Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, October 03, 1894, Image 4
^tumorous Department.
His Real Name.?When Lord Randolph
Churchill was last in America, he visited
Philadelphia; and, while collecting statistics
relating to State prisons of Pennsylvania,
he was referred to the head of the State
prison board, Cadwallader Biddle. Before
calling upon Mr. Biddle, however, Lord Randolph
fell into the hands of some wags of the
Union League club.
"You've got the name wrong," said one of
the merry jesters; "it's not Cadwallader Biddle,
but BWcallader Waddle."
"Don't mind what he says Lord Randolph,"
exclaimed another; "the real name is Wadbillader
Caddie."
A third member took the ex-chancellor of
the exchequer aside, and imparted to him in
confidence that he was being gulled on all
sides.
imru-i n tlio
"">>11111, llil'll, 19 liir uviuai iiuuik v> vnv
prisons board chief?" anxiously asked the
noblo lord.
"The actual name," confided his false
friend, "is Didbollader Widdle."
And when Lord Randolph drove* to the
prisons board that evening, he was so upset
that he stammered:
"Will you take this card into Mr. Bid?
cad?wid?wad?did?dollader, what's his
name??I mean the chief the board, but I
forget his extraordinary nomenclature combination."
"Long Tom's" Baptism.?Helen Gardner,
the writer, tells this story of her early youth
in Virginia : There had been a "protracted
meeting" and a series of baptisms as the result.
One of the candidates for a dip in the
river was a huge Negro about 20 years old,
who had been the terror of the neighborhood.
The minister who wa3 performing the ceremony
of baptism was a small man, and when
"Long Tom" came wading out into the river
he looked at him in uncertainty for a minute
or two. But fiually, as if tackling a most
unpleasant duty ; but still one he could by
no means neglect, he reached up and seized
the bulky convert by the "scruff of the
neck" and dipped him gracefully into the
water; but that was all. He could not
bring him up again ; he lost his hold ; he
stooped and tried to regain it, and soon they
were both floundering in the river together.
Finally they both got to their feet, and the
Negro spluttered forth:
"N-n-n-now jes' yo' 1-1-1-look ycr, Massa,
s-s-s-somebody g-g-gwine to lose a b-b-b-blank
fine Nigger some d-d-day ef yer d-d-d-don't
quit d-d-d-dis yer foolin'!"
Applying the Rule the Other Way.?
A Chinaman, says The Christian Advocate,
applied for the position of cook in a family in
one of our Western cities. The lady of the
house and most of the family were members
of a fashionable church, and they were determined
to look well after the character of
the servants. So when John Chinaman appeared
at the door he was asked :
"Do you drink whisky ?"
"No," said he, "I Clistian man."
"Do you play cards?"
"No, I Clistian man."
He was employed and gave great satisfaction.
He did his work well, was honest, upright,
correct and respectful. After some
weeks the lady gave a "progressive eucher"
party and had wiues at the table. John
Chinaman was called upon to serve the party,
and did so with grace and acceptability.
But uext morning he waited on the
lady and said he wished to quit work !
"Why, what is the matter?" she inquired.
John answered :
"Clistian mau ; I told you so before; no
heathen. No workee for Melican heathen.
Tickled the Palate.?A bartender in
the back room of a country store, in mixing
a drink for a customer, accidentally poured
in about two tablespoonfuls of turpentine.
He discovered the mistake, but saying nothing
about it, he filled the glass with whisky.
The man drank the mixture, smacked his
lips, and walked away. Pretty soon he returned
and said :
"Bill, haven't I alius been a good customer
of yourn ?"
"Yes."
"An'alius tuck what you sot afore me without
saying a word ?"
"Yes."
"Alius dun the best I could fer yer, Bill ?"
"Uv co'se, Andy ; what the matter with
you ?"
"Wall, it's jisr this. Why haven't you
been given me that good lieker all the time?
Been er here drinkin' ever sense you started,
and jis now is the furst time you've ever
give up your best licker. Hand me out another
drink like the one you give me jis' now,
an' we'll call it souar."
A Cheat Man.?Congressman John Allen,
of Mississippi, is not the homeliest man in the
house, nor yet is he the most handsome.
Be that as it may, on one occasion he was
stopping for dinner at the house of one of
his constituents in. which there was a
son and heir about 8 years old. He had
been introduced to the statesman, and then
took up his station at his mother's knee.
"Now," she said to him, "if you are a
good boy and study your lessons you may
be a great man some day."
"How great?" he inquired, boylike.
"You may be a member of congress, ns
Mr. Allen is."
The boy looked Mr. Allen over carefully.
"Well," he said, when he had finished his
survey, "if they all look like that I reckon
I ain't so particular about being too good."
Ten minutes later he was chasing the cat
up a tree with four hound pups, and the
congressman wasn't doing anything to stop
him.
tST Bridget is an excellent cook, but like
most women of her profession she is opinionated,
and insists upon making all her dishes
strictly according to her own receipts. Her
mistress gives her very full swing, not only
as to cooking, but as to the purchase of supplies.
The other day her mistress said to her :
"Bridget, the coffee you are giving us is very
good. What kind is it ?" "It's no kind at
all, mum," said Bridget. "It's a mixture."
"How do you mix it?" "I make it one-quarter
Mocha and one-quarter Java and onequarter
Rio." "But that's only three-quarters.
What do you put in for the other quarter?"
"I put in no other quarter at all, mum.
That's where so many sphiles the coffee,
mum?by putting in a foorth quarter.
B&F Mr. Jessop had a headache, and when
he weut up stairs that evening with his little
daughter, as was his custom, says the Worcestor
Gazette, he concluded to take a dose
of bromo-seltzer. Taking the bottle, he
measured out two teaspoonfuls into a tumbler.
Then he added the necessary water,
and stirred the liquid vigorously. He tasted
it as Mrs. Jessop entered the loom.
"Hang the stufF! it wou't fizz," said he, and
agaiu went to stirring the compound. Mrs.
Jessop glanced at the bottle, smiled, and remarked,
mildly, that she wouldn't expect
much fizz from tooth powder. And Mr.
Jessop thereupon looked up the right bottle.
SfiT On one of the many official excursions
made by boat to Fortress Monroe and Chesapeake
bay, Chief Justice Waite, of the supreme
court, Judge Hall, of North Carolina,
and other dignitaries of the bench were participants.
When the government steamer
nut intnflip Athintic the sea
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was very rough, and Judge Hall was taken
violently with seasickness. As he was moaning
aloud in his agony, the chief justice, laying
a soothing hand on his shoulder, said :
"My dear Hall, can I do anything for you?
Just suggest what you wish." "I wish,"
said the seasick judge, "your honor would
overrule this motion."
Pl'NCTll.lors.?"Sure, sir," said the foreman
of the works as he approached the
manager, with a rueful face "O'Donovan
says he's goin to quit unless he gets put on
other worruk."
"What's the matter?"
"Well, it wor yerself thot towld me to put
'im to lixin tl^e ceilin'just above the clock."
"What of that? He doesn't get dizzy,
does he?"
"Xiver a hit. It's the clock beneath 'im
that makes the trouble. He says the union
will be after 'im if they catch 'iin worrukin'
overtoime widout extra pay."?American
Industries.
?aT* "May," said her husband, as they prepared
to go out calling, "do you really mean
to use those, phonetic visiting cards, with
your name spelled 'Mae Kathryn Alys
Smith?"' "Certainly I do," replied Mrs.
May Catharine Alice Smith. "Very well,
then," said her husband, firmly, "I am with
you." And he politely handed her a card
very neatly inscribed, "Jorje I'hrederyc Albyrt
Smith."
! ^ansitlc dtothmugis.
86y Some folks are like rocking-chairs, full
l of motion without progress.
?ay Mohammedans say that one hour of
I justice is worth 70 years of prayer,
i BS&T A horse can travel a mile without mov-!
I ing more than four feet. Queer, isn't it?
BSy Why does a dog wag his tail when he is
pleased ? Because he has got a tail to wag.
B&T A strong solution of salt and water will j
remove the poison of bee or mosquito stings, j
It is certainly unlucky to have 13 at I
table when there is only dinner enough for 12.
Bfiy The largest railroad shops in the world |
are those of the Big Four at Bellefontaine, O. I
Bey In London there is a fur company
which was established during the reign of;
Henry VIII.
BSy A red cheek is an ornament, but a red
noise is hardly so. Society will have its little
prejudices.
SetT "Return good for evil," as the match
said when lighting the pipe of the man who
had just struck it.
Bfiy It is a point of honor that Moorish women
never know their ages. They have no
birthday celebrations.
ilofinne o rrnnflnmntl n(! "fttio
W+V OflUlgCUU U^UIIVO 1* ^VIIVIVUIUII WW V..V
who can serve God, and at the same time
paddle his own canoe."
B&F Chinese names are like the Chinese
themselves. You can't tell them apart, until
you get them together.
5?" Sugar 15 times sweeter than the sugar
beet product has been extracted from cotton
seed meal by a German chemist.
B3F We are never willing to admit there is
insanity in our family until some member of
j it makes a will that doesn't suit us.
8&* Some one remarks that if the best mau's
faults were written on his forehead, it would
make him pull his hat over his eyes.
BST" Cymbals are believed to be among the
earliest musical inventions. They were used
in Egypt at least 4,000 yeacs before Christ.
8ST" The'lmir of a red-headed girl becomes
transmuted to auburn or goldeu ; but a redheaded
boy remains red-headed as long as he
lives.
BST In 1813 William Barton patented a locomotive
that was provided with legs and
feet behind to push the machine along the
track.
A check for ?5,333,650 on the Bank of
England, in payment for the Kimberly diamond
mines, is said to be the largest ever
drawn.
figf The word hairbreadth, now used for an
infinitesimal space, was once a regular measure.
It was the width of 16 hairs laid side
by side.
BST1 That wasn't a bad epigram of Debs's
that "a government ownership of railroads
is better than a railroad ownership of government."
'AST Lieutenant iiersier, 01 me rrencn navy,
has invented a compass which does away
with a steersman, as the compass steers the
vessel itself.
fiSTThe treasury circulation statement for
August shows that during the piist year the
amount of monev in circulation decreased
$34,000,000.
8ST" The 1893 wine product of the State of
California was equal to a little more than one
quart for each man, woman and child in the
United States.
W&T Man is a mill; the stomach the hopper, j
Be careful how much grist goes into the i
hopper, as clogging and heat will be the re-1
suit of overfeeding.
fiST Platinum has been drawn into smooth
wire so line that it it could not be distinguished
by the naked eye, even when stretched
across a piece of white cardboard.
B@T It is a terrible illustration the of loneli-1
ness of a great city that a man can be run over j
by a street car and killed, and 110 one appears
to identify his remains for days.
8&* The career of a veteran recently deceased
is epitomized thus : "In politics he was a
Democrat, in religiou a Universalist, and by
profession and practice an honest man."
SST" Hawks have been trained and are in
use in the German army to attack and capture
carrier pigeons, and to secure any dispatches
that the pigeons might be carrying,
fta?* One-fifth of the 10,000,000 families in
France have 110 childreu. As many more
have only one child, and of those who have
as many as seven the number is only 230,000.
HOT The sect of Jains, in India, are the
champion long-distance fasters. Fasts of
r OA iA tTnrtr /mmtnnn mwl I
1 ruui ?)V IU -X\J iAUja UIV f?IJ UIIU
ouce a year they abstain from food for 75
days.
i 4ST There is this difference between those
two temporal blessings, health and money : |
Money is the most envied, but the least en-j
joyed; health is the most enjoyed but thej
least envied.
82T Sir John Lubbock is authority for the
statement that a single bee, with all of itsj
iudustry, energy and innumerable journeys,
will not collect more than a single teaspoonful
of honey during a season.
fi&*"'Ma," said a discouraged urchin, "I
ain't going to school anymore." "Why,
dear ?" tenderly inquired his mother.
"'Cause 'tain't any use. I can never learn
to spell. The teacher keeps changing the
words every day."
fiST "You are always exclaiming 'Great
Scott!' and yet you say that you have never
read any of the Waverly novels." "True, I
but a man of your experience ought to know !
that everybody talks most about what lie i
least understands."
BHaF "A ruffian shot at me last night," said a j
j penurious gentleman, "and my life was sav|
ed by the ball's striking a silver dollar in i
1 ray pocket." "Whoever takes true aim at '
j your heart it very certain to hit a dollar," I
I said one who knew him.
i fiSP" "You haven't credited me with the last1
! $5 I paid you for interest," said the victim to
j the money lender. "No, I haven't," was the j
I reply, "and I don't intend to." "Why not?" i
| "I put that in my pocket as payment fori
j waiting for the interest."
6ST "In this case against my client fori
stealing a pair of pants, I move for a nonsuit,"
said a lawyer. "On what ground ?" |
j asked the judge. "On the ground that a!
! whole suit can't be made out of a pair of;
pants," replied the lawyer,
fits?" Mrsl Youngma?And so my darling
got the prize at the baby show? I knew
he would. It couldn't have been otherwise.
Old Bachelor (one of the judges)?Yes, madam
; we all agreed that your baby was the
least objectionable of the lot.
BtaSTAclass in grammar was reciting, and
one of the younger boys was asked to coin- j
pare the word "sick." He began, thoughtfully,
"Sick?, paused, while his brain struggled
with the problem?then finished tri-1
: umphantly, "Sick, worse, dead."
fifcay "Pretty poor soil here, is it not ?" asked
| a mountain tourist, as he was driven over a
sandy New Hampshire road. "Waal," replied
the driver, "they do say the reason there!
. hain't no berry-in ground here is that the sile '
onnnirli Inv I iui fhnwl to rw??
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ment day."
i ?qT" During her travels in Africa Mrs. Shel-1
don, the exploring lady, was exceedingly |
I embarrassed by receiving a present of (100
husbands from a local sultan. It was with
much difficulty that she succeeded in refusing
his splendid gift without giving serious j
offense.
fifeST" A clergyman, in a recent sermon in
New York, quoted an anecdote of an old
merchant, who instructed his clerks: "When ,
a man comes into the store and talks of his
, honesty, watch him; if he talks of his
wealth, don't try to sell him ; if he talks of
his religion, don't trust him a dollar."
Bt?P A story of Scotch honesty comes from j
Dundee. A small boy had taken the prize;
for an exceptionally well-drawn map. Afj
ter the examination, the teacher, a little1
! doubtful, asked the lad, "Who helped you
with this map, James?" "Nobody, sir." |
"Come now, tell me the truth. Didn't your
brother help you?" "No sir, he did it all?" !
j ftaTlle went fishing, and when he came j
back a friend met him and asked : "Did you I
| catch anything?" "No," in a tone of scorn, i
j "Well," exclaimed the friend, "you are truthl
ful anyhow, which all fishermen are not." :
"As to that," replied the fisherman, "perhaps
you might have called them lish; but I
wouldn't. The biggest one I got weighed
, only 12 pounds."
fie?T One of the curiosities of Brazil is a tree
whose wood and bark contain so much silica
that they are used by potters. Both wood 1
and bark are burned, and the ashes are pulverized
and mixed in equal proportions with
clay, producing a very superior ware. The
i tree grows to a height of Kltl feet, but does i
; not exceed a foot in diameter. The fresh j
: bark cuts like sandstone, and when dried j
I is brittle and hard. I
fox the ^tiomc Circle. 1
"IF WK KNKW."
11' wo knew the cares and crosses
Crowded 'round our neighbor's way,
If we knew the little losses,
Sorely grevious day by day,
Would we then so often chide him
For the lack of thrift and gainLeaving
on his heart a shadow,
Leaving on our heart a stain ?
If we knew the clouds above us
Held bv gentle blessings there,
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M..UH. ?,
Iii our blind and weak despair?
Would we shrink from little shadows
Lying on the dewy grass, <
While 'tis only birds of IOden
Just in mercy Hying past!
If we knew the silent story i
Quivering through the heart of pain, ,
Would our womanhood dare doom them
Hack to haunts of vice and shame?
Life has many a tangled crossing,
Joy has many a brake of woe.
And the cheeks tear-washed are whitest?
This the blessed angels know.
Let us reach within our bosoms
For the key to other lives,
And with love to erring nature,
Cherish good that still survives;
So that when our disrobed spirits
Sear to the realms of light again,
We may say: Dear Father judge us
As we judge our fellowmen.
THOUGHTLESS CONVERSATION.
"Our busy tongues from evil stay." Is
there anything more disagreeable than a babbling,
thoughtless talking person, always annoying,
but not always harmless?
"In fact there is nothing makes me
so much grieve
Asthat abominable tittle, tattle
Which is the cud eschewed by
human cattle."
Thoughtless speech, especially in small
communities, is doing much to injure people,
and places them in false positions. How unmercifully
women arc slaughtered by the
cruel criticism as often unfounded as it is
cruel; and the one injured is powerless to
help herself and must hear her wrongs in silence
even though that silence condemns her.
We have many people who will hear a remark
and only know too well that it is innocent,
yet they will retail it in such a manner
that will cause hard feelings and inflict
injuries that will last a me time, v/ne is uiten
amazed at the conversation of well-informed
and refined people who would revolt
at the idea of being called a gossiper. If a
woman dresses plain and does her own work,
"she isa mean, stingy thing." Ifshe reforms,
hires a girl and gives more attention to her
dress, "she is an extravagant, vain being,
who will soon hring her husband to ruin".
When death and sorrow comes, if a woman
is bowed down with her grief and remains at
home, we will hear the remarks, "that is all
put on," "she is not sincere," and "there is
no use of her doing so." But if she should
make her appearance in society sooner than
they expected, poor woman, she is then considered
"heartless" and every action is watched
and criticised. As a rule, women are
kind hearted, and when the test comes they
will undergo any self-sacrifice to be of service
to another, and it is a wonder why they I
do not rise superior to the thoughtless, cruel
conversation. Would they only remember
that their own faults are standing out in
"bold relief" which renders criticism of others
ridiculous, and when we so dislike to be
the subject of ill-natured remarks, why are
we always so willing to ily at others; wej
hurt them just as they would hurt us and i
once more we find a place to apply the gold-!
en rule. Our conversation may not be lofty i
or eloquent; but it can be gentle and charit- j
able without inalice, scandal or thoughtless
speaking. Always considerate for the feelings
of others and make no sweeping assertions
that will injure our neighbors. A good
cure for gossip is culture.
A MODKh NORSK.
A lady who was very particular about the
habits and morals of her children engaged a
nurse who came to her highly recommended.
The girl proved a perfect success. The chil
?" !
(iren, who were noisy huh: uhw, wiumv
quiet and obedient, and their mother marveled
at the change.
One day she noticed them lip-toeing about <
the house, and calling the eldest one to her
she asked her why they walked in that manner.
"Nellie told us to, so we won't make any
noise."
"But how is it you remember so well what
Nellie tells you ?"',
"We're 'fraid of the trap doors," lisped a
younger child.
"Hush, Sissy ! She said we wasn't to
tell."
"Trap doors!" exclaimed the mother, curious
to know ; "whatdid Nellie mean?"
The child being commanded by her mother,
reluctantly told.
"She said there was lots and lots of trap
doors?that she made them herself, an'if we
run and jumped we'd fall through into a;
great, deep dungeon, and nobody wouldn't i
never lind us again."
"So," said the mother, "this is Nellie's |
method of keeping you quiet ? How did she j
get you to sleep at night ?"
"Bears," panted the youngest one; "big!
bears that are under the bed, and will come !
out an' eat us all up if we don't go to sleep." |
"That will do," said the mother as she
went out to dismiss the imaginative Nellie.
She is now trying to teach the children
enough natural history to prove that bears
do not live under beds, also that the trapdoors
were only naughty make-believes, designed
by (he cunning Nellie.
Tiik Moral Value of Neatness.?One
of the serious mistakes made by mothers in
training their children is in supposing that
careful habits can be cultivated in careless
surroundings. A ragged or worn carpet, so
little valued by the mother that grease or
ink spots can be left on it without causing
comment may become a moral calamity.
Tying the child up in a bib and giving it !
the liberty to spill its food when eating, is re- j
1,. r,?. t<iLlrt lifiLii< in tliHim>n nnd i
IUi IMIH lUW.v |
women whom we meet. A child who is:
made to eat its food carefully in a room where .
the furnishings are respected, where a penalty
will follow carelessness, naturally acquires
careful, refined manners. Many a
mother spends more time repairing damages? j
the result of careless habits, due largely to
the furnishings in the dining room?than she :
would need to spend in setting a table care-1
fully and keeping the room in order, so that j
its order and neatness commanded the re- j
spect of the children. The ounce of preven-1
tion is worth several pounds of cure in the !
training of children, and it is a pity that the I
ounce of prevention is not administered in j
infinitesimal doses necessary in early child-'
hood, rather than in radical (loses neeessa-j
ry to overcome the neglect in matters that
are never minor?for manners and habits:
mark the man. A man may he moral and i
eat with his knife: hut he would he a more
valuable man in the community if he recognized
the uses for which the knife was de-)
signed, and applied it only to those.?Christian
I'nion.
Tiik Fakmkh's Hoy.?In this day and time !
the farmer's hoy is the hoy to depend upon j
for a man?a man that his country will feel
proud of. Take the little dudes around town j
who are brought up in luxury and ease and j
not shown the realities of life with an every :
day experience and they soon form an opin-1
ion that living is a mere pastime and that ;
work is a disgrace. They learn good man-'
ners?which is a good thing; hut they scorn
the country hoy who stumbles in at the door I
and forgets to pull off his hat, or laugh in
his face at his ignorance. Hut- let 1"? years
pass and the sunburnt hoy is worth a cowpen
full of cigarette dudes who parted their hair
in the middle, for he has made a useful man j
of himself, while they have passed under the
revolution of pride and sunk into degredalion.
(mi11 iiiikv s Ivvtinii.?Some parents com
pel their children to cat against their will, as
when they come to the breakfast table without
an appetite, or have lost it in prospect of
a visit or a ride, or for the sake of "eating!
their plates clean'' in discouragement ofj
wasteful habits. I'nless we are thirsty, we
cannot drink the purest spring water without
aversion : and as for eating when there is no I
appetite, it is revolting, as any one may prove j
to himself by attempting to take a second j
meal in "0 minutes after having eaten a regular
dinner.
UWry An exchange aptly remarks that when |
you see a youth who will do any sort of
work, no matter how menial if may be, rath-:
or than be idle, you can make up your mind j
that that fellow amounts tosomething. The
young man who would starve before he would i
do anything beneath what he conceives to {
he his dignity is not made of the right stud'
to cut much of a figure in the world. l>on'l
be afraid of any sort of work so long as it is
honorable.
iftc stari> Icllfv.
TID11ATMIDMT. :
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A THRILLING SKETCH.
The city of Yicksburg, Miss., lmd always f
been remarkable, even before the Civil war
pave her a profound national interest. Many 1
years ago she supplied the class of writers J1
who furnish the substratum for most of circulating
libraries with plots dark and dreadful
enough to satisfy even the present craving
for sensation. The place had been noted "
since its earliest settlement for the belligerent
character of its inhabitants, and the number
and the atrocity of the violent deeds (
which stained its streets with the blood of .
human hearts.
It is not our present purpose, however to j
sketch any of these more celebrated brute
battles, but merely select, for the sake of its !
mournful moral alone, a solitary tragedy
which was briefly chronicled by the press of
the day, and which then Tailed from the rcc- 1
election of all, save one from whom the wri- "
lor received nil the storv in all its partic- *
ularity. She, of course, could never forget-. L
To the latest hour of her existence, the *
wife of the murdered hero wept at the sad
reminiscence. fl
In the year, 1827, a young lawyer, John *
Thomas, emigrated from Worcester, in ?
Massachusetts, to the State of Mississippi. 1
He was poor, had recently married a hcauti- *
fill, accomplished woman, who had renounced (
wealthy parents for his sake, and hence was "
anxious to better his fortune in as little time
as possible. This consideration determined
the legal adventurer to locate at Vicksburg, j
then considered through the West as the
paradise of the bar.
In a very short time the new lawyer had
ample reasons to congratulate himself on the
choice of his position. Ilis bland demeanor, j
studious habits, and, more than all, his elo- .
quence in debate, won him a patronage, and ^
lie rose, almost at a single bound, to the first
place in his profession. He was employed in
all the land suits, and in most of the still t
more numerous and equally lucrative cases of
homicide, so that in the period of two years '
after his advent he had cleared the round |
sum of $30,000. Let no skeptical disciple of j
Lord Coke deem this statement incredible.
S. S. Prentiss realized, cash in hand, $40,000 \
by his opening speech in Vicksburg.
During his career thus far joung Thomas f
was remarkable in one respect. He never ! t
went armed, and although in the fierce and J
fiery altercations of the forum he necessarily j J
made some enemies, no attack had hitherto
been ventured on his person. The athleticism
of his keen blue eyes had doubtless warn- e
ed the desperadoes that "the Yankee ora- j
tor," as he was generally termed, could hit
as hard blows in the court-yard as he did in *
the court itself. However this may be, two ^
years elapsed, years, too, of eminent success,
before the peaceable attorney was even insulted.
Alius! this halcyon period was doomed
toa change alike sudden and terrible.
There resided at the time in the town a no- !
torious duellist, by the name of Johnson, y
whose matchless prowess inspired universal
fear. He had slain half a dozen foes on the
public "field of honor," and as many more
in private and irregular encounters. All the
members of the "bloody fancy club" spoke j
of Mike Johnson's feats with rapturous en- j
thusiasm. liut all good men, all lovers of s
peace, when the "brave wretch" passed, j'
turned pale and were silent. ,
At the Muy term of the district court, 1S29,
the grand jury, mustering extraordinary |
courage, returned a true bill against Johnson
for the murder of William Lee, an inofl'en- ,
sivc youth, whom he had shot down in a
drunken frolic, under circumstances of pecu- '
liar aggravation. Thomas was retained by a (
friend of the deceased to aid in the proseeution,
and notwithstanding the earnest advice j
of his well-wishers to the contrary, appear- j
ed on the trial of the cause?otic of the most
exciting ever argued at the bar of Yicksburg. }
On the last evening of the session, after adjournment,
Thomas rushed into the presence J
of his wife, with looks of such evident agitntion
as to till her soul with overpowered s
grief. ;
"My love, tell me, in the name of Heaven, *
what has happened?" she cried, pale as a ,
corpse, and shaking like a leaf in the wind, j
"Nothing," answered the husband, think- j
ing to conceal the most fearful part of the
intelligence. "Nothing, only the murderer, |
Mike Johnson, after his acquittal, grossly in- j
suited me in the court-yard, and I knocked
him down."
"And he challenged you to fight him with
pistols!"* almost shrieked his wife, anticipating
the rest with the quickness of n woman's (
common-sense. 1
"It is even so," replied the lawyer, mourn- <
fully. t
"Oh, say that you will not meet him ! Oh, f
swear that you will not turn duellist in this 1
Sodom of the South !" implored the wife, J
throwing her arms around his neck, and t
sobbing like a child on his bosom. i
"There, do not weep now. I will not turn ?
duellist, dear Emma, although I much fear <
that the consequences will he my ruin." <
"God will protect you from that hold, had <
man.'' j1
The next morning it was known in Vicks- s
burg that "the Yankee orator" had been i
challenged and refused to fight. According- <
ly, he was generally denounced as a coward? (
a word which at that day might he consider- t
ed as expressing far deeper scorn than either i
robber or assassin. As he passed through t
the streets he was astonished to witness the c
coldness manifested by his old acquaintances, 1
and even professed friends, while the great t
mass of people seemed to regard him with ?
ineffable contempt. "Yankee white liver," ?
"boaster," "poltroon," were the sounds most11
frequently rung in his ears, especially when U
near the groceries, and there was one on J <
every terrace of the broken hills. j i
The matter grew still worse. About a 1
week afterwards Johnson met his victim in 1
the public square, presented a cocked pistol U
at his heart with one hand, and belabored i 1
him unmercifully with a cowhide which he ! i
grasped in the other. Resistance at the mo- I
nient was altogether out of the question, for j I
the slightest motion would have been the 11
signal for immediate death. He thought of '
Emma and her sweet babe and bore the cas- j
ligation in silence.
After this clients deserted his office, and I
gentlemen refused to recognize him or return j1
his salute in the thorougfares of business or '
during his morning strolls over the hills. '
Had his touch been contagion or his breath s
pestilence, he could not have been more 1
carefully shunned.
Another week passed, and the degraded i1
lawyer was in a state of mind bordering on '
insanity, and yet all the while he concealed >
the mental torture from his affectionate wife. 1
One evening, in a more than common bitter!'
and gloomy mood, as he walked through < 1
1 lie public square, he was again accosted by j
Mike Johnson, with his cocked pistol in one | 1
hand and uplifted cowhide in the other.! I
The assault was the more aggravating ash
the place was thronged with spectators. j t
"Coward and villain!" exclaimed Jolm-h
son, "did I not tell you that I would cow-j I
hide you every week, until I whipped thejt
courage of a man and a gentleman into your s
Yankee hide?" t
"I am no coward," retorted Thomas, in i
a hollow tone, so unearthly fierce and wild : t
that it caused every hearer to start. At the ?
instant his lips were lived, and clinched between
his teeth until the blood ran. His eyes In
were red as a mad dog's, and the muscles of | <
his face quivered; but his body and limbsjt
seemed to have the rigidity of marble. i '
"lie will light now," rung in an eager,1
whisper through the excited crowd, as they 1
saw the terrible tokens of the fiend aroused? j1
the fiend which lurks, at different depths, in (
all human natures.
"If you are not a coward, why will you j
not light ?" asked the duellist, somewhat
struck, in spite of his thorough desperation,
hardened in the hot gore of a dozen murders.
"I will light you if you wish it," was the
loud, ringing answer.
"Then you accept my challenge ?"
"I do. Will any one present he so good
as to act as my second?" inquired the lawyer,
addressing the spectators. I
For a minute or two no one spoke, so
great was the dread of the arch-duellist,
Mike Johnson.
"Will no one in such a mass of generous
men he my second?" repeated the lawyer,
in a louder tone.
"I will," said a shrill trumpet-like voice '
on the outskirts of the crowd, and a tall ]
commanding form, with hravery written on j
his hrow, and the eagle's eye heneath it i
made his way to the centre of the scene of (
contention, and stood close fronting Johnson,
with a smiling glance, before wliich the (
latter, for an instant, quailed. i
The question "Who is he? Who is he?"
imitated among the lookers-on. Bill no
me could answer; no one had ever seen
dm before, and yet everybody could have
worn to his courage, so bold, yet tranquil
res his bearing.
"Who are you ?" inquired the duellist, re-I
overing his presence of mind.
"Astranger from Texas."
"But who will vouch for your respecta ility
?"
"I can give you vouchers sufficient," rcilied
the stranger, frowning till his brow
uoked frightful; and then stooping forward,
ic whispered something in Johnson's ear,
utdible to him alone.
"I am satisfied," said the duellist, aloud,
nd trembling perceptibly. "Colonel Moron,
will you serve as my friend?"
The individual last addressed gave his
onsent.
"Now let us adjourn to some private room
oarrange the preliminaries," remarked the
tranger; and the principals and seconds
eft the crowd, then increasing every minitc,
and excited nearly to madness by the
i.w.t- / mviliiicr evenls of (he hour.
1111.rw viu?......n ? -
The meeting took place the following
light, in a dark room, with the door locked,
ind the two seconds on the outside. The
irineipals were placed in opposite corners
if the apartment, which was 20 feet
quale, and each was armed with a large
lowie knife?110 more. It was midnight?
i night without moon or stars. Black
litchy clouds involved the sky, and a slight
nist rendered the shadows of the earth more
ntetise. Hence the room where the duel
vas about to begin was wrapped in rayless
larkness. The combatants could not even
ice the blades of their own knives.
At first they both stooped and steadily unied
and took oil' their shoes, so as to make
he least possible noise in walking over the
loor. The same thought had struck both
if them at the same time to mananivre for 1
he vantage-ground.
Thomas moved in a circle, softly as a cat,
iround the apartment, till he got within a
exv feet of the corner where his enemy had
icon placed, and then paused to listen. For
our or five seconds he could hear nothing
11 the grave-like silence but the quick beats
if his own busy heart. Presently, however,
here crept into his car a scarcely audible
ound, as of suppressed breathing, in the
:orner of the room which he had previously
eft; and then he knew that his foe was tryng
the same stratagem. The ruse was reicated
thrice, with a like result. At length,
Thomas concluded to stand perfectly still
md await Johnson's approach. Motionless
low himself, and all ear, soon he could disinguish
a soft rustling noise, like the drop)ing
of fiakes of wool, circling around the
loor and gradually advancing toward him.
At last, when the sound appeared within
ibout three feet of the lawyer's position, he
inddenly made a bounding plunge with his
cnife, aimed in the dark air, where he suplosed
the bosom of his foe to be. His blade
itruck against that of the other, and a few
sparks of lire rolled at the fierce collision
md fell expiring on the floor.J
And then, for an instant, the seconds wilh>ut
the door heard a sharp ringing of steel,
1 groan, a fall, and all again was silent as
he tomb! The duel at midnight had ended,
nil how ? They were appalled at the hor ible
question.
Waiting some minutes, and hearing nothing
nore, Colonel Morton and the stranger premred
a light, unlocked the door und cnter;d.
The spectacle was most affecting. There
ay the bloody corpse of the duellist Johnion.
mauirled dreadfully, and above it stood
lie erect and imposing form of the lawyer
Thomas, unhurt, not a cut on his skin nor a
ent in his clothing, hut weeping as if his
leart were broken.
He started hack as the (lashing light da staled
his eyes, and growing pale as the dead
it his feet, exclaimed, in accents ofimmea.su able
anguish, "Oh, (Jod ! how shall I endure
o meet my dear wife, with this murderous
;ore on my hand ! Such stain would delile
he very gates of heaven, and blacken the
loor of hell itself!"
He did, however, afterwards meet Emma
ind her babe; but we shall not attempt to
mint the scene. A week subsequently he
,vas shot to pieces in bis own oiiice, while
miployed in writing after night. The assassin
was not known, but supposed to be a
younger brother of the duellist Johnson.
The stranger who acted in the combat
is the second of Thomas was indeed, as
ic said, from Texas, and then traveling
hrough Mississippi, and was the bravest
nan, perhaps, that ever drew the breath of
ife?James Bowie, who fell only with the
all of the Alamo, when his red knife was
lrunk with the blood of the Mexicans.
When the IIaiu Turns (Jkay.?Conterninggray
hair, says a writer in the Detroit
Free Press, there seems to lie no rational tlie>ry
for change in the color of the hair, except
hat of loss of pigment color and presence of
gaseous matter in the hair shaft. This may
>e the result of natural or artificial causes.
Probably among Americans the early age at
ivhich the hair blanches is due largely to
jcrvous conditions. Mental and physical
lislurbanccs undoubtedly often affect the selecting
apparatus of the hair,"destroying eoliring
matter, for history records instances of
dinnge of hair from dark to while in a single
light through the cerebral excitement of
ionic great loss, bodily or mental anguish ;
either can coloring matter, once entirely
lestroyed, be restored. Do not believe the
juacks who pretend to restore gray hair to
he youthful color in any other way than bylying,
for science has not yet discovered a
. mui Imil tiv which tiiinnent. once eiltirelv
? v.. ..J I'-O 7 v
exhausted, can be renewed. Dark hair may
ie bleached, but no sane person could be desieved
by the dull, lusterless yellow of bair
10 treated ; neither does dye deceive anyone,
ind a woman who would look charming with
i head of white bair kept perfectly clean
md dully with legitimate treatment becomes
lisgusting when she resorts to such flagrant
irtificial means for keeping tbe hair dark or
donde.
When one's bair turns gray attention
should be directed toward keeping itscrupuously
clean ; toward keeping the complex011
delicate and line with color, tbe eyes
>rigbt, and tbe expression animated, for a
n illiant face, framed by snowy bair, has a
leculiar charm, if the hair be abundant and
lecomingly arranged.
Xicknamks.?Although it may be a suririse
to many, yet i'lato is simply tbe nick-1
lame of tbe great (irceian philosopher, who
s known to the world by that name. His
en I name was Aristocles. His pupils are
;aid to have called him I'lato (Oreek?l'laos,
breadth) from the breadth of bis brow.
That Aristo, his gymnasium teacher, howev;r,
gave him that name from the breadth of
lis shoulders seems to have been historical,
siul of Tarsus, who became the great aposle
to tbe (Jentiles, was called l'aul (Latin,
'aulus, little) according to some authorities,
iccause be was small.
Ill all ages there have been noted nieklames,
and Virginia has taken a prominent
>art in the historical list. We all know
vlio is meant when we speak of "Tbe Fath r
of His Country." "Light Horse Harry"
vill ever be a name to conjure with, hulls in ,
icaee and in martial song. "The Author of J
he Declaration of Independence" will be
oiinded from the chords of t he harp of Libery
just so long as virtue and America continue
11 partnership. The gallant "Job" Stuart received
this appellation from the initials of his
liven names. Tbe peaceful I'rof. Thomas J.
laekson became a whirlwind and a storm and
in army with banners,as under the nickname
if "Stonewall," he hurled his men like a
hiiuilerbolt upon the ranks of the foe. And
inallv, when Virginia's sons lie themselves
Iowii in their last, long sleep they desire to j
est whithiu the battle scarred bosom oftlicir!
not her. the 1 Old Dominion."? Iticlimoiid j
Va.) Dispatch.
('oNt'HitNiNu Hki.ls.? Hellmaking is one
if the greatest industries in this country, yet
low seldom we hear of it. Foreign conn-!
lies recognize that our hells are superior in !
one to any other make, and even the Japan-i
ise are sending orders to this country for j
iclls. The Jajiane.se have long been regard-!
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'(I US lainoil.S oenillUKcrn, um im-j uu IM>I
les'Uate to apply to American manufacturers
vlien tlicy find it to their interest to <io so.
There is grim humor in the fact that the
ircalarm bells to he used in Tokio have been
mlered of a manufacturing firm iu Jersey
'ity.
The largest hell in America is in thecntheIral
at Montreal and weighs 28,000 pounds.!
The hell in the public building at Philadelphia
is to weigh hot ween 20,000 and 20,000
pounds. There is a hell at Krfurt, (Sermany, I
isist in 1740, and one at Nortre Dame, Paris,
Just iu J(!S0, each weighing 80,000 pounds.l
The great Chinese bell at Pekin weighs 120,)00,
pounds is 14 feet high and 12 feet in diuncter.
By the way, the Chinese used to
make their bells nearly square in shape.
The largest hell is, of course, that in the
Kremlin, at Moscow. It is over 19 feet in
height and measures nearly 211 feet across the
mouth ; its thickness at the point where the
clapper would strike, is 23 inches; the cost
of manufacturing this noble work of human
art was about $300,000.?Chicago Record.
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Fou.UiH ok tilk Pyini; Ykak.?There
are many beautiful legends connected with
the folliage of the dying year. The Hoitsatonic
Indians believed that the stars in the
Dipper, which by the way, is called in Kngland
Charles's Wain, i. e., wagon, were men
hunting. They began the chase early in the
spring, and it lasted all the summer. Rutin
the autumn they succeeded in wounding the
(treat Rear, and his blood dripping upon the
leaves dyed them crimson.
Our custom of using evergreens at Christians
came from the Druids, who thought that
in taking the mistletoe and holly into their
houses they were introducing the good spir
its who would hring litem good luck. surety
the treasures we gather in the fall, the beautiful
leaves, the curious cones, the hunches of
grass, anil the velvety bulrushes may well
bring the fairies of pleasant thoughts into
our homes, so perhaps the old Britons were
not so far wrong after all.
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from
Mr. George Ii. Riddle, of Xcno.
Zkno, S. ('., June 20, lslu.
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nd Children.
Castoria cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Enietation,
Kills Worms, gives sleep, ami promotes diRest
ion,
Without injurious medication.
"For several years I have recommended
your 'Castoria,' ami shall always continue to
do so as it has invariably produced Iteneflciul
results."
Fnwis F. Pardee, M. !>.,
ler.tli Street ami 7th Ave., New York City.
mpavy, 77 Murray Street, New Yore City.
COMPANY,
ff IHON ()KI{ PAINT
And Ccmont.
1.V2 T<) 1M M KUWIN ST.,
tievolniul, <>.
>-4HF> XV Send for ('irnilnt
anil Price List No. 7o.
K IRON ROOFING IN THE WORLD.
THE INQUIRER"
8BW1NG MACHINE.
IMPROVED, HIGH ARM, PERFECTED.
Shipped on Approval and Guaranteed to
Give Entire Satisfaction, and if Not Satisfactory
alter a Test of TWENTY
DAYS in Your Home, the Ma
eliine Will he Taken Back and
Your Money Ilefiiuded.
Kl XISII Kit IX O.IK Olt IVAhXVT
AXH (1IA1SAXTKKI) FOH TKX YEARS.
This Klegant Machine Delivered, Freight Paid,
at any Railroad Station Fast of the
Rocky Mountains, fur $2:1.00.
THE ENQUIRER has sent out a largo number
of the best grades of Sowing Machines
in the past live years, and in view of the fact
that the business has grown to such proportions
as to warrant it, we have recently perfected an
arrangement for the manufacture of THE
ENQUIRER SEW INI! MACHINE, and we
are now prepared to furnish them to all who
wish to buy a tirst class high grade Sewing Machine
at less than half the price at which such a
machine is usually sold by peddlers and dealers.
A Few Facts About The Enquirer Machine.
The accompanying engraving gives a correct
idea of the machine. It is as near perfection as
any machine on the market. Any kind of
work can be done on it that any other machine
will do. All wearing parts are case hardened
steel, and are fitted so accurately that
these machines are as absolutely noiseless and
easy running as tine adjustment and best mechanical
skill are possible to produce. No expense
or time is spared to make them perfect in
every respect. The balance-wheel and many of
the tine parts are nickel plated, with other parts
finely enameled and ornamented, giving it a
rich appearance. The machine is fitted with
the Improved Automatic Bobbin Winder. It
also has a self-setting needle and self-threading
cylinder shuttle. The simplicity of the automatic
tensions, sewir.g from Nos. 40 to 100 thread
without altering, recommends it not only to
every beginner, hut to am..
Each machine is in perfect working order
when shipped, and is accompanied with printed
intructions and a complete set of tools and all
necessary attachments, in a handsome plush
lined case. The attachments are the best.
HOW TO OKT Till: MACHIXK.
nrrouTAXT IMFOUMATIOX.
The price of the Machine is $'2JI. We deliver
it at your nearest railroad station free of freight
charges, provided you Hve east of the Rocky
Mountains. THE ENQUIRER will be sent
free for one year to every purchaser of a machine.
The cash must accompany the order. Send
money by Express, Money Order, Registered
Letter or New York Exchange.
WARRANTED FOR TEN YEARS.
The usual warrantee by which we replace any
defective part or any part that breaks or wears
out through the fault of the machine, except
shuttles, needles and bobbins, goes with every
Machine. Alter the Machine has been received,
you have the privilege of returning it within
TWENTY days, if not satisfactory. Is that
fair?
IS'O VARIATION.
We have endeavored to say here all that we
could say in a letter. There can be no change of
terms. Do not ask for any variation. Machines
are shipped direct from the factory, and are not
on exhibition at our ollice. We know you will be
pleased with the machine when you get it, and
you know if it should happen to be unsatisfactory,
you can send it back within TWENTY
DAYS and get your$23.00. Address
LEWIS M. GRIST, Yorkville, S. C.
Schedules in Effect from and After
July 22, 1S94.
G. W. F. Harper, President.
(JOINO north. | Nolo. I No 00.
I.ea\e Chester S 10 a m 0 00 a in
Leave Lowrysvllle s as a in 11 as a in
liCave McConnellsvillc x "si a tn 10 00 a m
Iaiivo Gulliriesville 0 00 a in 10 15 a in
Leave Yorkville 0 I'll a in 10 45 a in
Leave Clover 10 0"J a in II 45 am
i........ in .hi <> in l iv, ii in
I.OUVC I .i lll'i >1111 < >11 il 17 Hill 2 "#) pill
I.i nvc Newton I- .'<7 h hi I 00 pi"
IAiive Hickory I 12 pin ? 20 pin
Arrive Lenoir 2 12 pin S 00 pin
lioiMi siH'tii. i No til. | Noil.
i.euve l.cnolr 7 00 ll iii I 10 p iii
l.euve Hickory S 40 u lit 5 10 j? in
I.euve Newton 10 00 n in 5 12 p in
I alive I.incolnlon II 17 a in li :<0 j> lit
I.euve Huston ill 1 25 pin 7 51 pin
I.euve Clover 2 21 pin S 2H p in
I.euve Yorkville :i :i0 pin il 02 pin
lA'iive Uulliriesville :i 5s jiin 0 21 inn
I.euve McConnellsville 1 10 jiin 0 .'12 pin
i.euve i.mvrysville I :I7 jnn !t5.l pin
Arrive Chester 5 20 jnn III 21 ji ill
Trains Nox. it ami lo are first-class, and run
daily except Sunday. Trains Nos. 00 and 01
carry iiassciiireis and also run daily except Sunday.
There is jjimhI connection at Chester with
the <f. C. A N., ami the (*.. ('. A A.; also at tlastonia
with (lie A. A C. A. I..; at Iancohiton
witii the C. C.; and at liiekorv and Newton with
the W. N. C.
I.. T. NH'IIdIjS, Superintendent.
H. II. ItFA It I>, <ieneral I'asseuyer A Kent.
March lis 0 tl
Ihc ^ot'hviUr i^nquivev.
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Two copies for one year, 3 SO
Ten copies one year, 17 .10
And an extra copy for a chili of ten.
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subsequent insertion. A square consists of the
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eon lined to the regular business of the firm or
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us the ease may lie. An increase of space or
time will lie a matter for special contract. The
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at will, provided the copy for the change is in
the otliee not later than 12 in. on Monday preceding
the day of publication.