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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

HEAVY SHOES FOR LAD1Es.-Dry feet are
warm feet, generally, if the system is healthy.
To keep the system healthy, the circulation
must be good. The circulation is not good
without exercise-and exercise can only be
really valuable when gotten up by walking.
Riding in carriage is not exercise at all; it
is merely inhaling the air. This is very well
as far as it goes, but the lungs are not in full
play without the individual is walking. Horse
back exercise is very good, and is an improve:
ment on carriage riding, but is not the kind
of health creating play Of the muscles nature
demands. It is action-action Of the entire
body-and walking only will procure it.
Now, the ladies of Europe, particularly those
of England, understand this thing. They
walk miles per day, and if any Of our pale
beauties desire to know how the English Ia
dies keep up their color, clear complexion and
superb busts, we tell them that it is outdoor
exercise walking in the open air; filling the
lungs with pure oxygen, by rapid movement
on sharp October day, when the sun shines
brightly and the clear blue sky is above.
This is the secret of the rich blood of the
English women and their almost universally
fine looks and matronly beauty at fifty, when
at that age our American women are pale,
sallow and wrinkled.
To enjoy walk, thick soles are needed.
Stout, well-ftting, calfskin, high CATERS, neat
ly laced, will always set off pretty foot and
improve homely one. To guard that sensi-
tive portion of the human frame (for the sole
of the foot is keenly sensitive to the changes
from heat to cold, or dryness to dampness,)
the boot sole should be thick and as we'll
made as human ingenuity can do it. Then,
even in moist weather, or in rain storm, the
foot can be protected; that insured, all iswell
with she body.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

There are gooL many silly, weak-minded
fellows, who look upon it as beneath them to
become shop boys or apprentices. They think
they are cut out for something better. Work
hardens the hands-it dirties the hands. You
cannot be machinist, carpenter, a harness
maker, and wear fines clothes all the time,
and these foolish fellows cannot give up their
flashy notions. And what is the result? Why,
they get into bad ways and very soon they
have no fine clothes even to wear on Sundays.
They become shabby, curb-stone politicians.
Too many of them gravitate into the business
of keeping low rum-holes, or worse. Years
run on; they grow from boyhoo to manhood
those who supported them drove them off to
take care of themselves, and, from indulging
false pride about being above work, they
have to come down to what is really unworthy
of them.
Because, while the time is spent in waiting
for some opening that will be sufficiently gen.
teel or easy to suit them, the years are run
ming away, and you cannot call them back.
You are becoming each year more and more
disqualified for learning anything. Employ
ers will not undertake to teach boys who have
got so old that they think they know every
thing, and ought to be their own masters.
Go beyond twenty, and few men can find the
beginning place and there must always be a
beginning. We must begin as boys, and get
through with the blundering stages before
manhood comes.
In country like this, particularly, it
islands man in hand" as the saying is, to
be on his guard against changes. Your father
may be we'll off; but, when his means are d.
vided up among mis- ha.f dozen children,
there may not b, enough to 60 round and you
may come out "at the little end of the horn"
Gas the saying is again.) Besides, there is no
telling how long money will last, or what will
become Of it. 1t takes wings. Here, among
US, the property is continually passing into
new hands. This characteristic Of change
stamps everything belonging to US, and makes
huctuation to be the chief element Of our
condition.
Some men say, "Oh! this is free country,
everybody can live here" But it is great
mistake to suppose that liberty means that all
men are to have the same fortune. No sys-
tenn could secure that, and it is not desirable,
for all do not deserve the same rewards. Lib
ertv and equality mean equal advantages and
equal chances for all. 1t is then left for each
one to seize his chances and improve his op.
portunities as best he can.
Liberty means that no legal obstacle shall
be thrown in the way Of any mans rising and
getting ahead, if he chooses to try. Itdepends
entirely upon the degree ofenergy in the man.
He will find non-legal obstacles enough.
Others will shoulder him aside unless he has
some merit, some skill, some talent that they
recognize. The best places are for the best
men, as rule. You may be President, if
you have the ability; but you must handle
the pick if you cannot do any better.
But this result is always sure: The man
who has trade, and can do something that
people want, will always find market, and
always get good pay.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29
The SEw1Na-MAcH1NE MoNopoLY.-Tf

The SEw1Ne-MAcH1NE MoNoPoLY.-The
various patents owned by the Howe, Wheeler
& Wilson and other leading sewing-machine
manufacturers expire next year, and great
efforts will be made to renew these patents,
and thus perpetuate monopoly that has
wrung its millions from the poor sewing wo-
men Of the country. 1t is estimated that six
hundred thousand sewing machines are an.
nually sold in the country, and at prices aver
aging full four times their cost to the manufac-
turers. It is safe to say that these corpora
tions have grown richer by their investments
than any other class Of manufacturers in the
country. They have enjoyed vast monopoly
and made immense fortunes. Now let the
poor sewing girls and widows have the bene-
fits of an invention that legitimately belong
to the public. These patents have been re-
newed repeatedly-we trust the Patent Office
Department think suficiently-and that this
great monopoly must cease.-Woonsocket Pa
trs0t
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

cover his seat.
ALCOHOL IN DISEASE The question of
the use of alcohol in medical practice is hav.
ing fresh discussion in England, where .
strong medical declaration has been published
in which the names of greatest worth in the
profession authorize the statement that in the
present day the value of alcohol as an article
of diet is immensely exaggerated; that its
prescription in disease is not to be Interpreted
as sanction for the continuance Of its use
when the occasion is past, and that they will
gladly support any wise legislation tending
to promote temperance among the working
classes, and undoubtedly among all classes.
1t is observed in England, as it has been here
that the medical prescription Of wine or spir-
its is made an excuse for indulgence in the
same after the necessity has passed, the pa.
tient being ready to assume that this "rnedi-
cine" is needed as tonic. Of all the drugs
administered in disease alcohol is the only one
which is adopted in daily use afterward, and
the cheerful resignation with which it is taken
for "medicinal purposes" is a tribute to the
unwavering confidence which men come to
repose in their medical advisers. The Pail
Mall Gazette notices that the habits induced
by our fashionable medical patronage Of al
cohol" have spread into the drawiDg-room
and nursery. Wine is ordered for the little
folks as we'll as for the grown ones. AS the
Gazette remarks, sport wine has been great
panacea for paleness and lassitude in the nur.
sery and in the school room. Fashionable
boarding schools keep an approved cellar,
and indulgent mothers are apt to think we'll
of the considerate doctor who agrees that the
child would be all the better for little wine
at dinner" Now, however, the fashion is to
change, and that there is Fashion" in med.
icine is we'll known to all observers. The
English protest cannot fail to have power
full influence, not only there but here. 1t is
not only that liquors are impure or drugged
that the really nourishing element in them is
overlaid by authorizations which may do posi-
tive harm, but the very fundamental question
of the "food and fuel" qualities of alcohol is
agitated. The result will certainly be re-
form in practice which has in it the ele'
ments of pernicious mischief
Ney York Commercial
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

BEST FooD FOR HoRsEs-A Connecticut
clergyman, after careful estimates and expert
ments, gives the following tables for feeding
horses
"For flesh, Indian meal six quarts day,
sprinkled on hay, cut from four to six inches
long feed three times a day. For speed,
long hay sprinkled with water; oats twelve
quarts, always dry feed three times day.
A Taunton Massachusetts, stableman, who
has had charge of some very fine horses,
feeds as follows:
"First, feed them with dry feed if they are
sound. A horse should moisten his food with
the secretions of the glands of the mouth,
which will be more abundant with dry than
wet food. But if horse has the heaves or
is wind-broke, he should on no account be fed
with dry food. Oats form the most natural
and nutritious food for the horse. My regu-
lar feed is: Oats, three quarts; cracked corn,
one quart in the morning and at noon; at six
P. NJ, three quarts shorts, which is simple
nourishment, and serves to keep the bowels
regular and in good condition. Of course the
quantity should be varied, according to the
degree of exercise taken by the horse
"As often as once week change Of food
should be made-one feed Of cut hay and
meal, or cut hay with shorts will do.
Carrots given occasionally will give fine,
silky appearance to the coat. Musty hay or
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

tT A promise should be given with caution
and kept with care. A promise should be
made by the heart and remembered by the
head. A promise is the Offering of the inten-
tions, and should be nurtured by recollection.
A promise and its performance should like the
scales of balance, always present mutual
adjustment. A promise delayed is justice de-
ferred. A promise neglected is an untruth
told. A promise attended to is debt settled,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

DECISION AND TRUTH.-Whatever you
think proper to grant a child let it be granted
at the first word, without entreaty or prayer I;
and above all without making conditions.
Grant with pleasure, refuse with reluctance,
but let your refusal be irrevocable; let not
importantly shake your resolution, let the
particle "no," when once pronounced, be
wall of brass, which a child after he has tried
his strength against it half dozen times,
shall never more endeavor to shake.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

A SHREwD OLD MAN.-The Kingston,
N. Y, Freeman says the death of an old man
at Wappinger's Falls, a few days ago, furnish
ed the conclusion of novel bargain, in which
parties paid more than they calculated. About
twenty-five years ago, when the old man was
eighty years old, he was partner in manu-.
featuring establishment, which he had started
and built up, subsequently taking in two other
partners. These latter, after they had got the
hang of the business, wanted to shove the old
man out, but didn't succeed until they guar.
anteed him 81, 900 year until he died. In
course of time the younger partners died:
Their sons succeeded them, and they, too, died
before the old man, but he continued in the
enjoyment of his 81, 900 income for years after
they were buried, and died 104 years old.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29
oats should never be given. Let the food be
the best of the kind it is in the end the
cheapest" 49, g

BEAUTY OF OLD WoMEN.-Men and wo-
men make their own beauty or their own ug"
illness. Lord Lytton alludes in one of his
works, to man "who was uglier than he had
any business to be = and if he could but read
it, every human being carries his life in his
face, and is good looking or the reverse as
that life has been good OF evil. On our tea
lures the fine chisels Of thought and emotion
are eternally at work. Beauty is not the mo-
nopoly of blooming young men and Of white
and pink maidens. There is q slow.growing
beauty which only comes to perfection in old
age. Grace belongs to no period of life, and
goodness improves the lengerit exists. Ihave
seen sweeter smiles from lip of seventy than
upon a lip Of seventeen.
There is the beauty ofyouth and the beauty
Of holiness beauty much more seldom met,
and more frequently found in the srm-chair
by the fire with grandchildren around its
knee than in the ballroom or promenade.
Husband and wife, who have fought the world
side by side, who have made common stock
of Joy or sorrow, and aged together, are not
unfrequently found curiously alike in personal
appearance and in pitch and tone of voice,
Just as twin pebbles on the beach, exposed to
the same tidal influences, are each others sec
ond SELF He has gained feminine something,
which brings his manhood into full relief
She has gained masculine something which
acts as 8 foil to her womanhood. -nr,"sI,
CURING THE ST1Nes OF BEES AND WAsPs.
The sting of bee is usually more virulent
than that of a wasp and with some persons is
attended with fatal effects. The sting of the
bee is barbed at the end like fsh-hook, and
consequently is always left in the wound !; but
that Of wasp is pointed, 80 that it can sting
more than once, but bee cannot. When
person is stung by bee, let the sting he in.
stantly pulled out, for the longer it remains
in the flesh the deeper it will pierce, and the
more poisonous it will become. The sting is
hollow, and the poison flows through it, which
is the cause of the pain and theinaammation.
The extracting of the sting requires steady
hand, for if it breaks in the wound, the pain
will continue for long time. When the sting
is extracted, suck the puncture, and thus pre-.
vent Inflammation. Spirits of hartshorn, if
applied to the affected part, will more fully
complete the cure The poison Is acid, and
the alkali will neutralize it. If hsrtshorn is
not at hand, saleratus can be wet and laid
upon the place; and soft soap will often ease
the acute pain. On some people the stings of
bees and wasps have little effect, but it great
ly depends upon the state Of the blood wheth-
er it will prove injurious, and these simple
remedies, if applied at once, will soon effect
q cure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

CHARACTER IN A HAT.-The shape of a
hat and the mode of wearing it give consider
able insight into the heart and mind. He
that cocks his hat on one side, is poltroon,
assuming an air of bravery. He that wears
it off his forehead is baby. He that wears
it slouched over his eyes, and raised up behind
is sailor. He that rams it down perpendic-
ularly over his brow is blunt, ill.natured
fellow. He that walks with it in his hand is
a coxcomb The man that always wears a
new, shiny hat possesses the spirit Of order
he is a man of method. He that wears q
peaked hat, with a large rim and broad
riband-in a word, he that wears hat as
they are never worn, is a false-minded, con-
ceited mannerist.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

CURES FOR CANcER.-A gentleman of this
city who had large sized cancer on his face,
having heard of the following remedy, used it
with perfect success A yolk of an egg, mixed
with fine salt, until it is made thick paste,
applied three times day. After few days
all the cancerous flesh had been eaten out
leaving considerable hole in his face. The
application of little salve healed it up and
be is now we'll. We publish this, very sim
pie and certainly harmless remedy, for the
benefit of those similarly affected.-Eutaala
Ne,Ds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

males are seldom alienated, and the birth Of
a foal is subject of joy and mutual congrat-
ulation. They are educated in the tents
among the children, with tender familiarity
which trains them in habits of gentleness and
attachment. They are not trained by the
use of spur or whip; at the touch Of hand or
stirrup they are off. If their friend be dis
mounted, they instantly stop for him to re-
cover his seat
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

Too GooD TO BE LosT.-At literary din
ner in London, where Thackeray and Angus
B. Reach were vis MS at table, Mr.. Thack-
eray-who had never before met Mr.. Reach
addressed him as Mr.. Reach, pronouncing the
name as its orthography would naturally in
dicate "Re-ack, sir-Re-ack, if you please"
said Mr.. Reach who is punctilious upon hav-
ing his name pronounced in two syllables, as
ifspelled Re-ack. Thackeray of course apol-
ogized, and corrected his pronunciation !; but
in the course of the dessert he took occasion to
hand plate of fine peaches across the table,
saying, in tone which only he possesses, "Mr.
Re-ack, will you take pe-aekW
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1872-08-29

DEBTS FOR THE PURCHASE OF SLAVES
It will be remembered that the Supreme
Court of the United States decided at
the last session, in the cases Of White vs.
Hart and Osborne vs.. Nicholson, that notes
given for the purchase of slaves could still be
enforced. Chief Justice Chase has directed
dissent to be entered for him from such a
judgment, on the grounds:
1. That contracts for the purchase and sale
of slaves were and are against sound morals
and natural justice, and without support, ex-
cept in positive law.
2. That the laws of the several States, by
which alone slavery and slave contracts could
be supported, were annulled by the thirteenth
amendment of the Constitution, which abol-
ished slavery.
3. That thenceforward the common law Of
all the States was restored to its original prin-
ciples Of liberty, justice and right, in conform.
ity with which some of the highest courts of
the late slave States, notably that of Louisi-
ana, have decided, and all might, on the same
principle, decide contracts to be invalid, as
inconsistent with their jurisprudence, and
this Court has properly refused to interfere
with those DECISIONS
4. That the clause in the fourteenth amend
ment of the Constitution, which forbids COM
pensation for slaves emancipated by the thir-
teenth, can be vindicated only on these prin.
ciples.
5. That clauses in State Constitutions, acts
of State Legislatures, and decisions of State
Courts, warranted by the thirteenth and four.
teenth amendments, cannot be held void as
in violation of the original Constitution,
which forbids the States to pass any law vio-
lating the obligation of contracts.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-25

Gsh in you the names of our fathers and our
mothers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob: Sarah.
Rebecea, Rachael and Leah; and let Won
prosper on earth in the midst of Israel.
Amen ~
A short prayer in Hebrew concluded the
ceremony, and the lady retired to be robed
for the marriage ceremony.
In about an hour the approach of the
bridegroom and bride was announced.
-Four gentlemen held a canopy of drab silk
embroidered with blue, upheld bystandards
surmOuDted with gold wound with white
satin. Under this, the groom, DR.. Jordan,
first took his place, and soon after Miss
Livingstone appeared. She wore a dress of
eau de Nile, the OverskiTt a shade darker,
both deliberately trimmed with fringe and
bows to match. A lOng veil of tulle, edged
with blonde lace, enVe4oped her from head
to foot.
The ornaments were of diamOnds-a gilt
terlng array. They were the gift of the
groom. They consisted OF a pair. of soli-
taIre earrings valued at SIS, 900, a locket
worth $500, a brooch of forty elegant dia-
equally valuable. In all, the diamonds
amounted to nearly $4,000 worth.
H BRIDE n GROOM.
Pale and trembling. as brides usually are,
she looked eXquisitely lovely in the midst
Of the cloud of illusion and the blaze of her
glittering jewels.
The groom was in full evening dress, and
on his bosom sparkled Two sOlitaires worth
from $1,000 to $4,000 each. Here we might
say that DR.. Jordan is the possessor of
other equally magnificent diamonds TO the
value of nearly $780, 900.
The ceremony was performed by the
Rabbi Mayer, after the orthodox style, the
groom. breaking a w~ineglass under his foot,
according to the old custom.
After the congratulations were over, an
elegant collation. was served, and a bridal
loaf cut and distributed among the guests.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordan left this morning for
a wedding tour via Niagara to Canada.
They will return in a month and settle in
New York, where DR.. Jordan is in business.
Previous to the party breaking up Dir.
Jordan presented the Rabbi Mayer with an
Turkey morocco case, containing a
wedding fee of 5000, and Mrs. Jordan put a |
diamond ring worth S4O0 upon his finger as
acknowledgement Of the service he had
rendered her.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-25
FOUND WANTING.
BIZ KATE PUTNAM osGooD.

now long wilt thou the mock remain
or dWaris who leave thee thus behlndi
or can heroic mould contain
A lesser soul than pigmy-kIEd'
Wilt thou have lived through manhOOd's prime
Yet not have known what living meant
In the grand battle of thy time
No blow have struck 10 aid have lent
ThoG siitcst n~erveless in the dust,
CnniEdful Of the glorious fray:
Neglected in their ECabbaId rust
The weapons that should cut thy way.
% thine own uutried strength afraid,
Nor daring to be wholly gIta',
Thou Offrrest, for thine idle blade
The towards faCie plea Of tate.
Fate What is fate Weak chance that holds
DistrUEtful purpose in its bands;
A SPIDERS web, whose himby 10 -
Are spun about a giants hands
Woulist thou but once essay the might,
The gOdiike stature given thee,
Swift AZ a strong dame To It's height
Thou shUuldst leap up erect aud tree.
But fear The fate thyse'f may make
For customs auckland yet can drown,
And thine own powers UugOverIrd take
RsbelliOus force to drag tnce down.
8ethiUk thee that the giants weight
Sinks lower than the pigmy can
And tremble, lest heroic state
Dwindle to something less than man!
-SCTibucrs fyT september.
New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-08-25

Several years ago a farmer in the State OF
New York sent his son ROilin to drag a
newly plOwed field. He was to drive a
young OK team, and the father, in quite a
pOmpOus manner, said: "NOw, boy, to
drive this team you must be a man to-day,
and keep out of all boyish scrapes; then
you'll get along well enough. Now, remem-
Der, no boys play with this team" ROllin
said be would do as well as he could, and
started tor his work. After the farmer had
locke to other matters on the farm, and
assured himself that all was moving along
properly, he started for the field to look
after ROllin and the team. Now ROllin had
done well, and everything had gone along
nicely until just as the farmer had reached
the corner Of the field, when the drag
caught in an old stump, tearing a part
OF 1t Oft, and bringing out an active nest of
yellow jackets. When the farmer came
in sight, what was his astOnishment
and vexatiOn to see the oxen kicking
and jumping and plunging ahead,
and ROllin apparently initiating their
movements. Here, boy, what are YOU
doing there n screamed the farmer in no
very gentle manner: Il guess we're in a
hornets nest answered the frantic Rollin.
In a boys nest, | guess Here, give me
that whip" said the enraged father, land
I'll see what this hornets nest amounts to-"
So away he started after the frightened
team, intent upon hastily bringing order
out of confusion. He had gOae but a few
steps. however, when the hornets met him,
and he evidently forgot the team and all
former intentions, threw away his whip,
and to all appearances became absorbed in
the one idea Of dancing a jig, at the same
time furiously slapping his unotfending
trousers, and now and then his ears, in a
most frantic and shocking manner. ROllin,
who had found peaceful quarters over the
-
like a boys nest father 81 ROllin is now
a man, and the farmer is bowed down with
the weight of over four score years, yet he
in a very quiet but amused way
whenever ROlIiD refers him to ''the boys
nest" !