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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06
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GOSPEL SPIRIT.

The gospel of our blessed Lord and Saviour
Jesus Christ, dsseminates amongst the human
family civilization totally different from the
codes of legislators. 1t is emphatically a
gospel of peace. The gospel spirit is spirit
of peace. This is simple result, since it is
founded on the broad base of love to God
and love to man. Strifes, broils, contentious
and wars are at variance with the gospel.
Were there no sin in the world, there would
be no strifes amongst individuals, and no wars
amongst the nations of the earth. The ten
dency of the gospel is to beat the sword into
a plowshare, and the spear into pruning
hook.
The man that embraces the truth in the
love of it, receives new nature. His soul
is filled with pure and holy affections, and
his sin-troubled passions are quieted. He
desires to live at peace with all men, and all
men to he at peace with him. His love, like
the love of his divine Master, knows no
bounds. He loves all who loves Jesus, and
ardently desires that all will come to knowl-
edge of the truth and embrace the Saviour.
The gospel spirit is a forgiving spirit. The
true follower of the Saviour is like his Mas.
ter, in that he is ready to say in his heart
respecting those who transgress, "God forgive
them" With the Saviour, there is forgive
ness, and his spirit in this respect is imbibed
by all his followers. None are so ready as
the devoutly pious. to pardon and forget the
wayward trausgressor. The feeling that all
his own goodness has been given him, keeps
him humble and forgiving and the knowl.
edge of the fact that his abstaining from sin
is not due to any thing in himself, but is
wholly due to the restraining grace of God,
makes him pity the poor sinner. The spirit
of the gospel is gentle, kind, plying and
forgiving spirit.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06

SOMETHING UNDER IT.-A good old Dem.
ocrat of Chicago, when his beautiful and &C.
complished daughters asked him for fifty
cents each to enter for a spelling tournament
in which they were sure they would win the
first prize-a copy of Webster-replied, en-
phatically, "No, girls, no. It's rascally
Wing trick, there's something under all this.
I see that Webster once to Washington when
he was in Congress, and Inever believed that
they did hang him for numbering DR.. Park
man, but that his last words, L still live,
would yet come true. And they have, aud
he's just trying to work off some Of his old
spelling. book truck on the market. No, my
dears your father has travelled, and is up to
these games, bet your sweet lives"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06
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D1sAGREEABLE HAB1rs.-Nearly all the
disagreeable habits which people take up,
come at first from mere accident or want of
thought. They might be easily dropped, but
they are persisted in until they become second
nature Stop and think before you allow
yourself to form them. There are disagree
able habits of body, like scowling, wnking,
twisting the mouth, biting the nails, contin-
ually picking at something, twirling key or
fumblng at chain, drumming with the
fingers, screwing and twisting chair, or
whatever you can lay your hand on. Don't
do any of these things. Learn to sit quietly,
like a-gentleman, l was going to say, but |
am afraid even girlsfall into such tricks some
times. There are much worse habits than
these, to be sure; but we are only speaking Of
very little things that are only annoying
when they are persisted in. There are habits
of speech also, such as beginning every speech
with "you see," or, "you know" "now-a," Il
don't care" "tell ye what" "tell ye now"
Indstinct utterance, sharp nasal tones, slow
drawl, avoid them all. Stop and think what
you wish to say, and then let every word drop
from your lipsjust as smooth and perfect as a
new silver coin. Have a care about your
ways of sitting and standing and walking
Before you know it, you will find your habits
have hardened into coat of mail that you
cannot get rid of without a terrible effort
Little CORPORAL.
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06

HE COULDN'T RESIST THE ODDs.-A son
of the Faderland went into Barney Galligan's s
saloon the other day and called for drink
Barney shook his head, saying: "No, you are
drunk now."
81 bade you not"
"Well, I'll bet you fifty dollars to one that
you are drunk" said Barney, while quite
number gathered around to see the fun.
"Good enough, bade you," said he, pulling
out fractional currency enough to make up
dollar. "Now, who will you leave it mid ?"
"I'll leave it to yourself Are you not
drunk ?"
"Yes, by jingoes, am" said he, mourn
fully, take der dollar"
-, A friend of his happened to be in the crowd,
and upbraided him for deciding against him
SELF
"But it was der drudh."
"Well, suppose it was what did you want
to be fool enough to bet for, then?"
Il couldn't help it, der odds was so gread,"
he replied, turning away more in sorrow
than in anger.-Bethlehem r. ~ Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1875-05-06
RESSIE,S IDOL.

If Bessie Rice had set herself the task Of
making herself miserable, she would have
not succeeded any better than she did. You
would say she had everything a little girl
needed to make her happy; yet she thought
quite the reverse. The reason of her contin-
ual unhappiness was because she was always
thinking Of self, and thinking of every event
that took place in reference to herself.
If some one said "what lovely summer
shower; how much good it will do the with
ering fields and gardens!" you would very
likely hear Miss Bessie complain, 80! | did
not want it to rain at all. watered my
verbenas early this morning, and now this
rain has come. / cannot wear my new mus
lin at all when 60 out, for l shall be sure
to soil the hems"
"What a kind woman Mrs. Dayton is, to
clothe those two little Moore sisters up so
neatly for school and church. I wish I was
rich, too, so I could do such acts of charity
said cousin Rose.
II wish," said Bessie, "that Mrs. Dayton
had left the Moores alone. She has bought
them warm school wraps exactly like mine
and I would never wear mine again, if mother
would let me throw it away. Worse still,
she sent to mother for the pattern of my new
sacque, to cut theirs by. really think che
did it for no other reason in the world than
just to plague me. have been just as mise
rable as could be over it ever since. 1t is
dreadful to be obliged to wear clothes like
such beggar children as those People may
think that we are friends, and that we went
out shopping together, and bought our things
alike Oh purpose"
Do you think such spirit would be very
happy in heaven? Do you think that one
who indulges it is growing Christ-like, and 80
fit for that happy home e?-Presbyterian.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
Frozen to Death i'm the Water.

The Nashville Banner gives the fol-
lowing particulars of the terrible death
of two men
"About dusk last evening, while two
men, whose names we were unable to as
certain, were seated i'll canoe, engaged
in catching the driftwood floating down
the Cumberland, not far above the wa
ter-works and close to the shore, the
canoe capsized, throwing them into the
cold depths of the river. The river was
not very deep at the point where the ac-
cident occurred, but, as they were una
BILE to swim, their condition was certain
ly n very critical one. Their canoe
drifted away, leaving them standing in
the river, which was of course very cold,
rendering them doubly SO from the fact
that their clothes was saturated with
water. They raised their voices to the
highest pitch, and cried lastly for help,
but the seconds heightened into minutes,
and still none came.
"Their cries were Mt last heard by n
gentleman riding near the bank of the
river, and, answering his inquiries, they
asked him for Gods sake to send canoe
out to them, or they would freeze TO
death. He told them that he did not
know where he could find one, but
would endeavor to do so, and rescue
them from their perilous situation.
He galloped away on this mission of
life and death, and at last, and after a
long interval of time, as it seemed to be,
had passed, procured one and fastened
to their succor. As he approached the
spot from which he had spoken to them
he called to them, but received no re-
Spouse. After wasting several minutes
in this manner without receiving any
answer, he went close to the bank, where
a sad and CHASTITY sight met his gaze.
Leaning half way out of the water, with
their hands clutching in a firm death
grasp some bushes, where the unfortun-
ate men frozen to death. Their bodies
were removed to a suitable place to await
the time of their interment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
Vie. Goes for Theodore Again.

Mrs. Victoria G. Woodruff publishes
the following letter in her paper Wood
hull d Clafin'S IVeekIy-respecting the
Tilton-Beecher case
In reply to the many who are some
what acquainted with the basis of the
facts regarding the relations that existed
between Mr.. Tlton and myself, and who
are insisting that / shall not rest another
moment under the insinuations cast upon
me by him in his evidence of Tuesday of
last week, l ask them to be patient. i
am the one more deeply interested than
anybody else, and, if ! can afford to wait
for my justification, others can surely
afford TO do SO with me. [ am aware
how indignant many of my friends feel
on count of the slurs cast upon me,
4 trough me upon the cause of social
edom, by Mr.. Tilton. But / have
earned that the laws of immutable JUS
ice always eventually bring the truth
nd the right uppermost and ! can bet
ter afford to let them run their course
than to possibly abort their purposes by
attempting to interfere TO forestall their
Judgment.
81 decided before the trial began to
llOJ iuCtIltAt III an uliulltI Will It's IJIOS-
ress. If Mr.. Tilton thinks that, with
the rendering of the verdict, this case
will be concluded, he will learn his error
possibly too late to avert the doom that
he is inviting upon his head. The infin-
itely greater and more important part of
this case Will be undecided when this
trial shall have closed. 1t is in the YER
diet that shall follow the one which this
court will render that l am chiefly con-
cerned. The mere present is nothing
when compared with the infinite future.
He may struggle now to make the shad-
ows he has cast upon my name and fame
heavier and darker but when he shall
stand unveiled, as stand he shall, he will
blush as deeply for his present efforts
as he now pretends to for what has
passed.
"After this trial is closed, / shall have
n plain, simple statement of facts to
make, in which there is set forth the
truth in detail about all that has occurred
since the ODD day of May, 1861, in which
any of the parties to this scandal were
involved. That statement will be all
that is required to confirm the truth or
expose the falsity of Mr.. Tiltons testi-
mony regarding his relationship with
me. Wait patiently for it, as L shall
wait to give it.
"VICToRIA G.. Woodruff"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
A Horrible Affair.

One of the strangest and most horrible
of sensational incidents took place the
other day at Puteaux. A party of chill
dren who were playing in the environs
discovered floating in the air and partly
entangled amid the branches of tree,
a white parcel, upborne by means of
some twenty or thirty little red toy bal
looms, which were attached to it. The
attention of the police being called to
this singular object, it was brought down
and the package opened, which proved
to contain the corpse of newborn in
FAINT. Investigation into the matter
brought to light the following facts
The child was that of poor toy-maker
and his wife Just after tho confinement
of the latter the husband had died sud
denly, and all the household goods and
chattek had been seized for rent. The
unhappy woman was driven mad by this
accumulation of misfortunes she killed
her infant, and then went out and threw
herself into the river, leaving behind her
written paper, in which she declared
her intention of committing suicide, and
said that she chad gotten her baby all
ready to go up to heaven" A sadder
tale with stranger termination ii would
be hard to find. The toy balloons evil
IDENTITY had formed part of the dead
husbands stock in trade.-Pdris letter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26

preferred against your wife. In other
words, how you reconciled that state
ment with the fact that she is charged
with adultery
Answer (hesitatingly)-Well, sir, that
/ is sad question. L can answer only for
my own judgment of her behavior
not for other peoples opinions. You
must remember, sir, that L knew Eliza
beth when was 10 years old that be-
came her confessed lover at 16; that /
was married to her mt 20, and that, for
fifteen years of our married lives, / held
her in my reverence, perhaps almost to
the point of making her an idol of my
worship and when she came to her
downfall it was the necessity of my own
heart that must find some excuse for her.
Other people might blame, but l must
pardon her. L found that excuse in the
fact that she had been rapt up i'll her re-
lgious teacher and guide, and had sur
rendered her convictions to him. She
went at his beck and lead trustingly !;
she walked after him like one blinded.
l thought she sinned her sin as one en-
tranced. / did not think she was a free
agent / think she would have done his
bidding if, like the heather priest in
Hindoo, he had babe her throw her child
in the Ganges, or cast herself under the
Juggernaut. That was my excuse for
Elizabeth.
AS he spoke thus sorrowfully of the
weak woman who had tangled her own
infirmities in the net of her ruin, his
voice faltered and began to tremble.
There was great silence in the room,
so that the rustic of woman's dress was
heard clearly by every one. All eyes
fastened upon Elizabeth Tilton, whose
cheeks We're crimson, and who shrunk
from the glare of curiosity like wound
ed animal. Beecher's own gaze was
fixed upon the gas-jets in the ceiling
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
THE BROOKLYN BATTLE.
The Alleged Creed of Mrs. Tilton.
fTiltons Evidenced

She said she was not judged by me
nor her mother that she loved God and
did not believe God would have permit
ted her to enter into those relations if
they had been sinful, and she said par
ticularly that neither her mother nor |
had made il the business of our lives to
understand what was right or wrong as
Beecher had +; that Beecher was a clergy
man, n great and holy man, and that he
had repeatedly assured her that their
relationship was not sinful, and she did
not see how it could be sinful. He had
told her that love justified all things
that love had various expressions-one
expression was a shake of the hand, an
other was kiss on the lips, another was
sexual intercourse-that it made little
difference what the expression was, if
the love was right its rightfulness justi-
fed all the various expressions of it, and
that she believed, before God, that her
love for Beecher was right, and his for
her was right, and, therefore, she did
not see how any of the various ex-
pressions of it could be sinful that she
rested on Beecher for that, since he had
told her so over and over again.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26

while the others, noticing my swaying
about on the animal which / rode, began
to think that / had found something
serious in my race for life. In fact, the
PLAIN was rising and falling and shutting
about so that 1t took n great amount of
nerve and equipoise to sit az / ought.
They got me into Fort Laramie, however,
with uncle's promissory notes oil safe in
my breast pocket ; while my boot full of
blood, and the CALLING flesh wounds in
my shoulder, accounted for the odd
maneuverings of the plain while / was
on horseback.
After brief but desperate conflict, Bill
Wolf was brought in, and passed over to
the proper officers " to have and to hold, "
until there should be meted out to him
the measure he had given others.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
Wit and HumOr.
FC fee-male-Irwin.

A Pacific fee-male-Irwin.
MATERIALIzED spirits-Frozen whisky.
A MOUNTAINOUS event-Andes election.
A RARE fower-The pink of politeness.
BURNING words-A dictionary in
flames.
The Freshman class of the Granville
co. Female College embraces eight
young ladies.
No MAN can read about all these bur,
glaries without determination to haveS
his wife sleep on the front side of the bed.
BDDY, did you put an egg in the
coffee to settle it? "Yes, mum put
in four. They were so bad / had to use
the more of them"
If anything will impress the human
mind with awe, it is the expression on
mans face when he has just been aroused
from snoring in church.
THE Hottentot of the st. Louis Jour
nal perpetrates the following: "The
President perpetrated pun once, and
it was this Yes, my popping the ques-
ton to Mrs. Grant was purely an AKA
Dent"
AN Irish peasant being asked why he
permitted his pig to take up its quarters
with his family, made an answer abound
ing with satirical naivete "Why not
Doesn't the place afford every convan-
fence that pig can require
HEPwoRTH Dixon is surprised to find
L..
twang. Poor old Hep He ought to
loaf around the suburbs Of Detroit and
hear women yelling to strange boys to
"keep off'n that air gait "-DetrOH
Free Press
The Philadelphia Ledger doesn't write
any obituary poetry outside of Philadel-
phia. This is the style in which it men
tons the death of a small boy of Lowell
"Lowell-Saturday. Two little boys
and pistol. Now, only one little boy
and pistol.
A woULD-BE school teacher in Toledo
recently replied to a question by one of
the examiners, "Do you think the
world is round or fatl" by saying,
"Well, some people think one way and
some another, and I'll teach round or
flat just as the parents please.
WAC, with the word "whoa,"
brought horse driven by young man
to dead stop. "Thats fine beast of
yours, says the wag. eyes, pretty
good sort of an animal, but he has one
fault. He was once owned by q butcher,
and is sure to stop whenever he hears a
calf bleat."
This may answer some up-country
editor, but we amt that kind
Complexion clear polished wax;
Her tongue az sharp as carpet tacks;
Her eyes dark. bewitching blue;
Her voice IL pure and heightened, too;
Her necks like Annie Lauries swan
Her words you'd love to dwell upon:
Her teeth pearly, clear, and white,
You almost wish your ear she'd bite
"HEARD about Pete and Jake 2" in
quired one boy of another SIS they met
near the City Hall yesterday. "No;
what's ter pay 2" was the reply. "Wall,
I'll tell yer, but the p'leece mustn't git to
hear word. Jake he called Pete
flop, and Pete he called Jake a cater
pillar, and they shook hands and agreed
to have it ont next Monday. Jake is
eating eggs and raw beef, and Pete is
down to the slaughter-house smelling
blood, and / tell you therell be the most
awfulest time Monday you ever heard
of !"-DetrOH Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
WHAT WAS HIS CREEDs

He left load OF anthracite
In front of poor woman's door,
When the deep snow, frozen and white,
Wrapped street and square, mountain and mo
That was his deed;
He did II well
''What was his creed?"
cannot tell
Blessed Sin his basket and In his store"
In sitting down and rising up;
When more he got, he gave the more,
Withholding not the crust and cup.
He took the lead
In each good task.
What was his creed?"
did not ask.
His charity was like the snow,
Soft, white and silent In its fall;
Not like the noisy winds that blow
From shiyering trees the leaves; pail
For flowers and weed,
Dropping below.
What was his creed? "
The poor may know.
He had great faith in loaves of bread
For hungry people, young and old,
And hope inspired, kind words he said
To those he sheltered from the coid
For We must feed
As well pray.
What was his creed?"
L cannot say.
In words he did not put his trust;
His faith in words he never writ
He lQyed To share his cup and crust
With all mankind who needed it.
In time of need
A friend was he.
"What was his creed?"
He told not me.
He put his trust in heaven, and he
Worked well with hand and head;
And what he gave in charity
Sweetened his sleep and daily bread.
Let us take heed,
For life is brief.
- What was his Creed?"
"What his belief?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26

A YOUNG man in Williams College,
having been seen in rather intoxicated
state several times, was told by the col
lege authorities that if found again in a
similar condition he would be expelled.
One day, having taken drop too much,
he met the President, who Indignantly
said Drunk againi" "Sho-o am
/ was the reply.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26

BRuYERE once said: can inconsistent
woman is one who is no longer in love;
a false woman is one who is already in
love with another person; tickle woman
is one who neither knows whom she
loves nor whether she loves or not, and
the Indifferent woman one who does not
love at all.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
KISSING THE CHILDREN.

Kisses In the morning
Make the day seem bright.
Filling every corner
With CLEAN of light;
And what happiness he misses,
Who, affections impulse scorning.
Departs, and gives no kisses
To the children in the morning.
Many think II folly;
Many say it's bliss;
Very much depending
On whose lips you kiss
But the truth l am confessing.
And I'd have you all take warning.
II you covet any blessing,
Kiss the children in the morninQi
Kisses in the evening
when the lights are low,
Set two hearts ATTAINING
With affections glow.
And the angels swarm in numbers
Round the pillow they are pressinpl
Who are wOoed 10 peaceful slumbersl
by dear ones fond caressing.
Kisses in the morning
Are not out of place;
Kisses in the evening
Have n special grace;
And IL seems 10 me that this is
For indulgence lawful reason;
Sweetest tulips-I mean kisses =
Ye are never out Of season
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26
Tho seIf-Abnegating Love OF TiIton,
tChioago Tribune Report.l

Question by Fullerton-In answer to
a question put by Mr.. Evarts with re-
gard to your wife, you answered: "I
think my wife loves everything good and
hates everything bad, and believe to-
day she is good woman" Now, 1 want
to ask you the foundation for that belief,
in view Of this charge that had been
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-02-26

THERE are 125 Y. M. G. A. s in Penn
sylvania.