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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

WHAT BECOMES OF OUR OLD Clothes
The "old clothes" commerce in England is
shaped with more certainty than with US in
the United States; and yet if Mr.. Abraham,
of Chatham street, be correct large buyers in
New York know that the old blue army cloth
ing finds its readest market in Ireland, and
cast-of wool garments in Holland. From
London, however, there are regular shipments
of particular garments to particular countries
scarlet coats ofthe army to Russia, for use as
facings; common regimentals to the Leipsic
fair; artillery coats to the low countries vel
vets to Poland ; top coats to the Cape, and liv-
cries to African chiefs. The great dealers
there in these frowsy garments have risen to
the dignity Of merchants; and the value of
their exports makes no inconsiderable item in
the annual trade returns of the country. But
old clothes, after they have served the pur-
poses of mankind from shabby gentility to ut
ter beggary, are yet far from closing their ca
reer. When they have seen their worst they
take altogether new lease of existence. As
old Jason was renewed, in ancient history, by
being ground in mill, so are our garments.
When old clothes are too bad for anything
else, they are still good enough for shoddy.
We all remember how this article was de-
nounced during the late war as "devil's DUST"
yet it is as legitimate a raw material for ma
king felted good as fax is for linen. Former
ly old WOODEN RACES went to the land, but now
all, except those which are dyed scarlet
which are treated for the recovery of the coch-
meal they contain, 20 to the great factories,
where, after being torn to pieces by long-tooth-
ed pickers, they are mixed with fresh wool,
and appear in the market as talmas and pc
tershams, beavers and pilot-cloths. More than
6O,OOO,000 pounds avoirdupois of woolen rags
we're used in 1870 in this country for this pur-
pose, and above 1O0,OO0,0O0 pounds in Great
Britain.-Appleton's Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

How TO CHOOSE A GooD Cow.-A writer
in the N. E. Farmer says: The crumpled horn
is good indication full eye another. Her
head should be small and short. Avoid the
Roman nose this indicates thin milk, and
but little of it. See that she is dished in the
face-sunk between the eyes, Notice that
she is what stock men call good handle
skin soft and loose, like the skin on dog.
Deep from the lo;n to the udder, and very
slim tail. A cow with these marks never
fails to he good mixer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

LITTLE SAY1NGs.-"I know how God
lights up the stars now" said Susie, looking
out at the sky one evening just at dark, as a
thunder cloud was arising in the west.
"Howw said her older sister.
"With match, cause just now saw him
scratch one across the sky"
A little girl, walking silently by her fathers
side on a starry night, was asked what she
was thinking about, and she gave this beau
tiful answer: 81 was thinking if the wrong
side of heaven is so glorious, what must the
right side be?"
Boys, do you know how to convince anoth-
er boy that he does wrong? Girls, do you
know how to convince another girl that she
does wrong? I will tell you how: Do right
yourself 1t is the best logic in the world.
A little girl, about eleven years Of age, said
to relative who complained of poverty, "a
man may 60 to heaven without penny in
his pocket, but not without grace in his
heart"
A little girl was asked what was the mean.
ing of the word happy. She gave a pretty
answer, saying: "It is to feel as if you want.
ed to give all your things to your little sister.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

THE VoIcE.-"What do you want, Mat
tie ?" said a little girl to her sister, as they
were playing together in the garden.
81 don't want anything"
"What did you call me for, then?"
''I didn't call you," said Matte.
"Why, Matte Smith [ heard you just
as plain as day. You said, May, May!"
"No, I didn't, either l never called you
one bit"
"Oh what sto-" but then May stopped
and looked very sober for minute I'll tell
you what, Mattie,' said she softly, 81 guess it
was conscience called, cause we're playing
in the dirt, and mamma said we must not get
our dresses dirty to-day, for her head aches
so bad she can't mend our others"
Maybe it was" said, Matte; "come, let's
90 in."-Morning Light.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

How SMART MANAGED THE SHEEP
Smart was sheep-dog II at belonged to a
Mr.. Scott, who lived in Scotland. On the
large sheep-farms of that country, a single
shepherd often has the charge of from three
to six thousand sheep.
The shepherd has with him usually two
dogs: of these, one is the driving-out, the
other the bringing-in dog. To the first the
shepherd points out a number of sheep, and
informs him by voice and action that he
wishes him to drive them to distant bill.
In the same way the shepherd informs the
second dog that lot of sheep on distant
hill are to be brought to the spot on which
he then stands and off runs the second dog,
and brings the sheep to his master.
Mr.. SCOTS dog Smart was so trained that
he would never frighten the sheep. In dri-
wing flock from one pasture to another,
the sheep would often take wrong turn, and
then scamper off as fast as they could 60.
At such time it is the custom of shepherds
to send dog after them at the top of his
speed. He is not long in overtaking them,
when, if the weather be warm, and the lanes
narrow and dusty, the sheep are much fright
tened, and not unfrequently are hurt
Now, to prevent this, Mr.. Scott would
order his dog Smart to 60 to the other side of
the hedge or fence, saying, "Now, 60 ahead,
and bring them back, and take care not to
frighten them"
Smart would trot off so that the sheep
should not see him, and in q short time would
peep over or through the hedge. At length,
when he was satisfied that he had got ahead
of the sheep, he would come himself out gent
ly in advance of them, and drive them back
down the lane so quietly as not to give them
the least alarm.
Smart would never attempt to 60 ahead of
flock in the usual way: he would manage
so that the sheep should not know that he
was trying to get ahead of them.
Reasoning man may take lesson from
Mr.. SCOTS dog, Smart.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

aay" Who created all things is better than
all things; who beautified all things, is more
beautiful than all things; who made strength
is stronger than all things; whatsoever thou
lowest, he is that to thee; learn to love the
workman in his work, the Creator in his crea-
ture; let not that which was made by him
possess thee, lest thou lose him by whom thy
self was made.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

ScANDAL.-The story is told of a woman
who freely used her tongue to the scandal OF
others, and made confession to the priest OF
what she had done. He gave her ripe this
tie top, and told her 60 out in various direc-
tons and scatter the seeds, one by one. Won
dcrng at the penance, she obeyed, and then
returned and told her confessor. TO her
amazement, he bade her 60 back and gather
the scattered seeds; and when she objected
that it would be impossible, he replied that
it would be still more difficult to gather up
and destroy all evil reports which she had
circulated about others. Any thoughtless
careless child can scatter handful OF thistle
seed before the wind in q moment, but the
strongest and wisest men cannot gather them
again.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

little it decays and insanity or incurable dis
ease is the final result Of using the hours
which should be devoted to sleep for other
awake at night by the exhaustion caused by
overwork or by the crying or fretting of chill
dren, are by far the greatest sufferers, and
year by year, a vast number 60 to the insane
asylum, or to the grave. 1t is slow but cer-
tain suicide to curtail the hours of sleep, and
no man, woman or child, need expect to long
continue in good health without taking the
fullest amount of quiet rest.
PROFITABLENESS OF BANKING.
From the tables which exhibit the condition
of the Banks in New York, Boston and Phil.
adelphia in June, the Hon. Amasa Walker
in the Boston Journal Of Commerce, comments
as follows:
Itappears that with capital of eghty.four
millions the New York banks continue to
loan, and of course draw interest upon, two
hundred and seventy-nine millions, or 232 per
cent above their capital; that is, for every
dollar of capital they get interest upon 1882
The Boston banks, upon forty-eight mil
lions Ground numbers,) draw interest upon
one hundred and twenty millions, or $50 per
cent above their capital that is, for every
dollar of capital, they draw interest upon
$3.50 They are not so successful, it will be
seen, as their New York competition, but new.
ertheless do pretty satisfactory business.
Philadelphia banks, upon sixteen millions
capital, draw interest upon sixty millions,
equal to 275 per cent. above their capital /;
that is, for every dollar of capital, they draw
interest upon 1915. So Philadelphia carries
off the palm. Her banks can loan more of
their credit than those of either of the other
cities. They have always been able to do
this, from the days Of Nicholas Biddle to the
present moment.
The average result of the three cities is
found to be, that, upon an aggregate capital
of one hundred and forty.nine millions, they
loan four hundred and ffty-eight millions.
In these loans, it will be borne in mind that
the National Bonds are included, upon which
the banks draw interest in gold, from which
they realize the existing premium.
We are able to see, from this statement,
that these banks, taken together, loan three
times the amount of their capital. They must
therefore De dOlng very we'll tnaC IS, making
satisfactory profits, however unsatisfactory the
business Of the merchant or manufacturer may
be.
The last annual returns show that in addi-
ton to their semi-annual dividends, unprece-
dentedly large, the banks of the United States
have been able to accumulate surplus ofover
one hundred and ten millions to be divided
hereafter. Indeed, it is undoubtedly the fact,
that the National Banks have been doing a
better business than has been done by any
branch of trade or industry in the nation for
the last seven years; and it is not to be won
dered, therefore, that there is great pressure
for increasing their number, and the further
expansion of the currency by the issue of
more notes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-31

THE NEGRO AND THE MULE.-The fol-
lowing anecdote, finely illustrative ofthe char
acteristics of two denizens of the South, we
find in the Editors Drawer of Harper's Mag
azine:
"The negro and mule (writes a friend in
Clinton, Louisiana,) are inseparable compan-
ions in the southern cotton fields, and, like
the Hawaiian string and bow, useless each
without the other. The lazy Indifference and
careless cruelty of one, and wonderful powers
of endurance of severe labor, bad treatment
and neglect of the other, complete the compat-
ibility of the two races necessary for the pro-
duction of four millions of bales. A charac-
teristic anecdote may be relished by those who
have had experience of the two. The specta-
tor had taken refuge from the suns perpen-
dicular rays under the shade of a spreading
beech, sub tegmine tagi, and lay recumbent,
enjoying the ftful breezes and the sombre
frothiness of the country newspaper. Along
the dusty road which passed by this retreat,
came jogging negro, mounted on mule,
both apparently fast asleep. As the SOM
nolent pair approached the spot, some
wicked sprite Of the place gave the paper a
hirt, which was no sooner seen and heard than
the mule, as mules only know how, instantly
snapped end and leaving the negro sprawl
ing in the dirt, took his departure under full
sail. The negro, half raising himself, and
wiping the dust from his eyes and mouth,
watched the retreating mule for some time i'll
silence, but at length, unconscious an audi
tor gave expression to this philosophic solilo-
guy; Oats what makes me spise a mule!'
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nsg~ Wrong.doing is a road that may open
fair, but it leads to trouble and danger.
Well.doing, however rough and thorny at
first, surely leads to pleasant places.
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bp The nerve which never relaxes, the eye
which never blanches, the thought which
never wanders-these are the masters of VIC
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ea5- There is a dentist in Harrisburg who
has daughter, who is loved by young man,
but he is bashful, and don't like to 60 to the
house to see her unless he has an excuse. So
every Tuesday and Friday he calls and gets
the old man to pull tooth for him, and then
he goes into the back parlor and sparks the
girl under the pretence of trying to find his
hat. He has only six teeth now, and what
worries him is to know what he's going to do
when they are all out and his new set is made
and put in. He is all the more anxious about
it because the fair maid doesn't seem as if she
was going to respond to his heartfelt sighs,
and there is room for suspicion that she has
been playing the coquette so as to rope IN
good customer for her fond parent.
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Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1873-09-18
Tae Long Ago
BY BENJAMIN r. TAYLOR.


oh, a wonderful stream is the river Time
As it runs through the realm of tears,
With faultless rhythm, and musical
rhyme.
How the winters are drifting like flakes OF
snow,
And the summers like buds between
And the years in the sheaf, as they come,
and they go.
on the rivers breast, with its ebb and
Asst giides through the shadow and sheen.
There is magical isle, in the river of
Time,
Where the softest airs are PLAYING.
There's cloudless sky and a tropical
And a song as sweet as an evening chime,
And the Junes with the roses are staying.
And the name of that isle is the "Long
Ago.
And we bury our treasures there:
There are forms of beauty, and faces
They are heaps OF dust, but we loved
them so!
There are trinkets, and tresses of hair.
There are fragments of songs, that nobody
sings,
And parts of an infants prayer.
There's lutte unswept, and a harp with
out strings.
There are broken vows, and pieces of
rings,
And the garments they used to wear.
There. are hands that are waved W
fairy shore, ,,an tho
By the mirage islifted in p
Aud we sometimes hea" ..
bulent roar, +hrongh the tur-
Sweet voices we =
before, -, =; +ba days rome
When t. heal" III ''i0
= - wind down the river is fair.
IN remembered for aye, be the blessed
isle,
When the evening comes with its peautl
ful smile, 1871, ..
And our eyes are closing to siumpe
Nav our Greenwood of soul be in sight
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amounting TO --.:............ 81 500 900
The distribution will be positive, whetil-
er all the tickets are sold or not, and the
1000 gifts all paid in proportion TO the
tickets sold-ali unsoid tickets being de-
stroSed as at the fret ana second con-
certs, and not represented in the drawing.
PRICE OF TICKETS.
Whole tickets, 5000; halves, s25. 90 (,
tenths, or each coupon, $500 eleven whole
tickets for S500.00; 22k tickets 100000; lib
whole tickets for 100000; 227 whole tick
cts for 100000 worth of tickets at time.
The unparalleled success of the third
glft concert, as well as the satisfaction
given by the first and second, makes 1T
only necessary to announce the fourth to
insure the prompt sale of every ticket
The fourth Gift Concert will be conducted
IN all its details like the third, and full par
tlculars may be learned from circulars
which VIII be sent from this office to ali
who apply for them. .s5 n go -
Tickets now ready for sale and all orders
accompanied by the money promptly fill
ca. Liberal terms given to those who
buy to sell again. -
THOS.. e. BRAMLETTE,
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Concert, Public Library Building, Louis
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-. Peters UareIessness,


one night as old st. Peter slept,
He left the door of Heaven aJar,
When through little angel crept'
And came down with falling STAR
one Summer, as the blessed beams
OF morn approached, my blushlng oilu'
Awalxens from some pleasing dream,
And found that angel by her slde'
God grant but this--I ask no more
That when he leaves this world OF SIN,
He'll wing his way to that blessed snore
And find that gate to heaven again.