Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1874-12-03
Straps and fafts.

- A late revision OF the pension lists IN
France show that there are still living $4,000
men who served under Napoleon.
- The new postal cards are to be furnished
soon. They will be nearly white, printed with
black ink, and have narrower border.
-- The Chronicle and Sentinel says the Sa-
vannah river is so low that boats cannot come
within forty miles of the city Of Augusta.
The Cincinnati Enquirer publishes ta-
bic showing that the South, before the war,
contributed considerably more than one-third
to the maintenance of foreign trade.
"A man has been sentenced to prison
for having too many wives. He said his ex-
perience was that he had rather serve ten
years in prison than to live with FIVE wives.
- Two of the medical students in the
Louisville college fought duel with pistols
in dark room, one being wounded, few
evenings ago.
"A Republican merchant in Cincinnati,
having large business with the South, stated
openly last week, that he considered his
credits worth twenty per cent. more since the
recent elections.
- Hon. Alexander H. Stephens, who
arrived at Washington city on Friday last,
called at the White House Saturday to see the
President. The President received him with
great cordiality, and expressed his pleasure
at seeing Mr.. Stephens back again in Wash
ington in better health than when he left last
spring. The conversation between the two
was Of some duration, and was both on polit-
ical and personal matters.
- The carrier pigeon when travelling
never feeds. If the distance be long it flies on
without stopping to take nutriment and at
last arrives thin, exhausted, almost dying. II
corn be presented to it, it refuses, contenting
itself with drinking little water and then
sleeping. Two hours later it begins to eat
with great moderation, and sleeps again i'm
mediately afterward. If its flight has been
very prolonged the pigeon will proceed in
this manner for forty-eight hours before recov-
eripg its normal mode of feeding.
"A Pittsburg preacher has been reques:
ted to repeat his sermon, and "say it slow. y
In one of his sentences he remarks: "Ihe
marvellous multitudinousness ofthe minutia OF
the corroborating circumstances are the lnsur'
mountable difficulties which unmistakably pre-
vent the skeptic from discovering truth" The
reverend gentleman is no less fluent than the
western reporter, who of recent wedding
said: 'The jellies upon the bridal supper
tables were pure amber masses Of quivering
translucence, catching the wine-colored prisms
of perfumed light, and holding them in trem-
ulous mirrors Of rosy beauty
- Thirty years change very materially
the principles and the leaders Of political
parties In 1914 the Democracy of New
York secured the control of the Legislature
of the State, and elected General John A.
Dix United States Senator. That in 1874
the same man should be the leader of the
Republican party in the same State, and by
his defeat enable the Democracy to elect
Senator for the first time since his own elec-
tion, indicates that Governor Dix has the
fortune to contribute TO the success OF the
Democracy under very opposite circumstan-
ces.
- The use of sealed, transparent envel-
opes, for the transmission of matter OF the
third class is sanctioned by postal regulations.
Under no circumstances should postmaster
tear the wrapper off any packet or package
passing through his Office. If he cannot
determine the contents of package passing
at less than letter rates without destroying
the wrapper, he should charge it up with
letter postage, to be collected on delivery.
A postmaster who goes outside of the delivery
of his Office to sell. postage-stamps, stamped
envelopes, or newspaper wrappers, or who
uses them for the purpose of discharging his
private obligations will be promptly removed
if reported to the Post Office Department.
- In New York city somewhat novel
method has been adopted in the real estate
market to dispose of property. 1t is some
what after the fashion in which the Govern
ment sells its gold. Sealed bids are received
up to certain date, when the bids are opened
and the several houses awarded to the high
est bidder. The bids, however, must exceed
certain set price placed upon them, which
they claim to be greatly below the figure at
which the lots could be purchased and similar
houses built at this time This reservation, as
we'll as the published estimate of the owners
concerning the real value of houses, gives
peculiar interest to this manner of approach
ing the market, putting it in the light OF an
experiment which may or may not be exten'
sively followed, should it prove successful.
- A Washington correspondent tele'
graphs that the President has become so utter
" disguised at the management of affairs in
Arkansas that he gave gentleman, who called
upon him recently relative to that matter
to understand that he did not want to hear
any more about it, He did not intend to
interfere, except it should become absolutely
necessary to maintain the public peace. The
representatives of the different factions now
at Washington are greatly disappointed at
the Presidents course. They supposed that
..e would at once recognize Smith, and then
follow up his action with a supply Of troops
Senator Dorsey, of Arkansas, is now satisfied
that his friend Smith will have to fight it out
on his own account But all is peace and
quiet in the State.
- In the November number Of the RuraI
CaroHnian there is very suggestive article
from the pen of Mr.. Howard, of Georgia, upon
the importance of change in our system OF
labor. No man can reflect a moment upon
the present condition of Southern Agriculture
without coming to the conclusion that we are
going downward very rapidly. What ought
to be done, everybody can tell you. Plant
less cotton, grow more small grain and grass,
{grass where you want it-grass grown tor
food,) practice more rigid economy. keep
out of debt, cultivate less land, and do that
more thoroughly. Make all the manure you
can, turn under green crops, pay more atten'
ton to pasturage, and raise more stock: There
is hardly farmer in the country who will
not respond, "Just so-you're exactly right.
to all this; but not one in a hundred, yea, in
a thousand, makes an effort to reform. We
have been so long plodding along in the old
route that it is the most difficult thing in the
world to change. An old habit is second ma