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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29
Anmururs department.
THE PICKED WATCH.

The other day we met Wiggins, and he had
silver-cased watch-hunting case at that.
We have known Virgins 6ve.and.twenty
wears and never knew him to carry watch
before. We asked him where he got it. He
gave US nod and leer and said that he
would tell u.s.
"Last fall" he commenced, "I killed the
old brindle COW, and put up the best part of
her into the beef barrel I didn't want to
make it very salt, so set it out in the shed,
where the frost might touch it and keep it,
and you'd better believe it madegood eating.
"One day my wife says to me-says she,
"Wiggins, pears to me our beef is going
mighty fast" / went and looked, and sure
enough, it was going-going rather Eastern |
thought than it ought to. "I've noticed it
lowering unaccountably this long time,' said
my wife, Somebody is stealingit. Why
don't yeset a trap?"
But my neighbors were all good hearted
kind of folks, though one or two of them
might be just leetle inclined to poke round
where they did not belong and I did not want
to hurt them. 1 concluded, howsomever, that
it would be best to put the barrel, with what
little beef was left, down in the cellar and
did it.
"Well, when the beef was all used up, and
went to clear out the barrel, found this
watch in the pickle. 1t looked to me like
Tom Sherman's watch. Tom had worked for
me considerable, and I have seen him have
the watch, or one very much like it. When
saw Tom I showed him the watch, and he
said right offit was his."
"How did ye lose it?" said I.
II carried it in my pocket without chain,
and must have dropped it out when l was
stooping," said he. ;.
SWELL" said I, "then ye must have been
STOPPING over my beef barrel, for [ found it
in the pickle|
With that Tom looked kind of sheepish
and guess he saw the twinkle in my eye.
"Let me look at that watch again, said he.
He looked at it little while, and then he
handed it back to me.
''On the whole, Mr.. Wiggins," said he, 81
guess that amt my watch, arter all. 1t must
belong to some one else" And with that he
walked off, ..
carried the watch to our jeweller, and he
found that the cases had shut so tight that the
works hadn't been picked bit; and for a
dollar he cleaned it up in good shape, and set
it a running. It's first rate time.keeper,
and Irecken that whoever took my beef paid
all twas worth" s-'r ,s. ..'s'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

The HUMAN PULsE.-The human pulse,
in all ages of the world, has been consulted
as an index of health or disease. 1t is kind
of dial within US, which gives us both the
measure of time and of health. The pulse of
person in health beats about seventy strokes
in a minute, and the ordinary term Of life is
about seventy years. In this seventy years
the pulse of temperate man beats two bill
lions, five hundred and seventy millions, four
hundred and forty thousand times. If no
actual disorganization should happen,a drunk
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Ghitarrn's 9epartntent.
ALWAYS SPEAK THE TRUTH.

Be the matter what it may,
Always speak the truth;
Whether work, or whether play,
Always speak the truth.
Never from this rule depart;
Grave it deeply on your heart:
Written tits in virtues chart
Always speak the truth.
There's charm in yetity-.'
Always speak the truth;
But there's meallness in 4 lie
Always speak the truth.
He is but a coward slave,
Who, a present pain to waive,
Stoops to falschood, then he brave;
Always speak the truth.
Falschood seldom stands alone
Always speak the truth;
One begets another one
Always speak the truth.
Falsehood all the soul dcgradcs;
'Tis sin which often breeds
Greater sins and darker deeds
Always speak the truth.
When you're wrong, the folly own--
Always speak the truth;
Here's 4 victory to be won
Always speak the truth.
Hc who speaks with lying tongue
Adds to wrong greater wrong;
Then with courage true and strong,
Always speak the truth.
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SAGACIoUs ANIMALs.-The Aiken Tribune

SAGACIoUs ANIMALs.-The Aiken Tribune
is responsible for the following:
Two remarkable instances Of animal sagac-
ity, developed under unusual circumstances,
have occurred in Aiken during the past week.
In the first case, the subject was dog; in the
second, horse. An elderly gentleman, who
is the fortunate possessor ofa large Newfound-
land, of the feminine species, drowned whole
litter of her pups, six or seven in number, by
which his household had been increased few
days ago. A day or two afterward, he found
strange puppy near where his Newfound-
land had made her bed, when in her delicate
state, and upon going to the bed, he found
four or five more, of different varieties, but
nearly of the same age. Investigation devel-
oped the fact that his dog had avenged the
death Of her young, and, at the same time,
satisfied her maternal instincts, by an indis-
criminate robbery of puppies from all parts
of the town. Upon mentioning this curious
fact, several parties who had lost puppies went
to the residence Of the owner Of the Newfound-
land and identified them amongst those stolen
by his dog.
In the other case, friend Of ours, residing
a couple Of miles from town, was awakened
last Monday night by the violent and repeated
ringing of bell, which was suspended from
an inverted hoop on his front gate At first,
he was at loss to distinguish in the dark
what caused the ringing, but soon ascertained
that it was done by horse, who had seized
the bell in his mouth, and was trying in this
way to attract the attention of the inmates of
the house. The horse had been ridden to our
friends house, a few nights previous, by col
ored man, who on that occasion rang the bell,
and, after completing his business with the
occupant Of the house, watered his horse in
the yard. 1t lis supposed that thirst prompted
the horse to revisit the premises Monday night
and secure attention to his wants by ringing
the bell. ...1...
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

How "GREENBAcK" PAPER IS MADE
All the paper for the money issued by the
Government is manufactured on 62 inch
Fourdrinier machine, at the Glenn Mills, near
West Chester, Pa. Short pieces Of red silk
are mixed with the pulp in the engine, and
the finished stuff is conducted to the wire with
out passing through any screens, which might
retain the silk threads. By an arrangement
above the wire cloth, a shower of short pieces
of fine blue silk thread is dropped in streaks
upon the paper while it is being formed. The
upper side, on which the blue silk is dropped,
is the one used for the face of the notes, and,
from the manner in which the threads are ap-
piled, must show them more distinctly than
the lower or reverse side, although they are
embedded deeply enough to remain fixed.
The mill is guarded by officials night and day
to prevent the abstraction of any paper
Scientific american.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29


HENRY CLAY AND THE CLowN.-Sam
Long, well known circus clown, tells the
following story of Henry Clay: II remember
once we entered Lexington in procession, and
it just happened that Henry Clay was driving
in at the same time. I brought up the rear
of the procession, riding mule As he was
riding directly behind me, I turned my face
to the ass's tail and sang out: Here we are,
fellow.citizens, Wisdom led by Folly The
people laughed and shouted, and old Harry
seemed greatly amused. The next day at the
circus I made him speech, in which ad-
vised him to be President Of the United States
and to take me in his cabinet That night
he sent me bottle of the finest wine I ever
tasted, with his compliments, saying: From
the poorest fool to the best clown in the Uni
ted States All! sir, there was great man
for you"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

How TO PEEL ON1oNs.-Few persons can
peel onions without shedding tears over them.
This serves to wash the onions preparatory to
cooking them. A scientific cook has recently
discovered, however, neater way of washing
them at the same time as they are being peeled
and all without tears 1t is simply, to nearly
fill deep pan with water, and to peel the
onions beneath its surface. 1t is small dis
covery, but will save oceans of tears.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

The TRUE REAsoN.-Our young men and
women also, still look with longing eyes to-
ward our cities: First, because their country
homes are, in by far too many instances, as
unattractive as it is possible to make; second:
ly, because of a misunderstanding of the real
difficulties which are incident to a successful
career in our principal cities. This may con-
tinue to be so for a long time. Yet, it is to
be hoped that farmers and their families will
set about thorough reform in making their
homes more pleasant and attractive by en-
couraging reading, the cultivation of fruit
and flowers, music and sociability, tree plant
ing for ornament and utility-in fact, work a
complete reform in what by far too many
farmers consider unimportant and trivial mat
ters, which nevertheless, have a powerful in
Auence in shaping the future career of their
children.
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THE TOAST FOR LABOR.

* THE TOAST FOR LABOR.
Here's TO the man with the horny hand, =
Who tugs at the breathing bellows;
Where anvils ring, in every land,
He's loved by all good fellows.
And here's to him that goes a-feld,
And through the glebe is ploughing,
Or. with strong arms the axe doth WELD,
While ancient oaks are bowling.
Here's to the deliver in the mine,
The sailors on the ocean,
With those Of every craft and line
Who work with true devotion.
Our love for her who tolls in gloom,
Where cranks and wheels are clanking;
Bereft is she of Natures bloom,
Yet God in patience thanking.
A curse to him who sneers at toll,
And shuns his share of labor;
The knave that robs his native soil,
While leaning on his neighbor.
Soon may this truth be brought to earth,
Grow more and more in favor;
There is no wreath but owes its worth
To handicraft and labor.
Then pledge the founders, of our wealth.
The builders of our nation
We know their worth, and now their health
I Drink we with acclamation.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

How TO Escape FROM BURNING HOUSE.
If a person in house on fire has the pres
ence of mind to apply wet cloth or hand
kerchief to his mouth and nostrils, a passage
can then be effected through the densest smoke
without any serious inconvenience. If posi-
BILE, envelope the head and face completely
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p6 Mirth is Gods medicine. Everybody

pa@ Mirth is Gods medicine. Everybody
ought to bathe in it. Grim care, moroseness,
anxiety-allt this rust oflife- -oug htt to bescour-
ed off by the oil Of mirth. 1t is better than
emery. Every man ought to rub himself with
it. A man without mirth is like a wagon
without springs, in which one is caused disa-
greeably to jolt by every pebble over which
IL RUNS
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

AN ENGLISH GRooM's CARE FOR HORSES
A correspondent of the New York Commercial
advertiser tells how some English grooms al
Saratoga are teaching Yankees the care Of
horses:
To-day I asked one of the grooms, who has
spent twenty years in the stables of royalty
what he had to say about our American way
of taking care Of horse.
"Why, sir" said he, "you don't take good
care Of your horses; you think you do, but
you don't"
"Why?" I asked.
because, when a horse comes in all wet
with perspiration, you let him stand in the
stable and dry with all the dirt on. In Eng.
land, we take the horse as he comes in from a
drive, and sprinkle blood-warm water all over
him from his head to his feet. Then we
scrape him down and blanket him, rubbing
his legs and face dry. Thus, in an hour, he
is clean and dry, and ready to take good
feed, while with your way, he will stand and
swelter for hours, and finally dry, sticky AND
dirty. Our horses never founder, and never
take cold. We never use curry-comb. You
scratch your horses too hard. The only care
necessary is to have the water not too cold.
Then bathe them quick, and blanket them in
stantly, while you are rubbing their legs"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

THE VOICE OF THE STARs.-Go to the
window when it is dark, and look upon the
stars. Try to count them. The longer you
look, the more stars you will see. Every one
of these stars is much larger than it seems
Almost all are a great deal larger than the
earth on which we live. They are all far
away from us and one another, so far that
even if you could fly like pigeon, and could
fly for whole year without stopping, you
could not reach them nor could you fly from
one to another Yet there they are, hung in
the air and kept from falling.
They never stray from the paths in which
they move. Put your finger on the window:
pane, so as just to cover one of the stars, and
keep still, looking for two or three minutes
You will see that the star seems to have
moved. Most of the stars seem to move like
the sun, few move differently; but all Of
them move evenly and regularly, not like o
crowd of boys at play, but like soldiers march
ing where their captain bids them.
Who made the stars? God made them
1t is God that bids the stars move as he Wills
and they have obeyed him, and will obey
him, for thousands Of years. When we look
up at the stars, they sometimes make US feel
that they are wonderfully and gloriously
made. Whenever we feel this, God is giving
the stars voice, and they speak to us quietly
in our hearts, and say, Goods works are glo
rious and great"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

A REMEDY FOR CEREBRo SPINAL MENIN-
G1rIs.-A correspondent of the Freeport (Ill.)
Bulletin pronounces what is now known as
the cerebro spinal meningitis, now prevailing
so extensively and fatally in many parts Of
the country, as the same epidemic which
ragged in Michigan about twenty years ago, to
such an extent that it actually broke up the
Legislature, and carried to the grave every
one whom it attacked, until the old-fashioned
hemlock sweats were adopted, after which
every case was saved. He says: "Our peo-
pie sent about twenty-five miles distant and
procured hemlock boughs, and they sent for
it from all parts Of the State. There was a
company called the Hook and Ladder Com.
pany, and for weeks they did nothing night
or day, but 90 from house to house, giving
hemlock sweats, and it never failed to save
every case. Thorough sweating might do
but there is no mistake about hemlock being
thorough specific"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

SIGNS OF DEArH.-Dr. Hugo Magnus, as
sistant physician to the hospital at Breslau,
suggests that the tying Of tight ligature
around one of the fingers will determine
whether person supposed to be dead is so in
reality. If life be not extinct the extremity
of the finger soon becomes red, the depth of
the color increasing to dark red and violet,
while the skin above the ligature remains
white. This is easily understood, as, if there
be any circulation Of the blood, the ligature
prevents the return of the venous blood, while
the arteries still continue to convey it to the
capillaries. A test so simple can be applied
without difficulty, and seems to be quite de-
cisive.-Harper's Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

ADvERTIsEMENTs- advertise is to in
form the public that you are ready for bust.
ness, and have something to dispose of, either
in the way of services or stock. A sign over
the door, or across the face of a building, may
catch the eye of few passers-by, but we'll
displayed notice in live paper is read by
thousands Some men while saving ten dol
lars by not advertising, lose hundreds in the
lack Of custom. The live business man is al
ways found in print. He deals with the peo-
pie, and knows that the best way to reach
them is through the columns of the local pa
per. He never lacks customers, but is kept
busy waiting upon those who have read of his
stock and who have come to examine or buy.
We favor judicious advertising. Good as it is,
it can be overdone. A man may exaggerate
his stock, and thereby disgust those who visit
him. Another may expend too much money
on single effort, and fail in its object. The
best way to advertise is, first: have something
to dispose of worth the price you ask; keep
within reasonable bounds in your notice to the
public; pay for the space you occupy, prompt
ly; as your business enlarges, let your adver-
tisements keep pace with its growth; lay aside
a certain per cent. of profit for the sole pur-
pose of keeping before the public. Thusands
of men owe their fortunes to a judcious sys-
tenn of advertising.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

EN- person might live until his pulse beat this
number of times; but by the constant stimu'
lus of ardent spirits, or by pulse.quickening
food, the pulse becomes greatly accelerated,
and the two billions, FIVE hundred and seven.
ty millions, four hundred and forty thousand
pulsations are performed in little more than
half the ordinary term of human life, and
life goes out in forty or forty-6ve years, ir.-
stead of seventy. This application of mum.
bers is given to show that the acceleraton OF
those forces diminishes the term Of human
life
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

s@A A man recently broke off a marriage
because the lady did not possess good CONVEX
sational powers. A wicked friend, comment
ing on the fact, says: "He should have mar
ried her. and then refused her new bonnet,
to have developed her power of talk"
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A pJJRE HEART.

A pure heart is blessing above all price.
1t gives tone, harmony and beauty to life
that nothing else can give. And then it
brings man into such communion with
God and divine things as to make them pres.
ent with him. BLESSED are the pure in heart,
for they shall see God," says Jesus. A pure
heart rather than a strong intellect, is the
faculty through which we apprehend the
spiritual truths. 1t Itapprehends by sympathy
rather than by logical movement it feels the
truth as the seeds feel the dew and sunlight,
or the murcury feels the cold and heat, rather
than reasons itself into it. 1t knows it, not
in the light of solution, but in the feeling of
oneness and affinity with it.
A pure heart is good pilot. 1t keeps a
man out of all michchief, and so out of all
inward misery and remorse. 1t steers him
clear of breakers and reefs, and gives steadi-
ness and poetry to all his motions. 1t puts
beautiful pictures in the eyes, and so makes
the outward world delight and glory. For
to the pure all things are pure. 1t exhales
its own fragrance through every function,
and so makes the whole man redolent of grace
as we'll as muscular with strength. 1t chases
all fear out of a man, and makes him bold,
brave, true. 1t is calm and poised in great
trust, for it "sees," and therefore has knowl-
edge. 1t is law to itself and light to it.
self. 1t is in the joy of all blessing, for per-
feet purity is perfect life, and perfect life is
perfect peace. First pure, then peaceable.
It keeps man from collision with conscience,
Christ and God, and makes his life part Of
the rvthm Of the universe a full note in the
hymn of the angels.-Muing Christian
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nayA The most original spelling we have ever
seen is the following, from an old book. 1t
beats modern phonetics 80 you be-a tub.
80 oh pea-a top. Be SO-bat See 80
cat. Pea 8O-pat. Are 80-rat. See oh
double you-cow. See you be-cub. See a
bee-cab. Be you double tea-but. See a
double ell-call.
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The Murkpille Gnquirer.
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for each insertion.
Quarterly, Semi Annual or Yearly contracts
will be made on liberal terms-the contract, how
ever, must mall cases be confined to the immedi-
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terest or recommendations of Candidates for Of
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as advertisements.
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HOUSE WoRK.-There is not a girl on
earth, whether the daughter of prince or pau
per, who, if made perfect mistress Of all
houshould duties, and we're thrown into
community wholly unknown, would not rise
from one station to another, and eventually
become the mistress of her own mansion, while
multitudes of young women placed in positions
of ease, elegance and affluence, but being un.
fitted to fill them, will as certainly ascend
from one round of the ladder to another, un-
til at the close of life, they are found where
the really competent started from. Mothers
of America, if you wish to rid your own and
your children's households of the destroying
locusts which infest your houses and eat up
your substance, take pride in educating your
daughters to be perfect mistresses of every
home duty then if you leave them without
dollar, be assured they will never lack warm
garment, bounteous meal, or a cosy roof,
nor fail of the respect of any one who knows
them.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

WoRK.-It is time that we Of the nine
teenth century were getting rid Of some of our
foolish notions respecting work. The saliva.
tion of our country depends upon work. If
every man would pull off his coat and 60 to
work in earnest, we would not hear so mucl.
complaint about hard times. The cold and
hard iron bar becomes hot and soft under the
heavy and frequent blows Of the hammer
IdIeness may meet some peoples ideas Of dig
nifty, but there is neither profit nor pleasure
in it. 1t is good for neither mind nor body.
Men generally increase in wealth and in:
Auence, in proportion to the amount of toll
and labor which they expend. The history
of those individuals who have made their
mark in this world, shows that they have been
great workers. The dust and the palm are
inseparably connected.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1873-05-29

HOME READ1Na.-One of the noblest and
most pleasant duties of the head of the fami,
", is to furnish its members with good read.
ing. Let good reading 60 into home, and
the very atmosphere of that home gradually
but surely changes The boys begin to grow
ambitious, to talk about men, places, books,
the past and the future. The girls begin to
feel new life opening before them in knowl.
edge, duty and love. They see new fields OF
usefulness and pleasure and so the family
changes, and out from its number will grow
intelligent men and women, to fill honorable
places, and be useful members of society.
Let the torch of intelligence be lit in every
household. Let the old and young vie with
each other in introducing new and useful top
les of investigation, and in cherishing love
of reading, study and improvement.