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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28
NO. 4.

LApLAND MARR1AGEs.-Every Lapland.
er, however poor, has his dozen or two dozen
deer; and the Aocks Ct a Lapp Cresus a.
mount sometimes to two thousand head. As
soon as young lady is born-after having
been daily rolled in the snow-she is DOVER
ed by her father with certain number of
deer, which are Immediately branded with
her initials, and henceforth kept apart as her
special property. In proportion as they in
crease and multiply does her chance improve
Of making good match. J.app courtships
are conducted pretty much in the same fash
ion as in other parts of the world. The as
pirant, as soon as he discovers that he has
lost his heart, goes of in search of friend,
and bottle of brandy. The friend enters
the tent, any opens, simultaneously, the
brandy and his business; while the lover
remains outside, engaged in hewing wood,
or some other mental employment. If, after
the brandy and the proposal have been duly
discussed, the eloqu;rce ce of his friend pre-
walls, he himself is called into the conclave,
and the young people are allowed to rub
noses. The bride then accepts from her
suitor present OF reiEdeer's tongue, and
the espousals are considered concluded The
marriage does not lake, place for two or three
years afterwards nd.during the interval
the intended is obliged to labor in the service
of his father-in-law-Lord Duteria's Let-
ters from, High Latitut7cs
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

SCENE BETWEEN A CHINESE PAINTER
AND A YANKEE SEA CApTAIN.-There is
the studio of portrait painter, not probably
dangerous rival to Lamqua, of Macao
There is loud talking in that studio. A
Yankee captain is inspecting portrait Of
himself, which has been painted at con-
tract price of some $40. The Yankee is
man about 40, with streaks Of gray iu his
bushy hair and beard, with slight defect
in one eye, large nose and pockmarked
face. Yetwithal, thanks to his afauence Of
hair and an expression of juanty determina-
tion and devil-may care go-a-headuess, he is
manly-looking fellow. He is looking rue
fully, however, at this counterfeit present.
ment of himself which is to go to the girl
of his heart at New York. 1t is q most
laughter.moving caricature of all the salient
points of his physiognomy. The Yankee
swears that it is no more like him than hick-
ory nuts are like thunder. The artist has
produced a small looking glass, which he
places beside the portrait, and pointing to
the gray hair and the squirting eye, and the
pockmarks of the portrait, and then to the
present originals from which they were
copied, says triumphautly at each verifca.
tion, 'Hab got? Hab got? Hab got? How
can make handsome man 'spose no gothand-
some face?'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

mode. let success or failure be the result
it is difficult to say how much is to be at
tributed to the mode of cultivation, and how
much to the season and other contingencies.
Those who plant by the moon have another diff
fculty to contend with; they know not how
much to attribute to its influence. Our
practical and anti-book farmers are generally
found in this category.
Isay the process is too slow. l would
ask those who depend upon practice and ex-
perience alone, in heavens name, how long
have we yet to practice? We (the human
family have been practicing agriculture,
ever since that stern mandate was sent
forth, {" In the sweat of thy face shall thou
eat thy bread for guess it was not long
after that, until necessity compelled Adam
to go to work, tilling the earth. By under
standing principles, and then more of action,
we place the control of their action at our
command.
Science has discovered principles and
their mode of action, and applied them to
useful purposes-that too in the twinkling
of an eye, as it were, which had escaped the
eye of practice and observation ever since
the creation of the world perhaps.
l will readily grant many of our reading,
scientific and theoretical farmers, as they
are called, have been unsuccessful in the
business, and are proverbial for being bad
or poor farmers. But their failure, I think,
may be accounted for upon the fact of their
being generally professional, or literary men,
and such as either had not time to devote to
their business, or in whom there was want
of energy and perseverance to put their
knowledge into practical and successful ope-
ration.
will admit too that there is great deal
of cbaff for the seed, to be found in our
agricultural books and papers; but we do
meet with articles in them now and then of
real worth such for instance as the one alluded
to on hill side ditching, that pleased the old
gentleman so we'll Here, in this section of
our district particularly, we have not much
of the virgin soil to resort to. When a
field is worn out, we cannot set to and clear
out new one, and then another and another;
that time has passed with US. We who ex-
pect to remain in this, our beloved State,
and in the 'Indian Land;' who expect here to
die, and to have our dust to commingle with
that of our ancestors, will be compelled to
adopt different system Of agriculture from
the one we have been pursuing, let that sys-
TEN be learned as it may.
In conclusion, pleading its strict pature-
1 hope you will excuse the privilege have
taken, in touching on points that may be
considered as not legitimately belonging to
my subject, and hope you will excuse the
desultory, and very imperfect manner in
which I have done so.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

PoRTENToUs ExTRAvAGANcE OF Wo-
MEN.-Such is the rage for red flannel pet
ticoats abroad, that DR.. Charles Mackey has
felt called upon to rebuke it in little song,
entitled the Red Petticoat and the White
1t is needless to say that the poetical Doctor
expresses decided preference for the white.
The handkerchief mania is also prevailing
violently, in consequence Of which every
ladyis forced to carry two-one for use in
the pocket and the other for display in the
hand. Price 500 francs, or $1,000 a dozen.
To carry the more expensive articles, boxes
of pearl have been expressly invented
These are worth from $50 to $75. From
these figures it will be seen that it will cost
as much to keep woman in handkerchiefs,
as it does to keep the rest of the family in
boots, buttons and house rent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28
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HOME.

HOME.
Oh! what scenes Of bliss aud pleasure
Does that heavenly word contain;
Always bringing thoughts Of loved ones,
Which their memories sustain.
When oppressed with care and sadness,
As among the world you roam,
o with what delight and gladness
Comes the cheering thought of home,
There fond hearts await your coming,
And YOUR name is gently spoke;
There your absence is lamented,
And affections tear awoke.
When inconstant friends desert you
In adversity's stern hour,
And the clouds of disappointment
Ger your darkened pathway lower.
Then a light breaks through the darkness,
As the thought of home dawns light;
And with feelings sure and hopeful
Can YOU grasp the beacon bright.
O. with what delightful feelings
Can YOU turn amid your woes.
Knowing their true hearts are beating,
Though your path be thick with foes.
Let no feeling e'er come Ger you,
Which would lead you to reject
Your fond home and its loved inmates,
Or to treat them with neglect.
Think of your once helpless childhood,
Of your parents watchful care
How they turned your erring footsteps,
From temptations Turing glare.
How unfeeling is the person,
And how void of all that's good;
Who can think without emotion
Of the place his home once stood.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28
THECONJUROR IN ALGERIA,

Every one has seen, or heard speak of the
great RoDert Houdn Besides being the
prince of conjurors, he is an able mathema-
tician and mechanician, and his electric
clock, made for the Hotel de Vile of his
native town of Blois, obtained medal at
the Paris exhibition. 1t is not generally
known that he was sent to Algeria by the
French Government on mission connected
with the black art-probably the first time
that coujuror has been called upon to exer-
else his profession in Government employ.
Some details of his exhibition have Just
been published. Its object was to destroy
the influence exercised among the Arab
tribes by the Marabouts-an influence
often mischievously applied. By a few
clumsy tricks and impostures these Mara
bouts pass themselves off as sorcerers; no
one, it was justly thought, was better able
to eclipse their skill and discredit their
science than the man of the inexhaustible
bottles.
One of the great pretensions of the Ma
rabouts was to iuvulnerability. At the mo-
mert that loaded musket WAS aimed at him
and the trigger pulled, he pronounced few
cabalistic words and the weapon did not 20
off. Houdin detected the trick, and showed
that the tube-hole was plugged. The Arab
wizard was furious, aud abused his French
rival. "You may revenge yourself" quietly
replied Houdin; take pistol; load it
yourself; here are bullets; put one in the
barrel but before doing so, mark it with
your knife The Arab did as he was told.
You are quite certain, now,' said Aoudin,
that the pistol is loaded and will 90 off,
Tell me, do you feel no remorse in killing
me thus, Notwithstanding that authorize
you ?'you are my enemy coolly replied the
Arab; Il will kill you Without replying,
Houdin stuck an apple on the point of a
knife, and calmly gave the word to fire.
The pistol was discharged, the apple flew
far away, and there appeared in its place,
stuck on the point of the knife, the bullet
the Marabout had marked.
The spectators remained mute from
stupefaction; the Marabout bowed before
his superior. sAllah is great he said, Il
am vanquished' Instead Of the bottle from
which, in Europe, Robert Houdin pours an
endless stream of every description of wine
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

Hon. W. W. BoYCE.-It is with great
pleasure that We notice frequent and honora
BILE mention made of our highly esteemed
and distinguished Representative, Hon. w
W. Boyce, by the press, other than that Of
his immediate constituency and State. His
position in Congress is high one, and al,
ready he ranks amongst our ablest and most
reliable statesmen. Eminently conservative,
in his views and principles he is clear and
decided for the administration of the Gov.
ernment on the principles of truth, justice
and the Constitution as our patriot fathers
leftit. He asks nothing more nor is be
willing that We should have less. Mr..
Boyce is not, and never was, an ultraist.--
His first election to Congress was, immedia.
tely after the secession break down in 81
and he was then supported by cooperation
lists, &C., without regard to PARTY. He has
exceeded our most sanguine expectations,
and is to-day a truer and warner States
rights secssioniss, than many renegade fire.
eaters of that eventful period, who stood,
in lS5O-'51, In the interesting attitude,
ready for battle, with lance couched and not
feather quivering in the plume
1t would be difficult to suit the people of
our Congressional District better, in Rep
tentative, and we know of no one at present
who is likely to make the effort, but pre-
sumo that he will be reelected next fall
without opposition. Camden Journal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

. nKEEp Your MOUTH SHUT."-Never
allow the action of respiration to be carried
on through the mouth. The nasal passages
are clearly the medium through which respi-
ration was by our Creator designed to be
carried on.-"God breathed into mans nos
trils the breath of life," previous to his be-
coming living creature. The difference in
the exhaustion Of strength by a long walk
with the mouth firmly closed, and respiration
carried on through the nostrils instead Of
through the mouth, is inconceivable to those
who have never tried the experiment. lis
said that the habit Of carrying on the work
of inspiration and expiration through the
mouth is the origin of almost all diseases Of
the throat and lungs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

THE GoosEBoNE AND TIE WEATHER.
The Fredericksburg Herald says: The breast
bone of goose is believed by many to be an
unerring prognosticator of the kind of wint-
er ahead, foreshadowing with its dark spots
cold and bleak weather, whilst clear points
indicate mild temperature. Whatever of
truth there may be in this oden time method
of philosophizing,-fo it is no invention of
this day, as we are informed that it has been
the weather guage with some for the last
twenty years-there is no denying the fact
that for the last two or three winters the
goose-bone, as interpreted by this class of
philosophers, or euigmatical expounders, has
fully and fairly illustrated the wiutry sea-
sons. The .elucidation of the goose-bone
theory is in this wise:
Take the brest-bone of any goose that has
been served up for the table; and observe
its coloring-commencing at the front ex-
anime it through; the clear, light places
upon it are taken as points of mild genial
weather; its dark, veiny, or discolored spots,
is an indication of hard, cold, piercing
weather; and just as the one or the other
preponderates, so will the sort Of weather
prove. Supposiug the front of the bone to
represent the first of December, the observer
may lay off the whole of it into monthly
winter pats, and thus decide the character
of each coming month.
A goose-boue examined few days ago
indicates delightfully."- mild weather in
December and January. Early in Februa.
ry sharp, piuching weather for some ten
days. After that season of charming
weather, to be followed by late and cold
spring.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

SMALL TALK.-We give the following
as a specimen of the truly edifyiDg conver-
sation frequently heard in ''almost any quan-
tity" at our watering places and fashionable
resorts generally. 1t was got up by the N.
Y. Herald as particularly calculated for the
meridian of Washington city, but will suit
any and every latitude -
"Ah, Mrs. * * * (running up aud
shaking hands) I am rery glad to see you in
deed"
We'll, how do you do?'
Very well, thank you. 1t is very win
dy to-day
Yes, very windy, I thought it would
rain
so did I. Very windy. But it has
cleared off quite pleasant
Yes, it has cleared off quite pleasant
There are good many people here to-
day.
Yes, good many
1--WE have great deal of rain lately
Yes, great deal of rain
Where are you staying at, my dearT
sAt-.'
Thank you. I am glad to see you look
ing so WE'LL
Thank you. am veryglad, Mrs. y x *
to see you indeed.'
Thus they run on, the male exquisites
frequently taking part and making Miss
Nancys of themselves by helping out with a
meaningless chat. We have, sometimes,
heard regular conversation of this descrip-
tion going on for half an hour, each talking
necessarily all the while, and when the thing
came to be "cyphered out" and reduced
down to the standard of good hard sense not
q arord had been spoken.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

% A well-to-do farmer of Springport,
N. Y, three years ago had little alterca-
ton with his wife, and while conversing
with her took up pail to 60 after some wa
ter. His long absence awakened the fears
of his wife, who suspected at once that he
had made an end Of his life by throwing
himself into the we'll The we'll was accor-
dinghy searched, but the husband was not
found. The friendly neighbors Industrious
ly sought for but found no traces of him
Last week while his family were at tea, the
missing husband walked into the room with
the pail of water in his hand, put it into its
usua place, and sat down to the table as if
nothl. ( had happened. He had been gone
Just three years after his pail of water, and
had visited California and Australia, and
had turned up again with handsome little
fortune in his pocket.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

and liquor, he called for an empty bowl,
which he kept continually full of boiling
coffee, but few of the Arabs would taste it,
for they made sure that it came direct from
the devils own coffee pot. He then told them
that it was in his power to deprive them of
all strength, and to restore it to them at will
and be produced small box, so light that a
child could lift it with his finger; but it
suddenly became so heavy that the strongest
man present could not raise it, and the
Arabs, who prize physical strength above
everything, looked with terror at the great
magician who, they doubted not, could an
initiate them by the mere exertion of his
will. They expressed this belief; Houdin
confirmed them in it, and promised that, on
day appointed, he would convert one Of
them into smoke. The day came; the
throng was prodigious; a fanatical Mara
bout had agreed to give himself up to the
sorcerer. They made him stand upon a
table and covered him with transparent
gauze; then Houdiu and another person
lifted the table by the two ends, and the
Arab disappeared in cloud Of smoke.
The terror Of the spectators was indescri-
bable; they rushed out Of the place, and
ran long distance before some of the bold
est thought of returning to look after the
Marabout They found him near the place
where he had been evaporated, but he could
tell them nothing, and was like a drunken
man, ignorant of what had happened to him.
Thenceforward Houdin was venerated, and
the Marabouts despised; the object of the
French Government was completely attained
The fashion of testimonials having, it ap-
pears, infected even the Arabs, number of
chiefs presented the French conjuror with
piece of Arab writing, wonderfully decora
ted hyperbolical and elogistic, and to which
they were so attentive as to append French
translation. Besides this memorial of his
Algerine trip, Houdin has rosary which
he one day borrowed from an Arab to per-
form a trick WITH and which the owner,
persuaded that Shitan in person was before
him, refused to receive back.-London
Times Paris Correspondent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

A SINGULAR CAsE.--The following story
comes to US from correspondent and is ap-
parently we'll authenticated:
A young man named Ansel Prown, living
in the village of Westerly was passing along
the road into the village on the Goth, of
October, about midday, and suddenly he
experienced and indescribable sensation.-
He lost first sight, then his speech, and
finally his sense of hearing. He remained
confounded in the middle of the road,
knowing not which way to turn, and was
found soon after by oueof his acquaintances,
who tried to arouse him, but without effect
Various methods were practiced, such as
firing pistols and making loud noises close to
him, but be did not notice them. He was
taken home and fed as one would feed a
child. Thus he continued up till Sunday,
Nov. 18th. As the family were about to
attend church, Browns sight was restored
to him in manner as quick and mysterious
as that by which he had lost it. He went
to church and carried small slate on which
he wrote; as soon as the music commenced
he was seen to start; when the minister con-
cluded the services, BrowD began to read
the writing on the slate aloud, to thein6nite
surprise of ali present He returned to his
home as we'll as be ever was.
The story is confirmed by the people of
the village. The mans name is Bourne.
He has been dissipated, and while walking
he fancied that he heard voice bidding
him go to church. He replied that rather
than obey the command, he would be deaf
and dumb; where upon his speech and
sight and hearing failed him, and were res
tored in the manner related.-Provtdence
Journal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28
LIFE IN ARKANsAs.-Ac correspondent of

LIFE IN ARKANsAs.-Ac correspondent Of
the Little Rock Democrat, writes from the
Northwestern portion of the State:
"The weather is cold here now. Pork
has sold at 81 and &c. There will be
great deal of bacon made. After crops are
laid by, people have nothing to do particu-
larly. They can, therefore, hitch up Buck
and Bright and start off and keep going till.
they get ten cents for the whole load. 1t is
very pleasant living in the summer time to
go off bacon selling. Buck and Bright
live on the grass. Plague on 'em, they are
sometimes hard to find in the morning
But then no one is ever in hurry. The
delightful part is seven-up at night and
drinking rot-gut. Sometimes somebody gets
a little drunk, the sober ones win smartly.-
But altogether there is much happiness on
bacon trip-to some folks.
All kinds of produce are high, andstrange,
after such a crop year, somewhat scarce.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28

THE ELEPHANT AND THE NABoB.-The
favorite elephant of the grand vizier under
Rajah Dowlah was the hero of a noble feat.
This great nabob was about to make the d.
version of mighty hunt in the neighbor-
hood of Lucknow, where the game is rather
plentiful. The preparations being COM
pleted, and train of nobility assembled, the
procession of Nimrods began to move off for
the field. After passing through ravine:
the gorgeous sportsmen entered the meadow,
which was covered with sick people, who
were lying exposed to get the benefit of the
pure and fresh air, and they we're so distrib-
uted as to obstruct the course of the beasts
of burden. Rajah Dowlah was intent upon
feeding his cruel eyes with the sight that
the mangling of the bodies of the miserable
creatures would produce, by compelling th"
huge elephants to trample them uuderfoot.
The grand vizier rode upon his own beast,
and the nabob ordered the driver to goad
him on, and hr went at a quick pace, but
when he arrived at the spot of the indisposed
people, though in trot, the sagacious ami
NAL stopped short before the first invalid
The vizier cursed him the driver goaded
him and the nabob cried, Stick him in the
earl All, however, was in vain. More
humane than his superior, the elephant stood
firm, and refused to uiolate his better feelings.
At length, seeing the poor creatures helpless,
and unaUe to move themselves out Of the
,coy, he took up the first with his trunk and
laid him gently down again out of his path.
He did the same with the secoud and third,
and so op, until be had made clear passage,
along which the retinue could pass without
doing injury to any one of them. The brute
and the man made an exchange of their pro-
per sentiments, and humanity triumphed
gloriously in the brute.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1858-01-28
t@ The "registered letter" system, .

sS The "registered letter" system, it
appears, does not work so well in the trans
mis- ion of money by mail, as was expected.
It has served rather. to direct the attention
of dishonest persons to letters thus marked,
distinguishing them at once as valuable
The present Post Master General, in his an.
nuaI report, alludes to plan matured by his
predecessor for issuing money orders BY
every postmaster upon other postmasters, for
the transmissions Of: small sums to persons
at various points throughout the country. A.
similar system has been in operation through
out England for many years, and is found
to work well.