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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11

A GREc1AN LEGEND.-When Bacchus
was boy, he journeyed through Hellas to 60
to Naxia and as the way was very long, he
grew tired, and sat down upon stone to rest
As he sat there, with his eyes upon the
ground, he saw little plant spring up be-
tween his feet, and was so much pleased with
it that he determined to take it with him and
plant it in Naxia.
He took it up and carried it away with him
but, as the sun was very hot, he feared ii
might wither before be reached his destina.
ton. He found birds skeleton, into which
he thrust it, and went on.
But in his hand the plant sprouted so fast
that it started out of the bones above and be-
low. This gave him fresh fear of its wither.
ing, and he cast about for remedy. He
found lions bone, which was thicker than
the birds skeleton, and he stuck the skeleton
with the plant in it into the bone of the lion.
Ere long, however, the plant grew out of the
lions bone likewise.
Then he found the bone of an ass, larger
still than that of the lion so be put it into the
ass's bone, and thus he made his way to Naxia.
When about to set the plant, he found that the
roots had entwned themselves around the
birds skeleton and the lions bone and the
ass's bone; and, as he could not take it out
without damaging the roots, he planted it as
it was, and it came up speedily, and bore, to
his great Joy, the most delicious grapes, from
which he made the first wine, and gave it to
men to drink.
But behold miracle when men first drank
of it, they sang like birds; next, after drink
ing little more, they became vigorous and
gallant like lions; but when they drank more
still, they began to behave like asses.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11

TRUST HER-Con6dence is everything be-
tween husband and wife; and woman who
loves, desires above all things to be trusted.
She would not be glad when he was sad.
She would not be ignorant of troubles and
anxieties. Anything is better to her than to
be shut out from the innermost of the life of
one who would be all hers as she is all his.
Women generally are averse to keeping things
to themselves, and husband is often over
dosed with confidence; but many really afec-
tionate men lead, as far as their wives are
concerned, double life.
Of that which is not domestic they think it
right to say nothing. Some grievous troubles
may be upon them-dread Of failure, certain
ty of loss, rumors of some mistake which has
plunged them into anxiety and they make
no 81 gn of it save by change of manner,
which to the women who are ignorant that
they have any cares, is incomprehensible
The wife would gladly be sympathetic, but
when frowning brow, silence, and the lack
of usual caresses, are all the tokens that she
has Of her liege lords trouble, all her boasted
intuition cannot keep her from flying to the
conclusion that it is personal matter-that
she is no longer loved, or that ne loves some
one else And I believe that much domestic
misery has been caused in the first place by
the mans secretiveness when he had no Sc.
crets which might not have been shared by
his wife.
You may say, why should he talk to one
who cannot understand or give counsel to a
being with such vague ideas of stocks, and
banking, and speculation, that she can only
wonder why things have gone wrong? Well,
there are many reasons: the woman who
holds him dear will give him more sympathy
than any living being, for one thing; and he
needs sympathy, whether he knows it or not.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11

help me, but do my best and hope you will ex-
cuse all mistakes. If you cannot come send or
write at once to me, if you please. remain, hon
ored sir Your humble Servant,
DANIEL PARKINSON,
Late of Foley's Circus Troupe, No. l6i-St. New
York City"
"Good God" cried Mr.. Bandford. II
must go at once-this very day. Carrie
alive-my little Carrie Please heaven, if
she's any where on the face of this wide earth,
III find her and bring her home"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11

are near.-May Dallas.
The HOTEL OF THE FUTURE.-The fol-
lowing is the translation Of an article in
Berlin paper, which will convey an idea of
the German estimate of the coming American
hotel:
The latest American progress in building
will be the mammoth Hotel" soon to be
erected in Chicago. The enormous hotel is
to have frontage of three English miles in
length, and depth of six miles; the height
is seventy seven stories, will measure 1880 feet
from the ground floor to the roof. The hotel
will have no stairs, but 500 balloons will al
ways be ready to take visitors up to their
rooms. No room walters are to be employed,
but visitors will be served by newly.patent-
ed automaton, put up in every bedroom, who
will do all shaving, shampooing, etc., to the
guests. by very simpl and ingenious mechan-
ism. Supposing the guest required hot water,
automaton will be able to call down stairs, "A
bucket of hot water to room No. 1882, ,1O7,"
and the water will be up in seven seconds by
a patented elevator. Half an hour before
table d. hote, instead of the ringing of bells,
gun (twenty.four pounder) will be fired on
each floor, to call the guests to get ready tor
their meals. The tables in the dining-rooms
will measure four miles each, attendance to be
by twelve walters, on horseback, on either
side of the table. Music during table d. hote
will be played-gratis- by eight bands Of
seventy.seven men each. For the convenience
of visitors, railway will be built on each
floor, as we'll as telegraph Offices The price
of bedrooms will be from one to ten dollars.
The cost of this building is estimated to be
$8O,0000OO. The blliard-room will contain
nine hundred American, ninety-nine French
and one English table: as most of the visitors
are expected to be Americans, the billiard
room will be fitted with spittoon Of one hun.
dred feet in circumference.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11

And then she has her rights, for she is q
partner in firm of two, and the books should
not be closed to her.
She is mate of the vessel in which he is
captain, and surely should know what shoals
are near.-Mary Dallas.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-03-11

PITY.-We are taught, by law Of civili-
zation which we call humanity, to feel for the
sorrows and distresses of our neighbors
Without the sentiment of pity, society would
be little better than menagerie Of wild ami
mails, wherein each fought for his own hand,
and no one gave thought to the suferings or
the rights Of others; but pity makes these
wild animals into men, and substitutes for the
sel6shness of individualism the community of
race and the duty of mutual help.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
Ancient Families.

A very searching investigation was
carried on few years ago, in the north
Of England, by two families who we're
searching up their respective ancestry.
The strife was great between them, each
one determined to look back into anti
qBities further than the other One Of
Che famiIiev, su'hSscsnnue was Spencer,
employed an artist to paint a historic
scene representing the building Of the
ark, and the loading up Of the ship by
Noah and his son with its multifarious
and various cargo. On the gang plank
leading TO the deck Of the lark two men
were seen rolling up n large box, on one
side of which was painted in large letters
"Relics insignia, and papers belonging
to the Spencer family" This was con-
sidered coup d'etat hard to beat; but
the other family, determined not to be
outdone in the antediluvian pretsnses Of
their name, prepared at great cost and
research a record Of their antiquity. In
describing the exploits of one Of their
ancestors, at a very early day, who was
represented as a man Of some authority
this remarkable passage occurs: During
this year Adam and Eve were driven
out of Paradise"
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
Ninteenth Century Superstition.

In the county of Newton, eight miles
from Covington, three families reside
near together. The first household con
sists Of husband, wife and two children,
and the third Of an old lady and son.
So strongly has the delusive idea inn
planted itselfin the minds Of the two lat
ter families that the widow is a witch
and in league with the evil powers, that
they refuse to allow her 10 visit or bor-
row anything from their houses. They
say she had made witch balls from the
tail of tric ked COW, which, If rubbed
against any article, will charm any one
who touches il. These people place
horse hoes over their beds and under
their doorsteps to kill the influence Of
the old woman's charms. They believe
that she intends 10 bewitch the whole
neighborhood and bring some plagne
upon its inhabitants. Silver bullets
have been nodded with which 10 shoot
her in case she intrndes upon the fami-
lies at night by creeping through the
keyholes or cDming down the chimney,
and silver dimes have been nniled in the
bottom Of the churn and well-bucket 10
prevent any other evil inauences.--[Cov-
ington (Ga.) Enterprise.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
Rich Men Buying Winter Homes IN
Florida.

From the Syracuse Courier.
Lake Monroe, which marks the head
waters of general navigation Of the St.
John, is abost ak miles long by six
wide, and is beautiful body Of water.
1t lies in latitude about 2sl degrees,
about ] 900 miles fouth OF Syracuse. On
the west border of the lake Hon. Henry
S. Sandford, late Minister to Belgium,
has founded a settlement named after
himself He has bought, ! don't remem-
Der how many thousand acres here, and
is planting orange groves and selling of
homesteads by the Wholesale. He has
brought over colony Of Swedes and
planted it here, and, singular to say,
these exotics from the extreme north Of
Europe are fourishing finely in this
tropical cline. The village Of Sandford
boasts several hundred Inhabitants, has
two or three churches-one, the Epicco-
pal, beautiful edilice, the gift Of Mrs.
Sandford-and INDUCES in great expee-
tations Of the future. Mr.. Sandford is
selling off little plots, for winter resi-
dences, to gentlemen Of wealth who will
put up creditable buildings. Among
other purchasers arc General Babcoclz,
of Grants staff, and Senator Anthony,
of Rhode leland.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
How They Drop Shot.

A reporter of Baltimore thus describes
one of the many processes of making
shot in one of the shot-towers of that
city:
One of the secrets of the manufac-
ture is the mixing of the lead with
certain proportion of a combination of
mineral substances called temper. The
temper is fused with the lead, and gives
the motion metal that consistency which
makes it drop, and without which the
lead would be moulded by the sieve, and
would form little pencils instead OF
round shot When 'B b shot, for-fn-
tance, are to be made, the lead is pour
ed into pan perforated with holes cor
responding to that size.
The little pellets come pouring in a
continuous shower, and fall into a tank
filed with water on the ground floor.
In their descent of two hundred feet
they become perfect spores, firm and
dense, and they are tolerably cool when
they strike the water, although the swift
conclusions make the tank foam and
bubble as if the water was boiling fur
iously. The shot must fall in the wa
ter, for if they would strike any firm
substance they would be 1attened and
knocked out of shape. II get the little
pellets perfectly dry after they have
been in the we'll is the most difficult and
troublesome process of the whole man.
ufacture.
An elevator with small buckets, livery
much like those used in -four mills) car
ries the shot up as fast as they reach the
bottom of the well and deposits them
in box sixty feet above the first 6oor
The water drips from the buckets as
they go up, and not much is poured in
the receiver above, although it is in
tended to be a sort of dripping machine
From this receiver the shot runs down
spout into drying pan, which great
ly resembles a gigantic shoe, made Of
sheet-iron. The pan rests at an angle,
which permits the wet shot TO roll slow
ly down TO the chamber below, and the
pellets become perfectly dry as they pass
over the warm sheet-iron.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
Rights Of Pedestrians.

In case tried before Judge Ludlow
in Philadelphia, witness testified that
the defendant Cunningham had deliber-
ately driven his wagon over a man who
was crossing the street at Market and
Front streets, and then refused to stop,
and was oyertaken at the top of the hill.
The defense was that the horse started
suddenly and the injured man was run
down accidentally. Judge Ludlow, in
charging the jury, said that the foot
ways and crossings belonged to the
pedestrians, and persons driving were
bound to notice the crossings and excr-
else care in driving over them, and If,
by negligence or after warning, the
driver drives over foot passenger upon
the footway, he would he guilty of as
sault and battery or aggravated assault
and battery, as the injury might be
slight or severe, or even of murder, il
the person was fatally injured. If a
horse starts suddenly, and is beyond the
control Of the driver, Of course he could
hardly be held responsible for accident
The jury were To judge from the evil
dence whether has injury was inflicted
unavoidably or by negligence. The ju-
ry found Cunningham guilty, with a re.
commendation to mercy, and he was
sentenced to three months. A few such
cases in Pittsburgh would be Of service.
Teamsters seem to think that pedestrians
have no rights which they are bound 10
respect
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
BUILDING ASSOCIATIONS.
Their Value to Those Desiring Cheap
HOmes-Why Some Loan AssOeia-
tiOns are Failures.

AS some odium has been incurred by
building associations on account Of
Court adjudications concerning the high
rates of interest charged, the following
from the Chicago Tribune gives the 9TH
er side as a matter of fairness:
"a share is issued to every applicant.
One dollar per month is paid on each
share. Each month the money on hand
is loaned to the shareholders who offer
the largest premium and can give the
best security. No loans are made ex-
cept on real estate. The premiums bid
sometimes amount TO 25 or even so per
cent. This is one source of income and
the monthly interest is another. Fines,
small in amount, rarely incurred, but
vigorously exacted, are still another
In eight and half years, the amount
paid in will amount to (102 months at
81 $202. Profits, interests and fines
swell this to $500, the par value of each
share. The shareholder then receives
this sum, thus making a net profit Of
S9S on an investment of S102, or, if he
has borrowed money, his mortgage Is
cancelled pro tdntO. A man can hold
any number of shares. This fact ena-
bles the laborer to buy his home. A
man who takes five shares in one of
these societies will accumulate 81 900 in
eight and one-half years, by paying $50
per year. If he borrows 81, 500 as soon
as he becomes stockholder, at such a
rate that he pays an average OF $40 a
year in premiums and interest (this is
the usual rate on loan of 81 500 and
buys with this sum a house and lot,
which are pledged to the society as Sc
curity, he will pay each year, 5000
that is, $50 on his shares and $40 on
his loan. At the end of eight and one
half years, his payments on his shares
will cease, and he will have 81 900 tc
his credit on the books, which will can
eel two-thirds of his mortgage. He
will then own his home, subject to {
mortgage of only $500. If he now take
three more shares, his annual dues will
be $50 on them and about S44 interest
$50 ia all. In eight and half year
more, his shares will be worth 5000
which will cancel his mortgage and Civ,
him 500 oaah. He has thus bough
his house and lot in seventeen years
paying $500 per year for half that time
and $50 annually thereafter. This
1920 in all. If he had rented such
house, he would have paid $500 yea
rent, or So, 400 in the seventeen year
and would then have owned nothing
If he can afford to take eight shares q
the beginning, his house will be pal
for in eight and half years. Thou'
ands of workmen have become smaI
: capitalists in this way. 4 summary {
the report Of one building and loan Sc
ciety, "The Artisans" shows that its n
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02


pa. if you do not object, to
open up the Yellowstone River by send
ing G,Eeral George A. Forsyth and
Colonel Grant, of my staff, up the Vel
lowstone to the mouth of Big Horn as
soon as the ice breaks, which will give
the lowest tide water, having already
secured steamboat TO make this ex-
ploration. If General Forsyth is sue
cessful will send General Custer with
a command from Fort Lincoln across
the mouth of Powder River, thence up
on the south bank of the Yellowstone,
crossing Powder River, Tongue River.
Rose Bud, and on TO the mouth of Big
Horn. This country is as yet entirely
unexplored. and the expedition may de-
velop a very valuable auriferous section,
and make the Father DeSmet story to
some extent true But I am Of the be-
lief that the mountain of mica has not
changed to gold.
1 will also send an expedition down
Wind River, through the Owl Greek
Mountains, from Fort Stambaugh, via
Fort Brown, to the mouth of Big Horn,
and will bring it back through the
parks about the headwaters of Powder
River, visited by Captain Mills and his
command last summer. These parks
are, for beauty. fully-squai 70 those de-
scribed so graphically by General Custer
as existing in the Black Hills of
Shyenne. l may also say, from my own
knowledge, that the valleys of Big and
Little Popaagle, Little Wind River and
Main Wind River, can scarcely be ex-
celled in beauty and fertility, while the
student of Nature will find there the
most extraordinary upheavals of earth
crust probably to be found on this con-
tinent. l am of the opinion that this
country is gold-bearing, but ofits abund-
ance there can only be conjecture at
present.
feel quite confident of our ability to
prevent intended trespasses on the rights
of Indians, and cavalry and infantry in
the department Of Dakota are being
moved at the present time to NEST avail
able points, TO carry out my directions
of September 8, of last year. Were it
not for these precautions on the part of
the Government, there might be re-
petition of the California Gold Beach
and Gold Lake humhugs, with still
greater suffering, as many of the persons
now crazy to go to the Black Hills, new
er think of how they are to exist after
they get there, or how they could return
in case of failure, If they will wait for
further information from the Govern
ment, which now seems to be desirous of
making concessions to meet these new
interests, there will be no one more will
ing than myself to aid in ascertaining
their value. So far as the troops are
concerned, will promise activity in the
present emergency and the conscientious
performance of duty. Should the point
from which miners start be so remote
as to make it impossible for our scanty
force to watch them, We can occupy the
two or three gaps in the Black Hills,
and efectually exclude trespassers.
Very respectfully.
P. II. SHERIDAN,
Lieutenant General.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
The Black Hills.

The Minneapolis Mail ridicules the
idea that our military forces can
prevent mining adventures from pene-
trating and prospecting" in the Black
Hills region, in this peculiarly North
western style: Keeping 10000 famished
COWS out of an unfenced field of hun
dred square miles of succulent corn in
July would be mere pastime compared
with this feat which the hero of Atlanta
undertakes. 1t is more like an attempt
to drive the grasahoppers from Minneso-
ia and Nebraska. Let gold from the
rude rockers of the Black Hills rivers
be actually exhibited in paying quanti-
ties in the Chamber of Commerce of
Chicago, and the good General Sherman
may proclaim, threaten, deciaim and full
inmate, in the name of the irresistible
United States of America, but he can
no more stop the emigration TO those
tempting Dakota knobs than he can
keep water from running down hill.
The invaders would continue to hur-
rah for Sherman, and respect the au-
thority of Uncle Sam, but they would
obey neither. Gold is aud irresistible
magnet 1t is universal fetish, and men
render to it primary allegiance.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
Spartan Grit

From the Iowa State Register.
At IL o'clock Wednesday night Mr.
Geo. w. Miles, who resides At ,3G9 Lo-
Gust stieet, East Des Moines, met with
an accident that he will not forget while
life lasts. He was engaged in running
a sawmill at Valley junction, FIVE miles
west Of the city. As he was placing a
log on the carriage, the cart hook with
which he was managing the stick, slip
ped and he fell backward, his left arm
striking the saw. The limb was severed
from his body in an instant, falling into
the sawdust pit beneath, into which Mr..
Miles also fell. It was a terrible situa-
tion--maimed, alone, no one within CALI
but the nerve Of the sufferer was Of the
heroic kind, and he was equal 10 the de-
mad.
lie groped about the pit with his re-
naming hand until he found the sever
ed member, which he picked up and
placed on a shelf. Then grasphing the
stump he kept back the blood while be
walked nearly quarter Of a mile 10 his
residence. Incredible "a this may seem
it is strictly true. Arriving At the house
he gave the alarm, and messenger was
dispatched 70 Des Moines for DR. Grimes,
who Immediately proceeded to Valley
Junction, arriving there six hours after
the accident. The doctor, assisted by
DR.. Ulrich, amputaled the stump, just
above the elbow, and at o'clock, yes
terday afternoon, the wounded man was
feeling quite comfortable, and Appeared
70 be in a fair way TO recover.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1875-04-02
The Hour Of Independence.

A few weeks ago the Evening Post
asked for information as to the exact
hour when the Declaration of Indepen-
dence was adopted. A correspondent, in
answer to the question, refers, to Rich
ard Frothinghanl's "Rise of the Repub-
from this work that the Declaration was
adopted in the evening. Congress, as is
well known, began its direct considera-
tion of the question of independence on
the 1st day of July, 1776, in Indepen-
dence Hall, in Philadelphia, by voting
to resolve itself into a committee of
the whole TO take into consideration the
resolution respecting independency, and
to refer the draft of the Declaration to
this committee. Benjamin Harrison
was called to the chair, and debate fol-
lowed which occupied the greater Part
of the day. This debate resulted in the
adoption of the resolution. The COM
mittee then rose, the President resumed
the chair, and Harrison reported the de-
CASiOH VI the COluAultlcO 4He fOL6 Oli
the adoption of the report was postponed
until the next morning. The next day,
the Sd of July, the report was adopted,
and then Congress went at once into
committee of the whole ito consider
adraft of Independence, or the form of
announcing the fact to the world" This
discussion lasted through that day and
the sessions of the Sd and 4th of July.
Frothing lam's account continues: "On
the erening of the 4th the committee rose,
when Harrison reported the declaration
as having been agreed upon. 1t was
then adopted" Congress, on the 18th
of July, ordered that the "Declaration
passed on the 4th he fairly engrossed,"
&C., and on the second day of August,
according to the same authority, the IN
strument, having been engrossed, was
signed.
This account does not fix the exact
hour, but it eliminates daylight from
the problem, and makes if appear that,
in certain sense, independence Day is
misnomer. We shall be glad to receive
further information on the subject
New York Post.