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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26

How TO ESTIMATE THE PROFITS OF A
FARM.-The farmer lives in his own house.
The use of the house, which he doese not pay
for, is as much a part of his income as the
money which salaried man pays for rent, is
of his, and should be counted as such in an
estimate of the profits of the farm. All things
produced on the farm and consumed on the
farmers table, including the vegetables from
the garden, the eggs and milk used in cook
ing, are as much part of his income as the
money paid for such things out Of his salary
is of the salaried man. If a farmer gives his
wife and children a pleasant ride to town,
using his own horses and wagon, the value Of
their use is part of his income from his farm,
as truly as the money the man pays out Of his
salary for carriage hire is of his. The correct
rule for estimating the income from farm
is substantially this: Give credit for every
article produced, used, or expended in any
way whatever no matter how small in value,
as we'll as for cash received for products sold,
and for increased value of farm property,
and charge against the farm for interest on
capital invested, and for all expenditures.
The farmer that will do this from year to
year, will not so much feel like complaining
of the unpro6tableness of farming as com.
pared with other pursuits. The fact is, not
one in hundred farmers take into consdera'
ton the luxury and comforts of fresh eggs,
butter, milk, fruits, etc., that they would
have to pay high prices for if they lived in
towns or do without them.
In LOVE WITH A WAX FIGURE.-A man
named Justin had just died at Bicetre, whose
lunacy had very singular origin. He was
an exhibitor of waxwork figures, and one Of
his models was the figure of a young girl, re-
markable for her graceful form and perfect
features, her hair falling in long curls over
her naked shoulders. Justin showed latent
insanity long before his mind actually gave
away, for he fell passonately in love with his
waxen Galatea, and would contemplate her in
silent admiration for hours. His wife could
not be expected to take the matter with such
indifference, but her remonstrances only infu-
rated him. One day she could stand it no
longer, and she gave to the wax beauty sun
dry blows with broomstick. The enraged
husband then tried to kill his wife, but neigh
bors interfered, and saved her from his vio'
lence. Deprived ofhis treasure he went mad,
and sojourned at Bicetre five years: TO the
last, it is said, the vision of his inanimate
charmer was before him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26
REDUCTION OF WAGES, ETC.

1t is rumored in manufacturing circles that
the pay Of employees in cotton and woolen
mills in the New England and Middle States,
will be reduced on the first of next January
when the mills start up on full time. This is
what we have anticipated, and as the manu-.
facturers are said to be nnited in this propos-
ed reduction, it will probably be carried out,
and without much opposition from the opera
tives.
The competition in the manufacture Of cot
ton an woolen goods is now so strong that a
temporary expedient (running mills on re-
duced time) will not answer. That exigency
only unloads the market of surplus goods {:
and after our mills have run again for six
months on full time, it is even feared that
our markets will be again gutted--just as
they have been for year past. The result
will be that goods must come down in price,
and stay down and to meet this result the
manufacturers must produce their goods at
less COST
We are now on the eve of great changes in
finance and industry, and the industrial
classes will have to make sacrifices alike with
capital Both hourshed and spread them
selves through the war, and years afterward-
on great profits and high wages-and now
both must accept different programme, a
lower basis. The manufacturers must be
satisfied with smaller profits, and the opera
tves with less pay. This is inevitable. A
high tide of rapid wealth and unbroken pros
perity cannot be perpetuated: For years we
have been going up, kitng and ballooning in
all trades and professions, but now we must
come down. The ebb of initiation, extrava-
gance, sudden wealth and high wages, is at
hand.
This shifting epoch in manufacturing in
terests, and in mill labor, will not be confined
to that industry or that class. Every other
trade will have to follow the receding tide.
Merchants, builders, clergymen, butchers,
tailors, farmers, landlords, railway corpo-
rations, and every other branch of business
employing capital or labor, must come down
to less profits, to smaller wages and more reas-
enable gains. Everybody has been living
too fast, living too extravagant, and often on
anticipated profits. This sort Of life has had
decided influence in producing the "hard
times" which is now the prevailing cry.
We have brought misfortune upon ourselves
by our inordinate greed, by our too sharp
bargains within our own household, by grasp
ing for more than we needed or deserved
Of course, there will be people who will
seriously object to less gains for capital, and
less wages for labor. But that will not avail
anything. The tendency of the times is for
reduction in the cost of producing goods, re-
duction in the price of merchandise, reduction
| in all the expenses of living. If we earn less
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26

SMILEYs GUN.-Recently it occurred to
Mr.. Smiley, of Darby, that it would be good
thing to 90 out to see if he could not shoot a
rabbit or two. He always kept his gun loaded
and ready in the corner of the room, so he
merely shouldered it and went out. After
awhile he saw rabbit, and taking aim he
pulled the trigger. The gun failed to 60 off,
Then he pulled the other trigger, and the cap
snapped again, and then, taking pin, he pick,
ed the nipples Of the gun, primed them with a
little powder, and started again. Presently
he saw another rabbit, but both caps snap
ped again. The rabbit did not see Smiley, so
he put on more caps and then they snapped
too. Then Smiley cleaned out the nipples
again, primed them, and fired the gun off at
fence. Then the caps snapped again. Smi-
ley became furious, and in his rage he expen-
ded forty-seven caps in an effort to make the
gun 90 off: When the forty-seventh cap miss
ed also, Smiley thought there might perhaps
be something the matter with the inside of the
gun, so he tried the barrels with his ramrod.
To his utter dismay he discovered that both
barrels were empty. Mrs. Smiley, who is
nervous about firearms, had drawn the loads
without telling Smiley, for fear of making him
angry. If there had been welkin anywhere
about, it would probably have been made to
ring with Mr.. Smiley's excited denunciations
of Mrs. Smiley. Finally, however, he became
cooler, and loading both barrels, he started
again after rabbits. He saw one in few mo-
ments, and was about to fire, when he noticed
that there were no caps on his gun. He felt
for one, and to his dismay found that he had
snapped the last one off. Then he ground his
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26
LET THEM WORK.

There never was a truer anxiom uttered
than that which couples Satan's name with
idle hands and parents who have boys to
bring up should never forget this. A great
many bows are mischievous and vicious simply
because their activities are not directed in
proper channels, and for this their parents are
the only ones to blame. The boy who has
sled, possibly of his own making, and pock;,
et-knife, who has skates for the winter and
kites for the summer, who has his own garden
patch and garden tools, his own juvenile IL
brary of such books as he loves, his favorite
pct animals, is almost sure to be industrious,
happy and free from vice. If he shows an
aptitude for drawing, pencils and drawlng'pa..
per should be supplied; if painting, box OF
colors should be furnished, if for type-setting,
he should have a miniature printing.press /;
and, in one way-in fact, many ways-his ca
pabilities should be so cultivated that ne will
never be at loss how to employ his time
pleasantly and pro6tably. In furnishing
your bows with wisely. y.selected stock of tools,
you confer upon them benefit which is incal-
culable. To be sure, many knife or gimlet
will be lost and must be replaced before the
habit of thoughtfulness is formed which will
prevent losses; tools will be injured, often de-
stroyed the quiet of the family will be dis
turbed by hammering and saving, unless there
is a workshop on the premises shavings and
such like clean dirt will be of frequent occur
renee in the kitchen, regular chores will be
forgotten and neglected in the enthusiasm of
the boy to finish some task he has in hand;
but these circumstances are trifing compared
with the benefits to be derived from the con-
slant and habitual use of tools. "Boys make
men," and they should be taught to make use.
ful men knowledge never comes intuitively;
it must be transmitted. The father who will
not take the trouble to direct the expanding
energies of his boy, to lead his inquiring mind
to the pastures Of knowledge, ever fresh and
fair, and open for the child career, humble
though it be, is laying up for himself disap-
pointment, chagrin, perhaps heart-break, in
the future. When your boy stands at your
side, book in hand, and begs you to explain
the pictures to him, don't send him away until
you have done it. Encourage him to look at
pictures and ask questions about them; tell
him stories that will stimulate his longings to
read interesting and instructive books, of
which happily there is no end. Thus occu.
pied with tools, books, work and play, he will
grow up accustomed to find resources within
himself, and not be driven to seek idle or vi
cious company.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26

A LIVELY CHERUB.-If there is man in
Springfield, says the Journal, (this Spring.
field being in Illinois,) so heartless and gruf
that he doesn't love children, he would have
been softened yesterday if he had stood on
the west side of the square and seen and
heard sweet little cherub Of three bright
summers, weep and howl and pound its little
buggy with its little footsy tootsies, and yell
and ramp and bite and squeal and sob and
screech because they wouldn't give it that
wolf sign in front of hat store for buggy
horse. If the wolf hadn't been securely fas.
tened down we believe the cherub would have
had it. AS it was, its ma had to buy it
little painted WOLF and the infant sucked all
the paint off it before they got home. At
least we saw four doctors tearing along the
streets where the infant lives in less than an
hour afterward.
sar A wonderful piece Of mechanism has re.
Gently been produced in Europe by F. Schroe-
der, an Amsterdam jeweler. 1t is called the
"Great Mechanical City," and is twenty feet
by fifteen feet wide. There are houses, castles,
churches and stores in it, just as they appear
in almost any European city. People walk
and ride about. Horses and wagons and rail-
way cars pass through the streets. Boats pass
up and down the river, while some are load.
ing and others unloading at the docks. Mills
are in motion. A fountain plays in the pub
lie park, and band Of music fills the air with
melody. There are also forts with soldiers
parading about them, blacksmith shops with
artisans at work in them, and pleasure gar
dens with people dancing in them. Other
scenes 90 to make this wonderful structure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26
.NORTH CAROLINA SKETCHES

Ex-Governor Vance, writing under this
head in the Norfolk Landmark, tells the sub
Joined anecdotes:
For season ofseveral months Immediately
succeeding the close of our late war, we were
absolutely without law or rulers of any kind
whatever; the military stationed in q few
principal towns being unable or unwilling to
take cognizance of ofenses except in the i'm
mediate vicinity. And yet there never was a
land in more thorough condition of peace
and good order. So profoundly was this re-
gard for law impressed upon our people that
it amounted in some cases to a sublime virtue
A reverend Scotch gentleman of my acquain.
tance, who under the influence of mammon
had married during the war an invalid and
rather hard-looking old maid for the sake Of
fifty negroes, was told by a joker, after john
ston's surrender, that the Yankees had set the
negroes free, and were going to abolish every
thing done during the rebellion, even to the
dissolution of all marriages contracted during
that time. "Aweel, aweel, Duncan, my mon"
said the overmarried Scot, 1--WE maun submit
Tn iaap abidin' mon!'
In further evidence of our law.abidng char
acter,I am reminded that years age. before the
war, very illiterate but honest and determin-
ed citizen Of one of our mountain counties
was appointed a justice of the peace. Filled
with the dignity and consequence ofhis office,
he soon after attended a militia muster in his
neighborhood. After the drill the treating
by the candidates began, and after that came
the fighting in the usual and regular order.
When the first couple began to strip for the
wager of battle, the newborn squire, instead
of turning his back according to the good old
fashion Of our peace guardians, or permitting
himself to be carried off with show of gentle
violence, as was sometimes done, marched
promptly to the front, and sternly commanded
the peace in the name Of the State. No at
tention being paid to this reasonable COM
mand, and the crowd beginning to hustle him
and tell him to stand off and see fair play, he
sprang in between the combatants, drew a
homemade bowie, with blade eight inches
in length, and exclaimed, "Look here gentle
men I'm peace officer, duly appinted by
the GinraI Assembly, and amt agoin' to be
fooled with. Now the fust man that strikes
lick in my presence III dissectesate him with
this The peace shall be kept while I'm
around )" and it was. The majesty of the law
was vindicated by the shining steel of her
Jealous servant, and the fight was postponed
as indefinitely as Felix's repentance.
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SMILEY's GUN.-Recently it occurred to
Mr.. Smiley, of Darby, that it would be good
thing to 60 out to see if he could not shoot
rabbit or two He always kept his gun loaded
and ready in the corner of the room, so he
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26

Rsy- A sad commentary on the politics of
the empire State is the following suggestive
paragraph in the New York Graphic if it is
only true, and perhaps it does not 60 far from
the mark: "It is morally certain that of the
12S assemblymen the great State of New York
will choose to-day, at least 80 will be pur-
chaseable for sums at from S25 to $780,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-11-26

While my friend Clyde and myself were
out in the hills back of the Golden Gate park,
a jack rabbit came along and stopped to look
at us.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-04-17
THE TEMPERANCE CRUSADE.

1t is curious to notice the different
forms which the temperance movement
assumes in different localities In Ohio
the street-marches and saloon prayer
meetings are the order of the day, and
no other method of closing dramshops
is now regarded rs orthodox In Indi-
ana the efforts of the women are hap
PLY directed to the enforcement Of the
hitherto ineffective Baxter law. In
Massachusetts efforts are made 10 in
duce property-holder TO pledge them
selves not TO allow liquor to be sold 10y
their tenants. The Rhode Island wO-
men wait upon the legislature to petition
for the repeal of the LiquOr-License
law. 1t is recorded that in Wilkesbarre,
Pa. the crusade has the singular result
of driving two hundred diSreputabie
women away from the city The Wash
ington people are asking for CongreS-
sionaI prohibition. in New York ard
Brooklyn no aggressive policy has been
definitely agreed upon, but good
work is accomplished by the frequent
meetings. which call public attention 10
the magnitude of the evil Of drunken
ness; and the warming voice Of the pal-
pit is raised Sunday after Sunday with
wholesome effect Whatever the meth
cd, and whatever may be the exception
al eXcesSes and indiscretions Of the re-
formers. they all have III view noble
object, and we cannot withhold Il wish
for their success, in so far a. il may pro-
mote human happiness without infringe
ment upon individual rights. - Ne,C
York Tribune.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-04-17

by deep r1ar-the Emperor bent his
f"'-e ~ -lIa greatest -uspenSe forward
AID al ~ once a >yIperb black hear
"inrr--i FROM Ji- tEicker.
IL q. - 5-f-ap.d u n him from all sides.
bT5 D.. -i.H.., t.-.lI OF With the utmost
e;!Sr Then tlI. bear caught sf.,hr az us
lie -"1d ~riil and uttered another low
rCs.-. The Emperor raised his rifle and
fired. The bullet hit the animal. bur
evidently inflicted only slight wound
The wounded bear turned to run. but
the do.-s iIupeGei his progress. We fred.
too but lil,rwiSe with indifferent success
The other PARTY now came in sight. Two
more bullets werc fired into the animal:
hat the bear has tough life. and his vital
parts were a vet Uuiuiured Then the
Emperor gave Us the signal TO rush at
the bear. He himself led the way with
upiiited huntiEg-knife. The bear. wheth-
er anf-ebled by loss of blood. or terrified
h- the appearance of 50 many adverse
rirS. tried 70 tlee more rapidly: bat he
was overtaken and brought TO bay. He
hurled of the dogs once more. but then
the EmperOr'S knife was driven into his
heart. He uttered lowmoan. stagger-
ed back. and sank dead TO the ground.
The Emperor srTuck off one of the
animals forepaws The JigUeurs cut off
the bears head. and then skinned him.
one Of the hams was taken along bvth
men. We took another deep draught
from the wickeT-llask: the Emperor ex-
pressed his satisfaction TO old Nicolai for
the dispatch with which he had started
up the game, and We returned to the
opening i'll the forest where we had left
our kibitkas.
1t was two III the afternoon when we
reached that point. The drivers and
foOunen had lighted large fire there.
and we were all OF Us glad TO get near it
to Ilaw our half-frOzen limbs.
The Emperor, who l. naturally a SOM
ber. taciturn man, was in unusually good
spirits. He asked me how / liked the
sport. Itwas easier than Iion-hunting.
told him. Sometimes the bear. after
lie has received painful wound, becomes
as savage - a tiger, said the Emperor.
and then the hunter who is near has to
act with the utmost circumSpection.
Many years ago | was attacked by such
an animal, and had an almost miracu-
lous escape
Vt We We're back in ST. Petersburg.
Then caviar sandwiches were served
up, and was amused at the Emperor's
appetite, although the
rest of us, TO tell the truth, owing no
doubt to the long ride in the sharp air,
did likewise ample justice to the simple
meal.
Ny Tepaating-rifle attracted the En-
perOr's attention. He examined it care
fully. and admired IFS Deatness and eIe-
SaHce. But he said, with smile:
This weapon, monsieur, will not do for |
Il bear hunt You need IA much stronger |
gun, one which, i'll an emergency, you
can use as Il club, too; for" he added, |
sometimes our sport leads 4
us into very clese quarters with our
game; and the bear, j can assure you, |
is not only a Very rough fighter. but it
requires very hard knocks to get the
better Of him"
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-04-17
0urtiral.
RING TIG BELL CoFTLY.

Some one has gone from thi. strange world
Of ours.
No more to gaiherit- thOrns with it, flowers.
No more To lingcr where sunbeams must
fade.
Where on all beauty deaths fingers are laid;
Weary with mngling lifes bitter with sweet.
Weary with parting and never to meet,
Some one has gone 10 the bright golden shore,
Ring the bell softly, there's Grape on the door.
Some one iS resting from sorrow and sin,
Happy where earth's conflicts enter not in,
Joyous as birds when the morning is bright,
When the sweet sunbeams have brought US
the light.
Weary Of sowing and never to reap,
Weary Of labor and welcoming sleep,
Some ones departed 10 heavens bright shore;
Ring the bill softly, there's Grape on the door
Angels were axiously longing to meet
One who walks with them in heavens bright
street;
Loved ones have whispered that some onefs
blc>t,
Free from Carti's trials and taking some rest,
Yes. there is one more in angelic bliss,
One less to cherish, one less to kiss:
One more departed to heavens bright shore,
Rim" the boli softly, there's Grape on the door
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-04-17
DESPERATE vALoR OF THE AsHANrEES.

DESPERATE VALOR OF THE ASHANTEES.
n correspondent writes from the field:
The Ashantees fought like demons.
They We're present i'll enormous numbers,
pouring on our gallant trOups by thOus-
aHdS. yelling and screaming hideOusly.
Although our firing told on them I'M
mensely. they had TO be driven from
point 70 point, and even when pushed
out Of the successive villages. returned
to the attack In the thickest parts Of
the brush they climbed the trees in order
To fire more effectually upon our troops.
The order Of advance from Insarful was
a. follows: The attack was made in the
form of a square. through the middle Of
which ran the main road and the line
extended about three hundred yards on
either side The i2nd regiment. pre-
ceded By Lord GrifTOrd and his scouts.
formed the front line. with two Of Rats
guns in the centre. GOrdOn's HOussas in
a dense corner Of jungle. IL really seemed
a. if nothing but the failure Of their am
munitiOn would drive them out. Now
az one point. now at another. along the
hill crest they poured down crushing vol
leys. Life they counted at no price If
only white man could be killed II
was the same desperate obstinacy We had
seen ~ Abrakrampa They climbed trees
70 fire with more deadly effect. but the
mass Just lay down and shot till shot
themselves or short Of ammunition Sir
Archibald Allison. Brig;.dier Of the white
troops. declared he never came under a
fiercer Ere in India Or the CriIUea.
The Findlay Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Hancock County, Ohio) 1870-1881, 1874-04-17

WHISKEY As A SOURCE OF REVENUE.
Rev. w. \. Robinson, of Cincinnati,
made the following pertinent remarks
at temperance meeting in that city a
few evenings ago:
1T is inexpedient for the government
to add its countenance to anything de
structive to the material and moral In
terests of the country, and it cannot be
denied that intemperance Is yearly sap
ping the vital energies of the nation.
He opposed license also because all prom
inent liquor dealers are in favor of IT..
They would not clamor for such law.
if they did not expect it would benefit
their business. Ii was said in the Expo
sition Hall yesterday that a prohibitory
law would make men hypocrites- They
would drink some way, and if not allow
ed TO do it openly, they would drink all
the more i'll secret. But which Is worse,
the speaker asked, hypocrisy or down
right drunkennessl Men say again,
heavy license would reduce the number
of saloons, but the history Of license leg
islatiOn shows that it has not been sue
cesSful in controlling the traffic. and
wherever attempted it has,,generally been
abandoned The speaker went on 10
consider the importance of the liquor
traffic as a branch of commercial indus
try, and the argument that its suppre>-
sion would bring on a money panic. &c
Ii was the old CRY, he said, of -'tIreat l.
Diana of the Ephesians..' As 70 the
ability of the government 10 dispense
with so important an element III the rev
enues, the whole question was covered
by the proposition that if total absti-
nence is good for the Individual, it can
not fail TO be beneficial 10 the great mass
of individuals that make up the nation.