Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1868-05-07
Straps aud fafts.

--'Do yor understand me now 2" thundered
IN irate pedagogue to an urchin at whose head he
had thrown an inkstand. 0Ive got an mixing oil
what you NEAR" replied the boy.
The New York Express, commenting upon
the various plans that are proposed to keep pas
senger railway conductors from stealing, says that
the best way to prevent them from pifering from
their receipts is to pay fair wages their services
a horse, nineteen hands high and weighing
two thousand pounds, is to be seen in safe truck
team in New York city. He was foaled in 1867,
in Winchester county, of Canadian parents. He ls|
said to be the largest horse in America.
The Washington correspondent Of the Rich
mond Dispatch telegraphs under date Of Wednes-
day evening: 'The day closes, to adopt the COM
mercial parlance, with further decline in impeach-
ment stock. The belief is becoming settled among
all classes that the Senate will acquit the Presl-
dent" ISIS. ... .r. ,....as. nu5 f,a ..... sa.
; a young Indian girlwho had curiousy watch
ed the process of marking barrel heads In Hour
ing mill in Winona, Minnesota, stole in one day,
and taking possession of the stencils, ornamented
her blanket with the words, Ellsworth 8 Choice,
and paraded the streets IN great delight, but to the
disgust of Mr.. Ellsworth, who is bachelor, and
had made no such choice. a. =: .,. q. G Ell .-...a
In the United States, in 1860, the whole
the wear was s27, ,s5l, ,54S. The annual circulation
is now estimated at l,500, 900 900. In Great Brit
ain the annual circulation Of the newspapers is es
timated at 5O0,0O0,0O0. Of daily. newspapers q
lone zoe, 600 900 are annually circulated in Ameri
ca, and 25O, ,0O0, 600 in Great Britain.
%. An immigration meeting was held at New
berry Courthouse, on Saturday, which started the
movement vigorously. One thousand dollars was
subscribed on the spot, and the following officers
were elected: President, Rev. I. 3. bol9est
Johnstone Treasurer, R. L. Mclaughlin; Direc-
tors, Simeon Fair, B. D. Boyd, Silas Johnstone
and John s. Hair. Ia.F>
"A new machine for navigating the air, inven-
ted by Seotchman, will be brought out under the
auspices of the British Aeronautic Society. 1t is
q sort of bird, with body fifteen feet in length,
and wings stretching out to the width of thirty
five feet A tail reaches out behind to give direc
ton to the movement, while the wings are tapped
by an engine of forty horse power. This, 1t is
thought, can be made to proceed through the air
at the rate of forty miles an hour.
In schools in Germany, it is reported, the
art of housekeeping is taught thoroughly. Es-
says are written upon the subject setting forth
the prices of fowls. How much fat fowl should
weigh. How much lean one. A reasonable
price What food fattens fowls best. What sort
of fowls they are, and how old The price of cab
bages, Of carrots of apples their Sorts the guam
tity produced |; the daily expenses, the bargains,
the shops, are all discussed.
The Ku- u-Kux-Klan is said to number seven
ty-fye thousand members in Alabama. The Lieu
tenant Grand Cyclops has his hind quarters in the
saddle, and headquarters in Sacred Serpent Den
and his camp in graveyard near Montgomery.
His staff is Colonel Black Cat Colonel Grand
White Death, Major Rafting Skeleton, Captain
Past High Giant, and Lieutenant Red Dagger
The Ku-Klux troops are very fond Of niger meat,
and the Great Grand Beef Major has just issued
ten days rations Of Union Leagues which destroy
ed the Radical majority in two whole counties
The devotion of some savans to science is j.
Illustrated by the testimony of medical expert in
poisoning case lately tried in France. He found
no difficulty in detecting poison in the stomach of
the deceased, and acknowledged that he had OBJ
served symptoms which he attributed to this cause
before the death of the gentleman, whom he had
attended On being asked If he had administered
antidotes, he replied: "No, for their presence in
the stomach would have masked the presence of
the poison, which could not, therefore, have been
proved at the inquest"
In France, the laws are very strict against
persons in civil life carrying weapons An inyen-
ton has recently been made, however, which,
while conforming to the law is partial aid as af
consists of asmal horn inserted inthe end of acane
which contains an electric battery and small lamp
with two powerful rehectors. The intensity Of this
light, it is said, temporarily blinds any person at
whom it is pointed The lamp is kindled at will,
by pressing small knob at the other end of the
stick, which communicates with an electric wire.
An exchange says that Wade must continue
to be President pro tempore of the Senate in the
event of his Accession to the Presidency, or lose
the latter Office. He can, under the rules Of the
Senate, place member in the chair, but this mem
Der can occupy it only during that day. Wade
must therefore, call the Senate to order every day
himself. Now, if Wade should happen to BE sick,
or discouraged" latter the manner of Sprague,
and unable to perform this duty, what would be-
come Of the Senate2 fitshould elect a President
pro tenpore the person elected would, ipso facto,
be entitled to act as President of the United States
-Butler's fame surrounds him with an atmos-
phere OF reproaches wherever ne goes. At the
loud cries of Butler" Butler !" because some
reference had been made to spoons. A few days
ago, in the Senate, Mr.. Nelson declined to hand a
document to him unless the Beast could give some
assurance that it would be returned. As the as
surance was not given, Mr. Nelson said he would
place it in the custody of the clerk of the Senate
and thus throw the risk of its safety upon that Of
fcer. The gold and silver and other plunder
which he amassed during the war must be consid-
cred, even by Butler himself poor recompense for
the loss of character which he has suffered
SENATOR Yates, of Illinois, has repeatedly
been charged with drunkenness. Under date of
April 2lst, he writes letter, addressed ''To the
people of Illinois, in which he says that the criti
cisms that have been made on his conduct ARE, in
some respects, just and deserved; )" that he has
been absent from his seat but six out of fifty sue
oeeding days of the Senatorial session; that he
has never appeared in the Senate except when
sober, and that during twenty-seven years Of pub
lie life he has ''often yielded to temptation and as
often has suffered the pangs of unutterabe re-
morse" But he continues that he has reformed
that he apologies for bis past conduct that he
Graves forgiveness that he will not resign his seat
in the Senate and that he hopes to wipe out the
stain upon his character by good conduct in the fu
ture.
"A terrible scene was enacted IN the San Fran
cisco Police Court on the I'd instant, when pris-
oner stood up in the dock, drew razor suddenly
across his throat, and held it up in view of the
court and spectators dripping with blood. A great
stream gushed from his neck, but he stood glar-
ing about and still holding the bloody razor high
in his right hand. ALI who saw him seemed for
the instant perifed with horror, but Judge Pro
vines cried out, ''Seize that man! seize him and
carry him below" Several officers caught him and
took the razor out of his hand. He was instantly
taken below into the prison and surgeon sent for
When taken down, and while the blood was yet
pouring in torrent from the throat he stood part
ly up, staggering and striking atall who came with
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