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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10

An ISQUIs1rIvE SERvAST.-Talleyrand
had confidential servant excessive y devoted
to his interest but withal superlatively inquisi-
tive. Having one day intrusted him with a
letter, the prince watched his faithful valet
from the window of his apartment, and with
some surprise observed him coolly reading the
letter en- route. On the next day similar
commission was con6ded to the servant, and
to the second letter was added postscript,
couched in the following terms "You may
send a verbal answer by bearer he is per-
fectly acquainted with the whole affair, hav-
ing taken the precaution to read this pre-
yious to it's delivery"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10
VTlHE publishers have determined to change tn
commencement of the Volumes OF the
RURAL CAROLINIAN
From October to January.

THE RURAL CAROLINIAN is the leading
Agricultural Journal of the South. Publishers
and Editors are all Southern men, and it is devo-
ted exclusively to the interests of Southern Agri-
culture. While it is not the paid organ Of the
Patrons of Husbandry, or OF any society or set OF
men, it has been the most powerful advocate for
the establishment of Oranges in the South, and It's
influence has contributed greatly to the present
prosperity of the Order.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10
PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS.

Sinple cOpy one wear ......3 UO
Two vears To The same address, ............... on
In clubs each subscriber, one year,."........ 80
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10
THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER.
NEW PREMIUMS FOR CLUBS!
UNPRECEDENTED OFFERS!

DY very liberal contractjust entered into with
ID the Weed Manufacturing Company, we are
enabled to offer greater inducements to club
makers than ever heretofore.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10
THE JOKE OF A STAGE DRIVER.

Hank Monk, the stage driver who gave
Horace Greeley his memorable mountain ride,
in common with all his tribe, hates the sight
of those ponderous specimens ofarchitecture in
the trunk line known as the Saratoga band
box" He likes Saratoga" about as well as
a cat likes hot SOUP He now drives on the
stage line between Carson City and Lake
Tahoe. He was driving on the same line
last summer A Virginia lady, who was stop
ping at the Glenbrook House, had "Sarato-
ga" at Carson, which she wished brought upto
the lake. 1t was about as long and wide as
frst-class spring mattress, and seven or eight
feet high. The lady had managed to get it
as far as Carson by rail, but the trouble was
to get it up into the mountains. Hank had
promised two or three times to bring it up
"next trip" but always arrived without it.
At last Hank drove up one evening, and as
usual the lady came out upon the veranda to
ask if he had brought her trunk. Like the
great and good man, George Hank cannot
tell lie, and so he said:
NO. ma'am, I haven't brought it, but I
think some of it will be up by the next stage"
"Some of it?" cried the lady.
es, udy oo uall VI ~ VI suCu d uattei.
"Half of it!' groaned the horri6ed owner of
the Saratoga"
"Yes, half tomorrow, and the rest next
day or the day after"
"Why, how in the name of common sense
can they bring half of it?"
"Well, when I left they were saving it in
two and"
Saving it in two? Saving my trunk in
two?"
THAT was what said," coolly answered
Hank. 1.-TWO men, with big cross-cut saw,
working down through it-about in the mid
die, I think"
Saving my trunk in two? and all my
best clothes in it !! Saving it in the middle !"
And, in towering passion, she rushed indoors,
threatening the hotel, the stage line, the
railroad company, the town of Carson and
the State of Nevada with suits for damages
1t was in vain that she was assured that Monk
was great joker she could not be made to
believe but that her trunk had been sawed
in two until it arrived intact, and she had ex-
amined its contents most thoroughly.
Hanks "Saratoga" joke is still remembered
and told at the Glenbrook House, but the
ladies see no fun in the yarn.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10
STRANGLES OR HORSE DISTEMPER.

EDITOR SOUTHERN CULrIvAToR This
disease is principally incident to young horses.
usually appearing between the fourth and
fifth year, and oftener in the spring than at
any other time. 1t occasionally attacks old
animals few horses escape its attacks, but the
disease having passed over the animal is free
from it for the remainder of his life.
Symptoms.-It is generally preceded by
cough, with discharge from the nostrils of
yellowish color mixed with pus, generally
without smell-the lining membrane of the
nose intensely red, a swelling under the throat
which increases, accompanied by fever. a
disinclination to eat and considerable thirst
but after gulp or two the horse ceases to
drink-in attempting to swallow convusive
cough comes on, which threatens to suffocate
the animal. The mouth is hot and the tongue
coated with white fur-the tumor under the
jaw and about the centre of the channel, soon
fills the whole space, and is evidently one uni
form body, and may thus be distinguished
from CHAMBERS, or the enlarged glands of Ca
tarrh. In few days it becomes more promi.
nent and soft, and evidently contains fluid.
This rapidly increases, the tumor bursts, and
great quantity of pus is discharged. AS
soon as the tumor has broken, the cough SUBJ
sides, and the horse speedily mends, although
some degree of weakness may continue for a
considerable time.
Ireatment-As soon as the tumor under
the jaw is decidedly apparent, the part should
be actively blistered; it should be washed off
as soon as it rises, and if repeated in day or
two, will abate the internal inflammation and
soreness Of the throat, and promote the sup
curative powers. When the glands remain
hard and do not suppurate it may lead to
glanders, in which case the use of Iodine oint-
ment as an outward application and hydrio-
date of potash, in daily doses of ten to forty
grains, combined with tonics, will be found
useful as internal applications. AS soon as
the swelling is soft on its summit and evident
ly contains matter, it should be freely and
deeply lanced, after which apply lnseed
poutice. If the incision is deep and large
enough, no second collection Of matter will
be formed, and that which is already there
may be suffered to run out slowly-all pres
sure with the fingers being avoided. The ap-
petite will return with the opening of the alb
scess Bran mashes or fresh cut grass should
be literally supplied, which will not only
afford sufficient nourishment to recruit the
strength of the animal, but keep the bowels
gently open. If the weakness is not great no
further medicine will be wanted, except a
dose of mild physic, in order to prevent the
swelling or eruption which sometimes succeed
the strangles. In case of debility, small
quantity of tonic medicine, as camomile, gen.
tian, or ginger may be administered.
York county, S. c. j. w. B.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10

Regular Contributors.
Col. D. WYATT AIKEN, Washington, D: G
HENRY w. RAVENEL, ESQ.,, Aiken, $. q.
Rev. G. w. HOWARD, Kingston, georgia.
Col. N. H. DAVIS, Greenville, s. G.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10

MIDDAY REsr.-The French Canadian
farmers arrange their summer labors wisely.
The summer days are long in lower Canada,
and farmers rise by four, and after light
breakfast, get to work by FIVE They work
till ten, take dinner, and perhaps, sleep, till
three in the afternoon, when they 60 out and
work till seven or eight. Their hours of labor
are thus nine or ten, in the coolest part of the
day, and they are equally fresh for both NOR
ming and evening labor. They have six or
seven hours for sleep at night, besides mid
day nap; and they can do some chores in
the house, barn or stables during the interval.
Would it not be we'll to copy this plan in the
Southern States, where the summer days are
long, and often intensely hot? There could
be no difficulty in getting into the field by six,
and working until eleven, then resting and
dining till two, and working till seven. This
would avoid the great heat of the day and
give ten hours for work, which we think too
long, except in a push. Nine hours in the
field would turn out as much efectual labor
of man and beast, and leave more time for
chores. What do farmers say on this impor-
tant subject? Such a change, to be valuable
this year should be made at once.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-06-10

RURAL CAROLINIAN--s2 PER ANNUM.
Address WALKER. EVANS & COGSWELL,
Publishers, Charleston, S. G..
The Rural Carolinian and the "Yorkville En-
ouirer'' will be furnished at 81 per annum.
January % u
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
NUMBER 16.

Some three years previous to the time
of which l write, her loving, patient
husband died, taken from her suddenly
under very trying circumstances. The
opium had lost its power long before to
excite or quiet her nerves, but in no
wise was she released from its bondage.
She was compelled to take it to keep the
very current of life, miserable as it was,
from ceasing to flow.
The story of her husbands death was
told without tear. Hers were dry eyes
that could not weep, and she seemed to
wonder calmly why mine should over
flow, as they did occasionally at her re-
cital, spite of all my efforts. His loving
forbearance and patience was not sue
ceeded in any wise by the son and daugh-
ter to whom he committed the care of
their mother, the wife of his youth, still
tenderly beloved, though so changed.
They could not sympathize in what
they considered blamable weakness,
and treated their only surviving parent
with little respect and tenderness-let
US hope without intending to do so.
l never saw my friend in a natural
state of cheerfulness during all these
days, though I was with her frequently.
Once or twice there was an attempt at
gayety, but it was only like the faint
mocking of the gentle humor, the flash
ing, genial wit of former days. The
same stony calm, the icy despair which
met me on my first visit, was her habit
ual state. 1 parted from her with
sinking heart, anguish thrilling me
from head to foot. To leave her thus
seemed more than I could bear, for l
knew it was our last parting on earth.
An impenetrable veil was drawn by
her children over the last days of her
life-happily, they were but few after
our parting. l could learn nothing save
that "she remained much as when I last
saw her," I know not if she saw the
Deliverer before her eyes closed upon
earthly scenes, but L believe that He
came at last and brake her chains, lead
ing her captivity captive, and restoring
her to the liberty with which He makes
His people free.
God forbid that 1 should excuse or ex-
| tenuate sin; but to the sinner let US be
merciful, even as was our blessed Master
while upon the earth, merciful as He is
now; and has He not left US an example
that we may walk in His steps?
l have said 1 have little hope to influ-
euce those in whom the habit was con-
firmed, but yet 1 do believe that even
such may, if they have any power of the
will left, emancipate themselves. Much
and protracted suffering must doubtless
be encountered; but, in the words of
another, alt is a choice between two
evils. If he abandons opium, he must
count upon much suffering of body,
many sleepless nights, disordered sys-
tenn, and, at times, great prostration of
strength. If he continues the habit,
there remains, as long as life lasts, the
irresolute will, the bodily languor, the
the ever-present sense of hopeless, help
his choice between the two. On the
one hand is hope, continually brighten
ing the future; on the other ID the in
conceivable wretchedness of one from
W iOm hope has forever fled"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

TELL-TALE LIPS.-I have observed
that lips become more or less contracted
in the course of years in proportion as
they are accustomed to express good
humor and generosity, or peevishness
and a contracted mind. Remark the
effect which moment of ill-temper and
grudgingness has upon the lips, and
Judge what may be expected from an
habitual series of such movements. Re
mark the reverse, and make a similar
Judgment. The mouth is the frankest
part of the face; it can't conceal in the
least its sensations. We can neither hide
ill-temper with it nor good; we may
affect what we please, but affectation
will not help US. In a wrong cause it
will only make our observers resent the
endeavor to impose on them. The
mouth is the seat of one class of emo
ton, as the eyes are of another; or
rather, it expresses the same emotion
but in greater detail, and with more
irrepressible tendency to be in motion.
1t is the region of smiles, and of tremb-
ling tenderness; of a sharp sorrow, or a
full breathing joy; of candor, of reserve,
of anxious care, or liberal sympathy.
The mouth, out of its many sensibilities,
NAV be fancied throwing up one great
expression into the eyes-as many
lights in a city reflect a broad luster
into the heavens.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

THE MONSTERS OF THE EDEEP.-Sword
fish are very powerful. An exchange
says: ave remember Captain Stones
telling of an incident which occurred
while he was running the brig Jose
phine' between Honolulu and Jarvis
Islands, about 1858. The brig was an
extraordinary sailer, and while going at
her full speed, ten miles an hour, she
was struck directly under the stern
counter, with such shock as to jar the
whole vessel and to awaken the captain
out of a sound sleep, who supposed that
the brig had struck whale or reef.
Immediately the pumps were started,
but there was no water in the hold. On
returning to port the brig was hove out,
to find the cause of the shock, when,
near the stern-post, imbedded in the
thick plank, the blade of a sword fish
was found, fully twenty inches in
length. To have hit the brig under the
counter, the fish must have been going
in the same direction as the vessel; and
one may imagine the speed with which
it moved to have plunged its sword
twenty inches through the planking. 1t
must have been going at the rate of
twenty or twenty-five miles an hour,
and evidently intended to hit the brig,
supposing it to have been a whale.
From this one can get faint idea of the
fights which take place among the mon
stsrs of the deep.n
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

SEVENTH FOR A BABY.-In Ne
braska, not long since, a game of
"seven-up" was played, little girl of
five summers being the prize. The
father had played and lost everything
he had, and while under the influence
of liquor, proposed to put up his little
girl against certain amount of money.
The proposition was at once accepted,
and the game begun. At the last hand
the game stood-father, 5; opponent 2.
In the deal the father received the fol-
lowing trumps: King, ten, seven and
trey. His opponent received ace, jack,
four and deuce. The father begged and
was given one, which made him within
one of going out. Confidently believing
that the game was his, he threw down
the king and trey, eXclaiming: "Can
you beat that for high or low ?n His
opponent replied that he could beat both,
and showed his hand, and claimed high,
low, jack and the game. The claim
was denied, the father hoping that he
could make the game himself The
game went on, resulting in the success
of his opponent, who secured the game
by two points. The winner still has
the child, and states that he Intends
keeping it, unless the father uses the
law to regain his loss She is in good
hands, much better than those of heT
father, who is a widower, and a man OF
dissipated habits, although the pOssessoT
of kindly heart when not under the in
fiuence of liquor.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
A LOST HOUR.

A golden hour on a summer morn,
When half the world was still;
The dew was fresh on the new-mOwn hay,
And the bridal veil of the young day
Hung o'er the purple hill.
The sheep-bells tinkled cross the slopes,
Sweet as elfn chime;
Butterflies fitted athwart the down,
Bees went murmuring, busy and brown,
Over the fragrant thyme.
a Ianguid calm and a dull content,
Silence instead of speech;
The wind sighed low and the lark sang high,
But the golden hours of our lives went by'i
And drifted out of reach.
We both went back to an eager life;
But in its pause to-day
The gleam of that golden hour returns,
And my jaded spirit frets and yearns
For one chance swept away.
The years creep on and the heart grows tired
Even OF hopes fulfilled, &
And turns away from the worlds strong wine
With fevered lips that must ever pine -
For that pure draught We spilled. %
And yet perchance when our long day wanes,
(Age hath its joys late born),
We shall meet again on the green hillside,
And find, in the solemn eventide,
The hour we lost at morn.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

No doubt that work is a luxury, and
a very great one. 1t is, indeed, at once
q luxury and a necessity. No man can
retain either health of mind or body
without it. So profoundly do 1 feel
this, that one of the principal objects I
would recommend to benevolent and
practical persons is, to induce rich
people to seek for larger quantity of
this luxury than they at present possess.
Nevertheless, it appears by experience
that even this healthiest of pleasures
may be INDUCED in to excess, and that
human beings are just as liable to sur
felt of labor as to surfeit of meat; so
that, as on the one hand, it may he
charitable to provide, for some people,
lighter dinner and more work, for 9TH
ers it may be equally expedient to pro-
vide more dinner and lighter work.
Ruskin.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

A WOOING NOT LONG A DOING.-It is
told that Abernethy, attending a lady
for several weeks, observed those admir-
able qualities in her daughter which he
truly esteemed to be calculated to render
the marriage state happy. Accordingly,
on Saturday, when taking leave of his
patient, he addressed her to the follow
ing purport: "YOu are now so well that
l need not see you after Monday next,
when 1 shall come and pay you my fare
well visit. But in the meantime, [ wish
you and your daughter seriously to con-
slider the proposal [ am about to make.
1t is abrupt and unceremOnious, l am
aware; but the excessive occupation of
my time by my professional duties
affords me no leisure to accomplish
what desire by the ordinary course of
attention and solicitation. My annual
receipts amount to -, and | can settle
- on my wife. My character is gen.
orally known to the public, so that you
may readily ascertain what it is. /
have seen in your daughter tender and
affectionate child, and gentle and lady
like member of a family. Such per-
son must be all that a husband covets,
and l offer my hand and fortune for her
acceptance. On Monday, when 1 call,
L shall expect your determination; for
1 really have no time for the routine of
courtship." In this humor the lady
was woOed and won; and we believe we
may add that the union was felicitous in
every respect.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
THE FOOT BRIDGE.
BY MARIE s. LADD.

Throughout the long hours of the day
How many tread its yielding plank,
That safely bears them on their way
Across the stream to either bank.
A motley throng, perhaps in haste
To chase their phantom, though II flies;
Once grasping it, they hope to taste
The blissful joys of Paradise.
And yet, what thoughts beat through the brain
In time with footsteps fast or slow;
What hopes they carry in their train,
Or what unrest, we may not know.
Could all their fancies take dim form,
And hover in the ambient air,
How strange and sad would be the charm
That little quiet bridge would wear.
But to that bridge who will repairs,
And passing leaves no other trace
Than that which constant treading wears
Upon its hard, enduring face.
Yet on our varied way in life
We leave the marks where we have been,
Disclosing in the restless strife
The silent path we tread within.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17
PAYING HER WAY.

What has my darling been doing to-day,
To pay for her washing and melding2
How can she manage to keep out of debt
For so much caressing and tending?
How can wait till the years shall have flown.
And the hands grown larger and Strongere
Who will be able the interest to pay,
II the debt runs many years longer2
Dear little feet! How they fly to my side :
White arms my neck are caressing;
Sweetest of kisses are laid on my cheek;
Fair head my shoulder is pressing.
Nothing at all from my darling is due
From evil may angels defend her
The debt is discharged as fast as tits made,
For love is a legal tender!
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

Charles Bradlaugh, in a recent letter,
has called attention again to the claim
frequently put forth by so many paper
money advocates that the years of sus-
pension in England-1797 to lS21-were
years of great prosperity. He says in thR
first twenty years of the present centuu
the poverty and misery of the artisan
classes in England were so marked that
Shelley wrote:
what is freedom ? Ye can tell
That which slavery is too we'll,
For its very name hath grown
To be the echo of your own.
'Tis to work and have such pay
As just keeps life from day TO day
In your limbs in a cell,
For the tyrant's use to dwell;
So that ye for them are made,
Loom and plough and hoe and spade,
With or without your own will bent
To their defense and nourishment"
Mr.. Bradlaugh adds that "between
1900 and 1921 we had bread riots plenti-
full in London, Glasgow, Manchester,
and Exeter. In 1919 a meeting of the
starving near Manchester ended in the
Peterloo massacre, and yet Mr.. Phil
lips talks of England's 'uuexampled
prosperity at that date! If Mr.. Phillips
will consult Mr.. Gladstone, Mr. Leone
Levi, or Dudley Baxter, he will find
that British prosperity in trade and
manufactures increased in proportion as
we were freed from the paper insolvency
which hindered our real business"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

A correspondent writes to know why
we do not publish more original poems.
The trouble is generally that they are
not long enough. Most young writers
confine themselves to twenty or twenty
five verses, and the sentiments have no
opportunity for expansion.-NorlOicb
Bulletin.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

Two nests of "bumble beesn have re-
Gently been sent from New England to
Canterbury, New Zealand, to assist in
the propagation of the common clover
plant,
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

Miss Anne Whitney, who has made
one of the prize models of Charles Sum-
ner, has completed statue of Adams
for the State of Massachusetts,.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-17

Entered, according TO Act of Congress, in the
year 1873, by Mrs. a. ]. Duniway in the office of
the Librarian of Congress at Washington City ]
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-08
Committee on Invitation

In regard to the handling of trains
in this city Saturday, Sunday and
Monday last, it appears that the North
Missouri also handled several. They
had from the South 234, and sen,
South llS. not counting flats, passen.
ger cars or working trains.
The X. 81 ID. NJ. also transferred to
the Central and North Missouri POS,
which docs not include any for Sun
day, and only few on regular trains
No record being kept of through
trains, which including the 1886 cars
from the c. d. @. foots up 1862, and
including the forty cars transferred by
the Iowa Central makes the total mum
Der handled here from Saturday NOR
ming to Monday evening 1892 cars. =
If this number of cars, allowing "a X
feet to the car, were made up into
trains they would reach, without
counting engines or tenders, over fif-
teen miles.