Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-07-16
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trolled by the Central, has been reduced to
two cents per mile.
-- "For young women to begin to pick
be the first symptom that the young man is in
peril.
-- The fine for killing mocking bird in
Virginia or robbing its nest of the young, is
$40. The offender NAY be arrested by any
party without warrant. The fine goes to the
public school fund.
-- "Dear George said an indianapolis
young woman, 81 ain willing to marry you if
we have to live on bread and water" "Well,"
said the enthusiastic George, "you furnish
the bread and I'll skirmish round and find
the water"
-- The first experiment is now making to
utilize Chinese labor on the plantations of
Georgia. Some thirty Of the Celestials have
been at work since March last on Barnwel's
plantation, on the Altamaha, opposite Darien.
They appear well satisfied themselves, and
give their employer entire satisfaction.
- What's in name? We observe in
Philadelphia newspaper call for meeting
of paradise Lodge of Journeymen Tailors."
Considering that there were no tailors in
Paradise, and that no tailors were needed un-
til after Paradise Lost, it seems to US that the
Philadelphia stitchers might have hit upon a
more appropriate name
-- The Grangers of Missouri, after ma
ture deliberation, have come to the conclusion
that it will be neglect of duty for them to re-
main out of politics longer They have &C.
cordingly issued an address calling State
convention at Jefferson City, on September 2,
in which they say: eve think that the time
has come when honesty and integrity of char
acter should be recognized as one of the quail
fcatons for officers, and not the reverse"
- The elections which will test the relative
strength Of parties, will begin with North
Carolina, on the 9Th of August, when that
State will choose one State oficer-the super
intendent Of instruction eight members
of Congress. The only other elections that will
occur before September are in Kentucky on
the Sd of August, for county officers and a
clerk of the Court of Appeals in Tennessee,
on the same day, for county officers, and in
Ohio, on the 18th of August on the adoption
of the new State constitution.
II In Holland quinine has recently been
smallpox. German physicians claim to have
used it successfully for several years past
against that fearful disease. 1t must be ad-
ministered, however, at an earl ly stage of the
disease, and in very large doses, to counteract
the effect Of the smallpox poison. 1t must
also be very pure, and the complaint is getting
more and more general that very little of the
quinine sold in the market is genuine.
-- The United States Senate is at present
composed Of forty-nne Republicans, nineteen
Democrats and FIVE Liberals, with one vacan-
cy. If the opposition shall gain all the Sena-
tors to be chosen next year, the Republicans
will still have majority of the body. The
House of Representatives is now composed of
one hundred and ninety five Republicans, eigh-
ty-eight Democrats, and four Liberals. There
are several vacancies The opposition have
q very large majority to overcome, but by
careful managemeutit is evident that they can
very nearly if not quite overcome it.
- The verdict of the coroner's jury in
the Mill River disaster investigation is pub
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quate and defective legislation on the subject
of reservoirs the mill owners for their parsim.
onious disregard of life and property; the en-
gineers for ambiguous and insufficient speci.
cations; the contractors for manifest delinquent
cies and want of thoroughness in their work,
and finally the county commissioners for &C.
cepting dam so shabbily built, when they
had the power to order its entire reconstruct
ton.
- A party of fifty Master Masons, under
the leadership of Robert Morris, past grand
master of Kentucky, will visit the Holy Land,
Europe and Africa, this summer. The cor
ner-stone ola new Masonic nall will be laid
in Jerusalem. The party will be entertained
by the Masons of the Fast, and during thirty
days will live in tents, visiting Gebal, Tyre,
Hiram's tomb, Baalbec, Damascus, Mount
Hermon, the Sea of Galilee, Nazareth, Nab
lous, Bethel, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, the Dead
Sea and River Jordan, Hebron and Joppa.
Lodges will be held under the Royal Mother
Lodge of the City of Jerusalem.
- A terrible death by nitro.glycerne oc-
Cured near Parker City, Pa, last Friday.
A young man was carting six cans of the ma
terial over rough road in wagon when,
from some cause which willnever be explained,
it exploded The man, horse and cart were
literally blown to pieces. The mans head
and part of his breast were found three hun
dred feet distant, having been blown over the
tops of the highest trees. Fragments of his
limbs we're scattered in different directions, and
his right hand was found half mile from the
spot. Even the horses shoes were torn from
his feet
- Blackuood's Magazine says: "The fact
of matrimony or bachelorship is written so
legibly in mans appearance that no ingenui-
ty can conceal it. Everywhere there is some
inexplicable instinct that tells US whether an
individual (whose name, fortune and circum-
stances are totally unknown) be- or be not, a
married man. Whether it is a certain sub
dued look, such as that which characterzes
the lions in menagerie, and distinguish them
from the lords of the desert, we cannot tell !;
but that the truth is so, we positively affirm" !"
This was written for English readers, and
may possibly be true with regard to English
men, but Judging from the mistakes American
girls frequently make, it is doubtful whether
it would apply in this country.
- The following is simple mode of rem
dering water almost as cold as ice : Let the
Jar, pitcher or vessel used for water be surroun-
ded with one or more folds Of coarse cotton,
kept constantly wet. The evaporation of the
water will carry off the heat from the in
side and reduce it to freezing point. In
India and other tropical regions where ice
cannot be procured, this is common. Let
every mechanic or laborer have at his place
of employment two pitchers thus provided
with lids and covers, the one to contain water
for drinking, the other for evaporation, and
he can always have supply Of cold water in