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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

The SKULL OF SHAKsPEARE-A certain
French baron, whose scientific tastes led him
to collect the skulls Of celebrated persons, one
day received visit from a man with whom
he was accustomed to deal.
"What do you bring me here?" asked the
baron, as the man slowly unwrapped care
fully enveloped package.
"The skull of Shakespeare"
"Impossible"
II speak the truth, monsieur le baron
Here is proof of what say" said the dealer,
producing some papers.
"But," replied the baron, drawing aside the
drapery which concealed his own singular
collection, 81 already possess that skull"
"He must have been rogue who sold you
that" was the remark of the honest dealer
"Who was it, monsieur?" .., .
"Your father" said the baron in mild
tone, "he sold it to me about twenty-nine
years ago" :,
The broker was for moment disconnected,
then explained, with vivacity:
81 comprehend. Be good enough to OBJ
serve the small dimensions Of the skull on
your shelf Remark the narrow occiput, the
undeveloped forehead, where intelligence is
still mute. 1t is of Shak as child
about 10 or II years old, whereas this is that
of Shakespeare when he had attained certain
age, and had become the great genius of which
England is so justly proud"
The baron bought the second head.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

THE PUPPY AND THE FoX.-A young dog
was carrying home rabbit which he had
caught, when an old fox trotted up, and said,
"That is too heavy for you to carry by your
self, my young friend let me help you" So
the fox slipped his head under the rabbits
belly, and told the young dog to gallop on as
fast as he pleased.
"You may say what you like about the
fox," said the young dog to his mother when
he got home, "but 1 am sure that he is very
obligipg fellow. He helped me home with
this, and managed so we'll that the load seemed
to get ligher every minute"
Il have no doubt it did," answered his
mother; and when the young dog turned
round to look at his prize, he found that his
friend had eaten its inside out.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

s@ A man brokea chair over his wife's head
a week or two ago. When he got to jail, and
the clergyman undertook to talk with him, ne
displayed good deal of penitence: He said
that he was very sorry that he had permitted
his anger to get the mastery of him; and to SUI
fer him to do such an act, because it was q
good chair, one of those good old-fashioned
Windsor chairs, which was an heirloom in
his family, and he never could replace it.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
HAPPINESS IT IS AND WHAT IT IS

HAPPINEss-WHAT 1T IS AND WHAT IT is
Nor.-Plato declares happiness to consist in
the contemplation of abstract ideas of beauty
and excellence This may be good de6ni.
ton of the word, as understood by men with
such minds as this great philosopher had, but
would apply to but few persons. Indeed,
nine.tenths of the race would be miserable in
any such pursuit. A young lady defined hap
piness to consist in the possession of true
and beautiful lover; and no doubt she spoke
the truth, so far as she could speak it, but her
grandmother at seventy would give quite an
other definition. TO her it would consist in
the contemplation of a well-spent life, and
the hope Of joy in the world to come. The
truth is each individual will define happiness
in his own way. One man finds it in the pur-
suit of wealth another in the pursuit of cul-
ture; another in the possession Of religion.
The philanthropist finds it in doing good
The hungry man seeks it in food, the cold
man in warmth and shelter, the man of pow
erty seeks it in wealth. Probably, however,
perfect health is the fountain source of more
happiness than any other With a good di-
gestion, tough skin, and a sound mind in a
Spltuulu UOuf, WIZ COuio lioG oS AoPpJ :
There are probably more unhappy men and
women in the world than happy ones, more
sorrow than joy.
Many people think they are unhappy when
they are not. Real unhappiness cannot exist
without cause 1t is shame and dis
grace to complain of being unhappy when
we are only. lazy and unoccupied. Such
people are like the fox who had deep wound
somewhere on the body but he could not tell
where Let them be ashamed to own it, un-
less they can show good reason.
Happiness consists in loving and being
loved There is enough to love in the world,
but to be loved we must deserve it. We may
be admired for our beauty or talent, courted
for our influence or wealth, but we can only
be loved as we are good. Therefore, happi'
ness consists in goodness. The sacred writer
had it right when he said, the kingdom of
heaven is within you.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

THE SAW OF CoNrENrIoN.-"O, Frank,
come and see how hot my saw gets when |
rub it. When draw it through the board
awhile, it's almost hot enough to set fire to
it."
"Thats the friction" said Frank, with
all the superior wisdom of two years more
than Eddie boasted.
"Yes," said sister Mary, who was passing
"it's the friction; but do you know what it
makes me think Off"
"No, what?" asked both the boys at once
"Of two little boys who were quarreling
over trihe this morning, and the more they
talked the hotter their tempers grew, until
there was no knowing what might have hap
pened, if mother had not thrown cold water
on the fire by sending them into separate
rooms"
The boys hung their heads, and Mary
went on.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

WHY EGGS ARE SPo1LED-During late
conversation with one of our egg dealers he
advanced the theory that eggs spoiled because
the yellow or yolk came in contact with the
membrane between the white and shell, and
if eggs were turned occasionally they would
keep for an indefinite length of time. He fur
ther stated that if sitting hen did not turn
her eggs every few days they would invariably
spoil and fhil to hatch. His theory was that
50 long as there was portion of the white or
albumen between the yellowand the she'll, the
egg was practically air-tight; but when the
yellow came in contact with the shell it ad-
hered to it and allowed the access of air.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

ABSENT M1NDEDNEss.-Min absent
mindedness is thus illustrated by an exchange
"One of our eloquent preachers, noted for his
affability, desirin g to forward to party to
whom he was indebted check for one hun
dred dollars, drew the check for that amount,
wrote his letter and posted it, and on his re-
turn home found the check lying on the desk
He Immediately wrote another letter, stating
the error, put the check in his pocket, and
deposited the letter in the post-ofice. Find
ing the check a few hours later, the reverend
gentleman was compelled to write third let
ter, explaining the second one."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
Woods Household MAGAZINE

w Is an original, first.clas Dollar Monthly. II Is
- fresh and sprighty, and will interest the entire
- household, Including lovers and inaidcis nus
- bands and wives parents and children. II tsug.
~ gests the importance OF securing union OF
n hearts and purposes In lc, before there shall
- be a union Of hands. 1t believes that, while II
6 Is swomans privilege to purify and comfort and
: adorn, It should be mans pleasure to provide
n for cherish, and protect 1t would have chill.
~ dren treated as feeling, thinking and growing
~ creatures-perfectly created but not full grown.
III Yet in advocating these doctrines, the Maga-
zine does not employ doctrnal sermons-long
6 and dreary disQuIstons which do not interest
= and therefore do not profit the reader On The
E contrary, It would rather preach as though It
u preached not-an Interesting story, for instance,
~ being made to serve the purpose Of long dis
% course by giving the reader something real, In.
tcresting and profitable to think about.
II The worst as well as the best feature Of the
n Magazine Is Its price. The idea Of getting
- really frstclass Magazine at one dollar yenr,
M seems absurd to most people. Yet 1t employs
some OF the best contributors In the country
a Including GAIL HAMILTON. Its leading editor.
r. who receives a salary of three thousand dol
- lars, equivalent to about ten dollars per day;
"A Each number contains nearly eight hundred
dollars worth Of matter, which Costs the sub
~ scrber about eight cents.
4 Hope and Joy-two beautifully tinted crayon
portraits worth Four Dollars-will be mailed
NJ free 10 every subscriber to the Magazine at 81 20
sS Specimens free. Agents wanted. Address 8.
II g. WOOD CO., Newburgh, N. Y.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24

AN ERECT PosTuRE.-A writer on health
very justly condemns the habit of lounging, in
which large numbers of persons indulge, as in
furious to health. He says: Gan erect bodily
attitude is of vast more Importance to health
than is generally imagined. Crooked bodily
positions maintained for any length of time,
are always Injurious whether in the sitting,
standing or lying posture; whether sleeping
or waking. To sit with the body leaning for
ward on the stomach, or to one side, with the
heels elevated to level with the head, is not
only in bad taste, but exceedingly detrimental
to health. 1t cramps the stomach presses the
vital organs, interrupts the free emotions Of
the chest, and enfeebles the functions of the
abdominal and thoracic organs, and, in fact,
unbalances the whole muscular system. Many
children become slightly hump-backed, or Sc
verely round. .shouldered, by sleeping with the
head raised on a high pillow; when any per-
son finds it easier to sit, or stand, or sleep in
a crooked position than in straight one, such
persons may be sure his muscular system is
badly deranged, and the more careful he is to
preserved straight or an upright position, and
get back to nature again, the better"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
H0Dn and J0V---HODG and j

II United Voice OF the Press.-Wood's "
q magazine Is one Of the monuments Of business
O enterprise which mark the age.-Hahodia Home
d Journal, Phla., Pa. As its title promises, II
Is devoted to the instruction and entertainment
of the family circle and In order to place win.
P In the means Of readers In moderate circum.
q stances II Is furnished at remarkably low rate
4 In proportion to the interest of Its conicnts-N
- y Tribune 1T is essentially home magazine,
and Is Just the thing that one would most desire
" to place In the hands of his wife and little ones
"a or that man Of business would himself take
l1 up for the employment Of leisure hourEPost
~ Wilmington, N. G. ....Were We out Of our
x chair editorial, as ''private citizen" cut on
from our exchange list and all that, one OF the
r first magazines to which we should subscribe
would be Woods Household.-RgiSer, Hart.
Il ford, Ct 1T Is an intellectual and moral
educator, highly priced by all who become &C.
y Qualnted with it.-Chriaian Adrocdts III
% popular writers are, therefore. good writer's
y and II high prices prove the merit OF literary =
! wares, then Mr.. Woods magazine Is good IN
n one.-TRe Independent New York. Its art:
* cles breathe spirit Of economy, morality and
" virtue which Is highly refreshing In this age OF
p fashionable folly and extrayagnnce-Sentinel
- Edna Mo. %. 1t Is undoubtedly one OF the
2 freshest, lIvelcst journals we have examined Z
q Record, Springfield, Tenn. 1.-THE articles
arc short, piquant and of such unquestoned
j excellence, that this periodical ought to be both
- familiar and welcome In very many house:
- \ holds Woods Is q marvel Of chelpness and
7 hrst.class quality combined.-Fec York Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-07-24
rHE Y0RKVfLLK ENQUIRER.

BEER IN DREsDEN.-Mr. G. G. Fulton,
proprietor of the Baltimore american, writes
from Dresden to his paper: Everybody in
Germany drinks beer, it being part Of the
daily food, so much so as coffee in America.
Mothers wean their infants on beer, and they
are brought up accustomed to drink it as free.
ly as water. At all the stations on the road
an OPPORTUNITY is given to the passengers to
secure supply, and it is almost as cheap as
water. They attribute the absence of dys-
pepsia to beer, and point to the rosy cheeks
of their daughters as the result of this whole
some beverage. Our party are all giving it
fair trial, and hope to return home with a
new lease of life and health. With all due
respect to our Baltimore brewers, we do not
think that any of them come up to the quail
ty of the German article, which is of a bright
and clear amber color, and sparkling under
heavy froth The taste for it is an acquired
one and we are all getting quite accustomed
to its use 1t seems to be free from all intoxi-
eating eAects,and if it prove cure for dyspep:
sia, as claimed by our German friends, it will
do much more than the doctors have ever
been able to accomplish in most cases Of the
kind"
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-12

HENDERSON, THE ARTIST. From the
Art Notes" of the Chicago Journal, of
the sth, we clip the following in relation to
our fellow-citizen, Henderson
a ragged street Arab, armed with a
lighted cigar stump, and counting felicity
on pile OF straw, is from Homer Hender-
son easel. Both design and execution are
pleasing.
Henderson newly completed portrait of
President Grant, painted in compliance
with commission from the present estim-
able lady of the White House, is lust now
the chief feature Of interest at Aitken's
Those who know or who have seen the sub
Ject will readily concede the artist sue
cess. Fidelity to life is displayed in every
line.
You see before you powerful, practical
man, endowed with stolid patience, strong
self-rellance, and immovable strength Of
purpOse-one of the kind whose lives tell
in history and in the annals of any cause.
Taken from life, without effort to idealze
or tiatter, the portrait is a study. After
being exhibited here for limited time, it
will be forwarded to Washington CITY.
Henderson is always at home in portraying
character, and in this case has met with
his usual success This painting should
not be confounded with the larger one re-
Gently completed for the Chicago Historical
Society, and which has never yet been
placed On exhibition.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-12
The Smith Murder Case.

In the District Court of Scott county,
Iowa, "Wednesday, the jury in the case Of
Smith, arraigned for the murder of Ennis
at the Five Mile House last October, re-
turned verdict ut p NJ The jury
found the prisoner guilty OF assault with
intent to commit great bodily injury and
recommended him to the mercy of the
Court Judge Brennan will pronounce
the sentence on Saturday. 1t viii be re
membered that Smith struck Ennis with a
poker when under the influence of liquor,
from the effects of which the latter died,
but the jury, after exhaustive arguments
on both sides, concluded that murder was
not intended.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-12
Boards Of Commissioners

The Chicago Journal SAYS
TT was by creating and perpetuatmg
multiplicity Of Boards of Commission
ers, to which professional politicians and
irresponsible adventures were appointed
that Boss Tweed and his Tammany
ring succeeded in getting their merciless
clutches upon the throat and the purse
strings of New York
This is exactly true-and it is also true
that Wing and Republican Legislatures
passed the laws creating these Boards
and they were generally composed of dis
honest politicians Of each party in equal
numbers. The Board Of Supervisors. Of
which Tweed was head. was equally d.
vided between the parties and each was
equally responsible for the stealing.
The Jouraal continues as folow--al If
which we heartily indorsc:
Illinois, and especially Chicago. has Of
late years been following the Tammany
example in this respect. We have
Boards Of Commissioners for every i'm
aginable purpose and most Of them are as
useless as would be wheels over runners
in sleig' ing times They are burden
some expense 70 the taxpayers, and only
succeed IN muddling and mismanaging the
affairs which they are Ostensibly appointed
to control in the interest Of the people.
The system is prolific Of corruption and
mischief, and should be speedily done
away with. One good responsible head of
public institution or an official depart
ment, whom the people can hold to strict
account, is worth more than a dozen loaf
ing. jealous, self-seeking Commissioners, -
who are appointed as reward for politi-
cal services and whose chief concern is to
draw their unearned salaries or to make
a pile out Of thieving contracts. II is
high time for a change
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-12
Mr.. Hawley's Lana Grab.

The st Paul Pioneer, commenting on
Mr. Hawley's land grab, says
The Rock Island & Pacific railroad, af
ter all, secured its steal cf 100000 acres
of land Notwithstanding the protest Of
the Iowa legislature, ani the proofs Of
glaring fraud. if not bribery, which were
placed in his hands. Grant permitted the
bill 70 become law. The road had re
ceiyed all the subsidy it was entitled to
previous IN the act, but went in for this
tract because II had been made extra valu-
able by the improvements of homestead
settlers. Now the administration has sold
their homes from under them. What is
more, not u soldier who served in the late
war will be voted an acre Of ground.
Farmers and soldiers have no rights that
the present administration is bound to re
EnpFt
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-12
Talk Of Abandoning the Moline Bridge Over
Rock River,

The Moline editor of the Gaeette says:
Mr. S. w. Wheelock was over on Rock
River yesterday looking up site for a new
road to avoid the sand hill that is almost
impossible between the bridge and Coal
Valley, also to select route from the
bridge direct to Moline by the Sugar Hol-
low road. This is of the utmost import
ance to every merchant and mechanic of
our city, for if that road is made passable
1t will double the farm produce trade, and
give our merchants a class of customers
who have of late been shut out of Moline
Tor the want of good road. The bridge
directors have decided that unless the road
can be Strengthened and run to avoid the
sand hill spoken of they will not rebuild
the bridge, which will soon give way. We
nope our citizens will stir around and see
that these much needed Improvements are
made and the Rock River bridge substan-
tally rebuilt.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-12
lec1O-dtf
WHAT TIME HAS TAueur nc

IL mas taken two thousand years to teach the
world that to sustain the body in its conflict with
disease not to help disease by weakening the boA
is the true end of medicine. We have the lesson h.,
heart at last however We know, for exam,1c
thai tearing doses OF aloes, salts iaap, croton an
caomel' colcynth' &c, are the best allies thai a
debllitating malady can have in it, assaults on Tho
human frame and that medicine like Hostetters
Stomach Bitters, which strengthens all the bodrr
powers and rallies the sinking constitution j. a.,
most powerful antagonist of the morbi6c pr,nc;n,a
whatever it may be that lies at the root of the
plant. This knowledge has been long time in
reaching u.s. but it Is invaluable We can now con.
troll ann cure dyspepsia, bilious disturbances. con.
stipation, rheumatism, nervousness, and many otb.
or painful complaints once considered ineurable,
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-02-12
LAW AND LOGIC.

The logic of our neighbor, when he gets
on his legal thinking-cap, Is something
wonderful-and his expositions of law are
among the most remarkable of the age.
He does not publish in full the decree of
our Supreme Court, in the G. V. NJ. Go. $
injunction case He gives an extract only,
aud prefaces it as follows
''The decision is not so much against
Mr. Cable as it is for the people. 1t
clearly and emphatically asserts the prin-
ciple that a railroad company, deriving ITS
charter from the State, cannot make aals-
tinction IN its rates that it is bound TO
receive all similar freight at uniform
price, and therefore the provision IA tne
contract between Mr. Cable and the Peoria
railroad company, that the latter shall pay
80 cents per ton to the former for all coal
brought to the north side of Rock River
for any other party than the Coal valley
Mining Co, is null and void. y
The above is fair statement until You
arrive at the word therefore The bal
ance of the extract is nonsense. The
Court does not decide the provision null
and void, or even squirt at such a thing.
The Peoria company asked the Court to
say that that part of the contract in regard
to the so cents a ton was against public
policy and therefore null and void, and tie
court refused To do aay sucL thing. On
tie coatrary, the Court said dt&'tHcty,
plainly and ehpAdticaHy tint he contract
,ras nat contrary to public policy, What
ever contract the parties made as to that
matter is simply question between
themselves, and about which the people
have no interest whatever. The right Of
the people to have their freight carried, be
it coal or anything else, is clear-but ii the
Peoria company agreed to pay the Z, v.
NJ Co, n royalty on that freight, in order
to get possession Of railroad for less than
one half its value, the Peoria company
must pay What it agreed To pay. That is
the way we look at it.
The Perrin Transcript learning of the
decision, guardedly said
The nature of the decision in the Su-
prems Court we have not learned. The
railway companies set up,through their at
tarneys, Ingersoll and McC uen, Of this
city, that the contract giving the mining
company monopoly of the coal trade on
the road was ultre Rires-cOutrary to pub
lie policy and void. The company further
set up that Gable had, in case the contract
was good, a full and complete remedy in
law, and so could not resort 10 an iniunc-
ton. How the Supreme Court has gone in
overturning Judge Heaton decision is
therefore a matter of no little interest.
How the Supreme Court has gone, the
Transcript probably knows, now, if it has
received THE ARGUS. in which the first
publication of the decree was made. and
from which it viii learn tina; the contract
is not against public policy, and that the C.
V. NJ Co. will find its remedy in a court Of
law.
The best thing the P. & R. l. Il L. Co.
can do is to buy the Coal Valley company
and its interests, and thus secure a valua-
bic property and end their troubles It Is
well known that Mr.. Gable has always been
willing to sell at u fair valuation, and prob
ably would be now.