cut in our European costumes. Two ladies
with us were made the objects of a very
popular ovatipn.
The green goggles, which some of my companions
wore, seemed to raise the enthusiasm
of the crowd to its highest pitch, and many
a swarthy finger was raised from among those
Arabs, pointing to these green goggles, while
the women called to each other and raised
their children in their arms to make them
enjoy the treat. Meantime my friends, quite
unconscious of their great popularity, did not
know what to make of all this crowd. But
as we drew near the tents and I helped Mrs.
E., off her horse, the crowd pressed so much
on us that Halil aud his men were obliged to
drive them off and to have ropes stretched
around our camp to keep the intruders out.
Here, with plenty of elbow room, I enjoy
scene, which, indeed, is very picturesque.
When the excitement had somewhat subsided
I strolled out to enjoy the gorgeou3 sunset.
The western sky was aglow with luminous
tints of orange, pink and purple. This
glory lasted but a minute, and all was hushed
in the gray tints of evening.
Later in the evening some young men and
young women were admitted in our diningroom
tent. These Arab women were dying
with curiosity to see and handle the clothes
and trinkets of our lady friends. Velvet
seemed to attract their attention and admiration
more than any thing else, save perhaps
our watches and gloves. The gloves especially
seemed to puzrle them. The Countess
took out her repeater and made it strike for
them. They seemed delighted, just as little
children would be with the sound of the tiny
bell. Some of these pretty Arab girls asked
me, through our dragoman, if all the ladies
in our country were like the two that were
with us ? I told Halil to ask these girls what
made them ask that question. They answered,
with a giggle and a shy look from their
roguish eyes, "If they are all so large it must
be very hard work for the poor horses to carry
them."
A Strange Crime.?We gave last week,
as we had gathered it from persons from the
upper part of the county, a story of the hanging
of a child, of the name of Brown, by his
umj|e, on account of its habit of eating dirt.
That story was incorrect in material points,
and we give here the correct version of the
occurrence, as it has been told within the past
few days, by parties who were from the immediate
scene:
Absalom Brown, a widower, living near
Vernon church, Union Grove township, went
away from home leaving his three children
alone on the lot. The youngest of these children,
a boy aged some three years, has all his
life been weak and sickly, and the two older
children, a boy and a girl, the eldest about
teu years of age, conceived the idea of putting
him out of the way, since he had freouentlv
threatened to die. but vet lived on
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miserably. They accordingly tied a rope
around his neck and swung him up to the
joist of the house, where he was found a few
minutes later by a colored woman of the
neighborhood, who passed through the lot ou
an errand to another neighbor. This woman
cut the child down and laid it on the bed,
when it began to gasp and finally gained consciousness.
She then went her way, and returning
homeward sometime later, stopped
again at Brown's house, when she ascertained
that the brother and sister had taken the
poung child off of the bed, carried it out behind
the garden and buried it. She hastened
to the spot of the burial, dug up the
child, carried it to the house, and had the
satisfaction of seeing it again return to
life under her treatment. Her good offices,
however, ouly postponed *the end a
little. The shock to the delicate brother's
system was such that on the Sunday succeeding
his execution and burial, he died surely
enough.?Statesville (N. C.) Landmark.
A Struggle for Existence.?With many
)f the settlers of the Northwest, the past winder
has been a prolonged struggle for existence
igainst the elements. A German farmer twd j
pears ago took up 160 acres of land near Big
Lake, Dakota. Last year he raised wheat j
en 60 acres, getting 25 bushels to the acre, and
received 81,200 for it. Laying in what he
considered an ample supply jof fuel out of!
these proceeds, he set his house in order for i
the winter. Two other families decided to \
leave their own houses, and lodge with him j
is a measure of mutual protection and com- !
fort. Very soon the ample supply of fuel j
was all consumed, and the three families had
to bestir themselves to keep from freezing, j
rhey dug railroad ties and telegraph posts
jut of the deep snow and burned them. A? 1
ter this source of supply had beeo exhausted,
the two families that had quitted tbeir own
houses were compelled to take part in tearing
them down; and the wood work went the
way of the other fuel. Next followed the
furniture. A neighbor named Becker finally
harnessed five strong horses to his sleigh to
force his way to the nearest railway station
for a load of coal. He was caught in a snowdrift,
and two days later was found frozen stiff*
in his sleigh, his dog dead and lying upon
him, aud the five horses standing dead in
their tracks. His body was taken to his
family, nailed up in a box, and placed in the
grain loft, to be kept there until the ground
should thaw sufficiently to allow of his burial.
Another family of the neighborhood was saved
from starvation by making soup of an oxskin.
The Increasing Supply of Money.?It
appears that the national bank circulation is
greater to day than it ever was before, and
steadily increasing. It is now.8364,000,000,
having increased 842,000,000 in the last two
years; and the comptroller of the currency
expresses his belief that it will go to 8375,000,000.
This increase is a striking refutation
of the theory put forward by the national
banks themselves two years ago, that there
is two much paper money in the country, and
that it ought to be depleted. The settling of
prices down to a gold basis, after resumption
in 1879, diminished the demand for money
for a time, and the national bankers of New
York took the ground that there was a redundancy
of money in the country, and the
remedy for the evil was to be sought for in
stopping the coinage of Bilver and the withdrawal
of the greenbacks?with the understanding,
of course, that national bank notes
would take their place. They did not succeed
in persuading Congress to adopt their
theory, and now events prove that it was a
mistake. The business of the country has
increased enormously in the last eighteen
months, and is increasing at this moment at
a greater rate than ever. There is an immense
amount of money in the land?$520,000,000
gold and silver; $360,000,000 legal
tenders and $364,000,000 national bank notes:
total $1,244,000,000. But that this amount
is not too large for the demands of healthful
business, seems pretty clearly demonstrated
by the constant additions made to it by the
national banks themselves.?St. Louis Republican.
Gold Mining in California.?Part of
the town of Sonora, Tuolumne county, Cal.,
is built on a hill. Several gold bearing
quartz veins run through this hill. These
for thirty years past have been worked at
various times, afterwards abandoned and
then taken up and worked again. Some-,
times they yielded richly, and again not at
all. They were of the character known as
"pocket veins." As many as ten years have
elapsed when not a pick has heen struck on
"Sonora Hill." Years ago the writer took
up, and for a season worked a portion of the
hill?without success. Within the last two
years, out of this same portion $300,000 have
been taken, of which $200,000 was "all in a
bunch." This fact gave an idea of the uncertain
character of gold mining as it exists
to-day in California. This find has made no
noise outside of its own locality. Had it
happened in a new Territory it would have
been published from one end of the country
to the other. Such deposits still exist throughout
the entire gold-bearing region of California.
But no one need rush thither in the
hope of finding them. It is simply hunting
the proverbial needle in the haystack. Men
may spend their lives in such search, and perhaps
when they have worked through barren
quartz to within a foot of the "pocket,*'
death or discouragement may overtake them,
and after a lapse of time the next adventurer
may reap the reward which should have been
theirs. There is a great amount of gold under
the soil iu California, but it is very difficult
to say just where it is.?New York
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Storm Signals of Married Life.?A
marriage has other uses than those of perpetuating
the race. In this great city there are
thousands of refilled, high-strung appreciative
but lone, desolate souls, for whom it
would be an earthly paradise to rest ever so
little in the shade Of a really peaceful household.
But such peace must be genuine. It
must not be any patched up affair?any
show or respect-of affection between husband
and wife before the guest's face and a snarl
behind his back. It's just this lack of harmony
between husband and wife that makes
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visit. It's a bad sign when the wife's friends
are hustled out of the husband's presence into
another room. It's bad sign when the husband's
visitors are not the wife's visitors, and
vice versa. It's a bad sign if matters which
interest the wife do not interest the husband,
and vice versa. It's a bad sign when the
lord of the manor looks down from his lofty
elevation and speaks with a sneer, more or
less subdued, of the "frovolities of fashion,"
and deems it beneath him to assist the wife
in choosing a dress pattern. Married partnership
must mean partnership in everything,
or there's a social desert for one party
or the other to travel over pretty often. Emma
is talking of married life as she has seen
it in the houses of great and little men; in
the houses of Judges and Generals, of lawyears
and politicians, among whom also
both great and little men are to be found.
Emvia in New York Graphic.
Taking Things for Granted.?Half the
failures in life result from the habit so many
people have of taking things for granted.
The business man assumes that his credits are
good ; he takes it for granted that his wife
knows what style of living his income will
warrant, until the logic of addition, subtraction-and
multiplication proves too much for
him, and down comes his business in ruin.
The young professional man takes it for granted
that veneering, instead of solid acquirements,
will enable him to succeed, because
there are so many notorious examples of
men's rising and maintaining themselves in
public life through pure audacity," native wit,
and an utter lack of conscience. He will
find too late that it won't do to plan and risk
a career by the exceptions rather than the
rule. The farmer keeps no account?crops
his farm according to the season, or last year's
markets, or his neighbor's success?takes it
for granted that the laws of nature and of
trade will accommodate themselves to his necessities?sink
deeper into debt, and wonders
why farming doesn't pay. And so on to the
end ; men everywhere want success without
paying its price in thorough preparation, honest
hard work, intelligent calculation and foresight,
and patient attention to details. They
take for grauted things which it is their business
to know, and trust that to fortune which
common sense and experience should teach
them is controlled by law.? Golden Rule.
Precocity a Sign of Inferiority.?M.
Delaunay, iu a communication to the French
Sociele de Bivlogie, has advanced the opinion
that precocity is a sign of biological inferiority.
In support of his position, he adduces
the fact that the lower species develope more
rapidly, and are at the same time more precocious
than those higher in the scale. Man j
is the longest of all in arriving at maturity ;
and the iuferior races of men are more preco- J
cious than the superior, as is seen in the chil- ; (
dren of the Esquimaux, negroes, Cochin Chi-1
nese, Arabs, Japanese, etc., who are, up to a
certain age, more vigorous and more intellectual
than small Europeans. Precociousness
becomes less and less, in proportion to the advance
made by any race in civilization?a ' '
fact which is illustrated by the lowering of .
the standard for recruits, which has been made
necessary in France twice during the present; j
century, by the decreasing rapidity of growth 1
of the youth of the country, Women are I j
more precocious than men, and in all domes- t
tic animals the female is formed sooner than t
the male. From eight to twelve years of age
a girl gains one pound a year on a boy, and
in mixed schools girls obtain the first places
up to the age of twelve. The inferior tissues
and organs develope before the higher ones,
and the brain is the slowest of all organs to
develop. M. Delaunay concludes his paper
by stating that the precocity of organs and
organisms is in an inverse ratio to the extent
of their evolution.?Sanitarian.
Curious Habits.?Great men often fall
into curious habits, which tbey find it impossible
to conquer. Augustus Hare, one of the
ripest scholars in the English pulpit, and a
refined gentleman, when he had ended a train
of hard thinking, would spin around on his
heel a few secouds and then resume work
again.
Neander, the famous church historian,
could not lecture to his students ifbless he
had a goose-quill to pull to pieces as he talked,
and it was necessary to supply a second quill
when the first was completely stripped.
William Wilberforce became so absorbed
in conversation in evening companies, as
wholly to forget himself. He would lift himself
from'his chair in his earnestness, move
forward a little, and gradually approach perilously
near to the edge. It was a tradition
in fashionable English circles that he had
fallen several times to the fioor. But in
families where he was loved, it was the cus
torn to station one of the older children behind
his chair to move it forward as he moved
and guard him against peril. Some jwho afterward
became leaders in English society, retained
among the pleasautest memories of
their childhood the recollection of the services
rendered to this brilliant and eloquent converses
To be Carried in Your Pocket.?Kfcep
good company or none. Never be idle. If
your hands cannot be usefully employed, attend
to the cultivation of your mind. Always
speakfthe truth. Make few promises.
Live up to your engagements. Keep your
own secrets if you have any. When you
speak to a person, look him in the face.
Good company and good conversation are
the very sinews of virtue. Good character is
above all things else. Your character caunot
be essentially injured except by your own
acts. If any one speaks evil of you, let your
life be such that no one will believe him.
Drink no intoxicating liquors. Ever live
(misfortune excepted) within your income.
When you retire to bed, think over what you
have been doiug during the day. Make no
haste to be rich, if you would prosper. Small
and steady gains give competency, with tranquility
of mind. Never play at any game
of chance. Avoid all temptation. Earn
money before you spend it Never run into
debt unless you can see your way to get out
of it. Never borrow if you can possibly
avoid it. Do not marry until you are able
to support a wife. Never speak evil of any
one. Be just before you are generous. Keep
yourself innocent if you would be happy.
Save when you are young, that you may
spend when you are old. Read over the
above maxims at least once a week.
The tunnel under the Straits of Dover is
being pushed forward at the rale of twentyfive
feet a day. The cutting is done by a
disk which makes two revolutions a minute
and cuts a quarter of an inch at each revolution.
Ex-Governor Bross, of 111., says there
was more drunkenness in Chicago when it
had only eighteen thousand population, than
there is now.
- - ? fl?"The
slave trade is flourishing in Egypt,
where the Viceroy and his ministers are its
most zealous supporters. Eighty thousand is
the yearly average of negro exportation.
* JSF* On the first day Of its issue, 2,000,000
copies of the new New Testament were sold
in England and 1,000,000 in this country?the
greatest book sale in the history of the world.
(Sruquitw.
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 RATE?.
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 months.
LIYERY AND FEED STABLE.
THE undersigned would respectfully inform
the public that he has opened a
LIVERY STABLE
On his lot, near the Court House, and is amply
prepared with HORSES, CARRIAGES, BUGGIES
and WAGONS, to attend to any calls that
may be made upon him by the traveling public.
Special attention given to conveying TRAVEL
i^Kjr M AL/HjS.Vl lO Hliy ponib ucaireu, in winfortable
vehicles, and with careful drivers.
Horses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices.
FEED STABLES.
In connection with the Livery business, I am
also prepared to furnish feed and stabling for
horses, by the meal, day, week or month. My
long experience in the Livery Business warrants
me in ensuring satisfaction to all wl*o may favor
me with their patronage.
A few secona-hand Buggies for sale at a bargain.
F. e. SMITII.
April 7 14 ly
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 "ONESTUDY"
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,
Wllliainston, S. C.
November 4 45 ly
TURBINE WATER WHEEL.
WE have one 18-inch RIGHT HAND TURBINE
WHEEL, as a sample of Farrar's
Invention. We are working a 13i-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 tnan to get one of these Wheels. We have
Circulars giving all the details in regard to the
working of it, and with the sale you have the
Srivilege of trying the Wheel, and if it does not
o as represented, the money will be refunded.
onmnlfl lfl_iiw?h P H fPlirHin?
V. UII1C mm i3CC I/UU onuipo ". ?...v...v
Wheel, Manufactured by theSERGEANT MANUFACTURING
COMPANY, Greensboro, N. C.
HERNDON BROS., Agents, Yorkville, S. C.
February 10 . 47 tf
GARRY IRON ROOFING CO.,
md Cement.
79 and 81 Columbus Street,
OLBVEIiAND, OHIO.
Send for circulars and price lists.
February 20 9 ly
AGENTS WANTED.
WE want a limited number of active, energetic
canvassers to engage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a
are chance TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement
jy letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
lusiness they have been engaged in. None but
hose who mean business need apply. Address
FINLEY, HARVEY & CO.,
Ati.awta, Qa.
January 0 1 ly
THE
m
"FAMILY FAVORITE." ,
I
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.
Loose Fly*Wheel, Automatic Spooler,
Casters in Stand, Largest Shuttle Used,
Simple, Kasy to Learn, Requires
no Repairs at all.
Mil*
I 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 <fe HEMPHILL,
Yorkville, 8. C.
WEED SEWING MACHINE COMPANY,
HARTFORD, CONN.
March 31 13 tf .
spool COTTOTT
ESTABLISHED 1812.
( SIZE?>
("Wound on White Spools.)
QEORCE A. CLARK,
SOLE AGENT,
400 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.
Since the introduction of this Spool Cotton
into the American market, its success baa
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.
*A11 the improvements in machinery that
the inventive genins 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 " O. 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.
Th# manufacturers of "0. N. T." are the
largest manufacturers of Spool Cotton in the
world.
A full assortment of this Spool Cotton con
be had at wholesale and retail at
HUNTER, OATES & CO.'S,
Agents,
Dealers in Dry Goods, Groceries, Ac.
Yorkville, South Carolina.
February 24 8 6m
RICHMOND AND DANVILLE RAILROAD.
* Jl ~ ~"~"n^B"ii 1^
PASSENGER DEPARTMENT.
ON and after May 15th, 1881, Passenger Train
Seryice on the Atlanta and Charlotte AirLino
division of this road will be as follows:
u78. Mall. N. Y. ExjnftwT u' sTFast Mail
EASTWARD. No. 43. No. 47, No. 49,
A. B. C.
Leave Atlanta....) 4.00 A. M. 3 15 P. M. 6 30 P. M.
Arr. Suwaiiec...D 5.18 A. M. 4.37 P. M. 7.45 P. M.
" Lula E1 6.45 A. M. 5.59 P. M.I 9.06 P. M.
" Toccnn Fj 7.58 A. M. 7.15 P. M.; 10.16 P. M.
" Seneca Cl 9.20 A. M. 8.40 P. M. 11.25 P. M.
" Greenville..Hi 10.58 A. M. 10.20 P. M. 1.00 A. M.
" Spurtnnb'g..K 12.14 P. M. 11.40 P. M. S.n A. m.
" Ga?loiiln....L 2.30 P.M. 2.04 A.M. 4.27 A.M.
" Charlotte...M jJ.35_P. M. 3.15 A. M., 3.33 A. M.
WL'OTWinn (J. S. Mall. N. Y. Expreiu. U. S. Fa*t Mttll.
1WAKU. N? 42 Nn. 48. No. 50
4,'veCharlotte..M 12.30 P. M. 12.20 A.M. 12.10 A.M.
" Gnstonia ..L 1.27 P. M. 1.30 A.M. 12.56 A.M.
? Soartanb'g K 3.50 P. M. 4.05 A. M. 2 A. M.
? Greenville.H 5.07P.M. 5.18 A.M. 4.1 A.M. |
" Seneca....G 6.51P.M. 7.02 A.M. 5.27 A.M.
? Toccoa.... F 8.01P.M. 8.15 A.M. 6 30 A.M.
" l.ula K 9.16 P. M. 9.31 A. M. 7.39 A. M.
" Suwanee ..D 10.38 P. M. 10.54 A. M. 8.51 A. M.
Arr. Atlanta 12.05 A. M. 12.20 P. M. 10.00 A. M. I
COMVKCTION8.
A with arriving trains of Georgia Central and
A. A W. P. Railroads.
B with arriving trains of Georgia Central, A. A
W. P. and W. A A. Railroads. >
C with arriving trains of Georgia Railroad. i
D with Lawrenceville Branch to and from
Lawrenceville, Ga.
E with Northeastern Railroad of Georgia to and :
from Athens, Ga.
F with Elberton Air-line to and from Elberton, i
Georgia.
G with Colombia and Greenville, to and from i
Columbia and Charleston, S. C. <
H with Columbia and Greenville, to and from
Columbia and Charleston, S. C.
K with Spartanburg and Asheville, and Spar- I
tan burg, Union and Columbia, to and from Henderson
and Asheville, and Alston and Columbia, i
L with Chester and Lenoir Narrow Gauge,- to i
and from Lincolnton and Chester.
M with C. C. A A.?C. C.?R. A D. and A. T. <fe
O. for all points West, North and East.
N with North Carolina Division R. ?fc D. Rail
Road to and from the North..
Pullman Sleeping Car Service on Trains
Nos. 47 and 48. Daily without change, between t
Atlanta and New York. j
a popu ftonnrnl Passentrer Aeent. ;
May 19 ' " ~tf t
"Ying^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 con- v
tain about two hundred pages. It is proposed to .
bring the work out in three different bindings at
the following prices : t
Paper Burning, $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 1
say whetheror not the work shall be published. ; ~
Any one desiring the work willsend mehisorher j
name and tlnynoney, and in the event the book
is not published the money will be refunded.
R. LATH AN. j
March 10 10 tf J ^
J, R. SCHORB'S PHOTO-GALLERY,! ?
1st house east of the jail. 11
A SUPERIOR Skylight, a gallery with every |
convenience, and a determination to do my ;
best, enables me to promise satisfaction to all in !
want of correct and nattering likenesses. Cloudy g
weathor is as good or better than sunshine for all \
subjects, except small children.
January 27 4 tf 1
TAX RETURNS FOR 1881.
AUDITOR'S OFFICE, \
Yorkville, S. Cm May 5tb, 1881. j
IVTOTICE is hereby by given that on and after
[ll WEDNESDAY, THE FIRST DAY OF
rtJNE, 1881, the books of the County Auditor of
ifork county, will be open for the purpose of reviving
returns of all PERSONAL PROPERTY
>wned by the several tax-payers in said county,
>n the 1st day of June, 1881, and liable to taxaion.
The Auditor will meet the tax-payers at
he following times and places : t
At Whitaker, Cherokee township, Thursday,
Tune ?.
At Bethany, King's Mountain township, Frilay,
June 10.
At Clover, King's Mountain township, Saturlay,
June 11.
At Bethel, Bethel township, Monday, June 13.
At Clay Hill, Bethel township, Tuesday^ June
14.
At Fort Mill, Fort Mill township, Wednesday,
rhursday and Friday, June 15th, 16th and 17th.
At Kbenezer, Ebenezer township, Saturday,
June 18.
At Rock Hill, Catawba township, Monday and
ruesday, June 30th and 21st.
At Coates' Tavern, Catawba township, Wednesday,
June 22.
At Rock Hill, Catawba township, Thursday
ind Friday, June 23rd and 24th.
At Massey's Store, Ebenezer township, SaturJay,
June 25.
At Yorkville, York township, from Monday,
27th of June, till Thursday, 21st of July.
All transfers of real estate made since last re- ?
turn, and all new buildings erected, must be re- ~
ported.
All males betwegn the ages of 21 and 60 years
are liable to poll tax, and must make returns accordingly.
,
All returns must be filed in this office, on or
before THURSDAY, THE TWENTY-FIRST
DAY OF JULY, next, otherwise, fifty per cent,
penalty will attach. This will be absolute.
The tax-payers will please notice that during
the time that the Auditor is at his appointments
throughout tho county, the books will not
be open at Yorkville, as heretofore. Tax-payers
will save themselves trouble by making their returns
at the appointment nearest their place of
residence.
W. B. WILLIAMS, County Auditor.
May 5 18 tf
JOB PRINTING.
OWING to our superior facilities with the best
machine presses, an abundance of type and
tirst-class appointments throughout our office,
we arc prepared to execute ALL MANNER OP
JOB PRINTING in superior style, and at prices
that will compare with New York or Philadelphia
charges for the same quality of work and materials.
We have recently made a reduction in
prices for the following classes of work, to which
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 headR. We will fill an order for bill heads,
giving any desired number of either size of
sheet at proportionate prices.
LETTER, HEADS. k
For 500 For 1000
Commercial Note $2.15 $3.25
Packet Note, 2.25 3.50 x
Letter Harare size 1 3.00 5.0C
For the above work we use a superior quality
of paper, and guarantee entire satisfaction in every
instance.
We also give special attention to the pr'ntingof
Briefs, Arguments and Points and Authorities,
which we furnish 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 to furnish all other kinds of
printing, from a visiting card to a large volume,
and will be pleased to furnish estimates for any ' i
style of work desired. Address,
v L. M. GRIST. Yorkville. S. C.
C.& L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
SCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains,
taking effect at 7 o'clock, A. M., May 2flth,
1881:
GOING SOUTH.
Leave Lincolnton, ...7.00 A. M.
Leave Dallas 7.45 A. M.
Arrive at Gastonia 8 00 A. M.
Leave Gastonia.....: .. 8 20 A. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge .8.35 A. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek ....8.45 A. M.
Leave Bowling Green 8.55 A. M.
Leave Clover 9.10 A. M.
Arrive at Yorkville 9.50 A. M.
Leave Yorkville 10.00 A. M. v
Leave Guthriesville 10.25 A. M.
Leave MeConnellsville.'. ............10.40 A- Mw
Leave Lowrysville ?11.00 A. M.
Arrive at Chester 11.30 A.M.
GOING NORTH.
Leave Chester 2.00 P. M.
Leave Lowrysville 2.30 P. M.
Leave MeConnellsville 2.50 P. M.
Leave Guthriesville 8.00 P. M.
Arrive at Yorkville -3.25 P. M. .
Leave Yorkville 3.35 P. M.
Leave Clover 4.10 P. M.
Leave Bowling Green 4.20 P. M.
Leave Crowder's Creek 4.30 P. M.
Leave Pleasant Ridge 4.40 P. M.
Arrive at Gastonia ....5.00 P. M.
Leave Gastonia 5.10 P. M.
Leave Dallas 5.35 P. M.
Arrive at Lincolnton 6.30 P. M,
JAMES MASON, Superintendent.
May 26 21 tf
SOUTH CABOLINA-YORK COUNTY.
IN PROBATE COURT.
John S. Wilson, Adm'r of Isaac McFadden, deceased,
Petitioner, against F. H. Barber, Administrator
of J. J. Watson, deceased; A. E.
u.,?/iki.nn . n n Mnnr? Adm'r nf Jane B.
XI IIWUI9VU | */ ? WW. ?f ? ? -
McCorkle, dec'd; J. Leander Adams; Faithey
Houser; W. S. Adams; David Hutchison^;
William Hutchison; E. S. Campbell; Mrs.
H.A. Massey, wife of Hugh Campbell, dec'd; 4
John G. Steele, Ex'r of John Steele, dec'd ;
Hannah Spencer ; Thomas Spencer: R. B.
McFadden; C. E. Spencer A T. W. Clawson,
Ex'rs of W. I. Clawson, dec'd: R. L. Crook,
Committee of C; J. Rowell; S. H. Wylie,
Treasurer of Davidson College; Mrs. A. S.
Caldwell ; S. R. Gibson; and all other credit.
ors of Isaac McFadden, dec'd, Defendants.?
Order callinq in Creditors.
WHEREAS, John S. Wilson, Adm'rof Isaac
McFadden, dec'd, has, this day, filed in
this Court, his Petition, asking that ttie creditors
of the estate of the said Isaac McFadden be called
in to establish their claims against said estate, in
this Court, and that in default thereof such claims
be disregarded: All and singular the creditors of
said estate are hereby notified to appear before me,
in my office, in county and State aforesaid, on the
28th day of June, 1881, and establish such claims
as they may have against said estate. In event of
failure of any of them to comply herewith, snch
claims as they may have against said estate will
be disregarded, ana the funds of said estate will
be disbursed among those claims dnly proven in
accordance herewith. April 30th, 1881.
J. A. McLEAN, P. J. Y. C.
May 6 18 6t
THE YORK MARBLE YARD.
THE undersigned would respectfully announce
to the public that his MARBLE
YARp, 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 LOWEST
CASH PRICES. Tombstones for children furnished
for from $3.00 upward ; for adults from
$8.00 upward.
Monuments and Tombstones 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 ' f 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 G 1 ly
MILL MACHINERY?
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
sxperience ' l this line of business warrants them
n giving t surance of satisfactory work, which *.
vill hecrnaranteed in all cases, and at reasonable
>rices. "Would be pleased to hear from all paries
contemplating tlie 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 no*t less than
welve-horse power, which grinds twelve hushIs
of grain per hour, to increase the production
0 twenty-four bushels per hour. Address us at
forkville, S. CM or Whitaker's, S. C.
W. S. WELLS, J. W. WELLS.
M. R. WELLS, I. G. WELLS.
March 24 12 3m*
DR. J. B. PATRICK, JR.,
CHARLESTON, S. C.,
SURGEON DENTIST,
MP fc Will be in YORKVILLE again
about the 1st of AUGUST, 1881, tor
"^-UJLLT the purpose of practicing his prolesion.
He will beamply prepared with all the most ?
nproved instruments and appliances known to
le Dentistry.
March 3 33 ly
OLD NEWSPAPERS,
)F large size, suitable for wrapping, for sale
at oue cent each, at the
ENQUIRER OFFICE.
September 9 37 tf