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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16
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SHOPPING FOR DRY GOODS.

A woman enters dry goods store, 80. ..
Steps up to a clerk who stands near the door.
Asks him to show her the latest style;
And she pulls over the goods meanwhile,
Says shes "I want dress for my niece; -
Will you please show me that under piece?
Oh didn't see 1t twas polka spot. " '"'
That is too near the oneshe's got. ...
That piece with the stripes would just suit me
It's just as pretty as it can be.
But she wants a better covered ground.
With q sort Of vine running all round, 80,
She don't want too dark, nor yet very light:
Nor striped piece, nor yet very bright,
I think she d like what you showed me last,
But do you think the colors are fast?
Cut off bit before decide,
I'll take the piece home and have 1t tried. :
I had dress like that last fall,
And the colors didn't wash at all.
I like those patterns there on the end;
I'll take few samples for friend
And bit of thsif you'll be so kind.
They are the incest styles I've seen this year!
I most always do my trading here, ..
I've got piece that came from here
Tve;forgot the price; twas pretty dear
It's sort of plain black stuff. - -
Iwan't to match it-I've not enough, a..,
Do yon think you have it in the store?
The dress is spoiled if can't get more
Will you put these samples in bill s.-. ,..
III know where got them if you will.
I'll take them home. If she thinks they'll do,
You'll see me back in day or two.''
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

raised her up. "Hold on by the side while I
make fast rope around you"
And then stood up to hail the boat-the
boat as warn't there for in those brief mo-
ments she must have capsized, and we were
alone on the sinking steamer, which now lay
in the trough of the sea.
As soon as got over the horror Of the
feeling, sort of stony despair came over me /;
but when saw that pale, appealing face at
my side, looking to me for help, that brought
the manhood back, and in saying encoura-
ging things to her I did myself good.
Ny first idea was to make something that
would float us, but gave that up directly, for
I could feel that was helpless; and getting
the poor girl more into shelter, took g bit
of tobacco in sort of stolid way, and sat
down with cork life buoy over my arm, one
which I had cut loose from where it had
hung forgotten behind the wheel.
But I never used it, for the storm went
down fast, and the steamer foated still water
logged, for three days, when we were picked
up by passing vessel, halfstarved but ho-
ping. All during that time my companion
told me that she was the attendant Of one Of
the lady passengers on board; and at last, when
we parted at the Cape, she kissed my hand,
and called me her hero, who had saved her
life-poor grimmy me, you know.
It warn't long, though, before we met
again, for somehow we'd settled that we'd
write; and twelve-month after, Mary was
back in England, and my wife, That's why
said took her out of the hands of death,
though in selfish sort of way, being far, you
know, from perfect. But what say, speak
ing as Edward Brown, stoker, is this: Make
good fight of it, no matter how things may
look, and leave the rest to Him.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

A WISE ANswER.-Some of the fancies Of
the Jewish Talmud are very witty and neat.
Particularly so are those sort Of apothegms
which illustrate or defend some attribute of
God by answering an infdel's objection.
The following is a perfect specimen Of Orien-
tai retort: r -s..,, ..ss,..r. IS
A prince once said to Rabbi Gamaliel:
"Your God is thief; he surprised Adam
in his sleep, and stole rib from hin"
The rabbits daughter overheard this speech,
and whispered word or two in her fathers
ear, asking his permission to answer this sim
gular opinion herself. He gave his consent.
The girl stepped forward, and feigning ter
ror and dismay threw her hands aloft in sup
plication, and cried out:
Mt!t ss: Rsppsssd ssis 16s p41sss
"a wicked theft has taken place." she re-
piled. "a robber has crept secretly into our
house and carried away silver goblet, and
left gold one in its stead"
"What an upright theft" exclaimed the
prince. "Would that such robberies we're
of more frequent occurrenceP said the prince.
"Behold, then, sire, the kind ofthief that
our Creator was he stole rib from Adam,
and gave him beautiful wife instead"
"Well said |" avowed the prince. non.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

MISTAKEN KINDNESS. father who,
for great portion of his life has struggled
with poverty, is unwilling that his children
should have similar experience. So he de-
Mia himself indulgence. in even necessary
things that he may save and make for his
family. The mother, remembering how irk-
some household tasks were to her in her girl
hood, permits her daughters to lead lives Of
domestic ease and Incidence, thinking that in
so doing she makes the best manifestations in
her power of maternal love. As, q natural
consequence of this view on the part of the
parents, we see growing up all around Us
young men and women perfectly useless for
all the practical purposes of life-unable to
cope with misfortune. intellectual or moral
fibre is otinherent; it must be built up from
within, and is the result of independent
thought and action. The sooner boy can be
made to wait upon himself, to think for him.
self, to act for himself, the sooner will the
germs of true manhood begin to develop with
in him. 1t is no kindness to surround him
with such attention and care that he will not
be compelled to learn the lesson Of selfreli-
ance, of patient industry, of persistent hope.
The real crowns of this world are crowns Of
labor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

HISTORY OF ALcoHoL-Alcohol was in
vented nine hundred and fifty years ago, in
Arabia. Ladies used it with a powder to
paint themselves that they might appear more
beautiful, and this powder was called alcohol.
During the reign Of William and Mary an
act was passed encouraging the manufacture
of spirits. Soon after, intemperance and
proAigacy prevailed to such an extent that
the retailers of intoxicating drinks put up
signs in public places, informing the public
that they might get drunk for penny, and
have some straw to get sober on. In the six
teenth century distilled spirits spread over
the continent of Europe. About this time it
was introduced into the Colonies, as the Uni
ted States was then called. The first notice
we have Of it's use in public life was among
the laborers in the Hungarian mines, in the
fifteenth century. In 1751 it was used by
the English soldiers as cordial. The alco-
hol from Europe was made from grapes and
sold in Italy and Spain as medicine. The
Genoese afterward made it from grain, and
sold it as medicine in bottles, under the
name Of the "Watsr of Life" Until the
sixteenth century it was kept BY apotbecaries
as medicine. During the reign Of Henry
VIII brandy was first known in Ireland, and
soon its alarming effects induced the Cover
nor to pass law prohibiting its manufacture.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

nothing for himself but his arrows and his
blanket, and will, in the annerindicated, ride
two or three days and nights, passing over six
ty to one hundred miles in each twenty-four
hours. When the nearest camp is reached
his story is taken up BY other Indians, and in
like manner carried in every direction. The
speed with which the news travels depends
upon its Importance, but in this way the In.
dians often beat the telegraph, and their first
reports, if they come direct, are generally to
be relied upon. The runner who brings great
news is feasted from one tepee to another, and
it is not until the story begins to grow old
that be lets loose bis imagination and adds to
the original in order to keep up the interest
in him ss the bearer of great news. There
are always volunteers, and frequently two or
three will start for the same point, but the
one that gets in last is bound to tell the big:
gest story, if he has to deny the statements of
bis rivals or cut lis story out of the whole
cloth in order to do so. Hence the conflict
ing reports .ai'H
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

STARTLED WATcHERs.-We find the fol-
lowing credited to the Morganton On. C)
Blade: "Mrs. Roney. Of this county, had 9
child that had been sick with sore throat for
several weeks, and one day last week it SEEM
ed to die It had no pulse SO far as persons
present could discover. It was laid ont for
dead, and coffin made. The persons sitting
up with the corpse grew sleepy and were nod.
din,g. when suddenly the child threw aside it's
grave cloths, got up from the table where it
had been laid, and went to the cupboard and
got something to eat. As soon as it saw that
some one was awake, it called loudly for milk.
Such was the superstition that no one would
for some time. touch or 60 near the child.
The mother came in, and after some hesitancy
caught her hand, and the electricity seemed
to restore her courage and convince her
that it was no ghost. She got the milk for
the child. After eating itaWsap placed In bed.
1t seems that this sudden exhibition of
strength was freak Of nature fors in four
hours afterthe child died indeed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16
DAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1876. e

About one hundred and twenty years ago it
was used as beverage, especially among the
soldiers in the English Colonies in North
America, under the preposterous notion that
it prevented sickness and made men fearless
in the field of battle. It was looked upon as
a sovereign cure. Such is the brief history
of its introduction into society as beverage.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

INDIAN RUNNERs.-A correspondent from
the Siox country writes: This system Of In
dian runners seems to be understood. If i'm
portant news is to be carried, an Indian gorges
himself with meat and takes short nap,
mounts one of the aeetest of their ponies and
rushes along like wind until his horse requires
food, when he mods a few times while bis
horse satisfies his hunger from the luxurious
meadows, when the ride is resumed. The
runner needa nothing for bis pony and takes
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

A GIANT MAN AND W1FE.-There is on
exhibition, in store on State street, in this
city, perhaps the most remarkable couple in
the world-a man and woman who are giants
in stature. They are Mr.. and Mrs. M. V.
Bates, whose home is now in Seville, Medina
county, Ohio. They are each seven feet
eleven and one-half inches in height, the hus-
band weighing 478 pounds, while the wife
weighs 40 pounds. The common.sized visit
or, when placed between them, feels very much
as Gulliver must have felt when he fell among
the giants.
Mr., or Captain Bates as he is called, is a
finely y.proportioned man, of ruddy healthy
looking complexion, straight and military
looking in bic regimentals. His immense
stature is not so noticeable as that of his wife,
who seems almost awkward somehow, on ac-
count of her length, she being actually taller
for woman than he is for man. They are
people who, if not so wonderfully tall, would
be considered commonplace.
They are intelligent, however, and the lady
especially feels the awkwardness of her posi-
ton as the object of the curiosity and open
teresting conversation with our reporter, she
showed, openly, her dislike of the life she is
leading, and her longing to return to her home
in Ohio. Their home, by the way, was one
built and furnished especially for them. The
ceilings are twelve and q half feet big b, and
no doorway is less than eight and half feet
high. Of course they find the hotel accom-
modations unsuitable to them wherever they
60, as the doorways are SO low and the beds
80 short. ~ saf 2, =. .....
One of the strangest facts about their histo-
~ is that they were the children of common
people. Mrs. Bates father was only FIVE feet
four inches in height, while her mother was
only common-sized woman. Her brothers
and sisters are of no remarkable height. Cap
tain Bates father was six feet two inches in
height-a tall man, but a dwarf, compared
with his son. Bates is now twenty-nine years
of age. He is native of Letcher county,
Kentucky. His wifeis Nova Scotiau, twen-
ty:seven years Of age. They were married in
London, England, while travelling in that
country on exhibition. Rochester Ezpress.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16
LOVER AND HUsBAND.-Perhaps there

LOVER AND HUsBAND.-Perhaps there Is
no more painful time in woman's life than
the time of transition, when the assiduous
lover is passing into the matter.o of:fact hus-
band, and the wooer is gradually changing
into the master. Women, who are so much
more sensitive than men, more sentimental,
too, and less content to trust in silence to az
undemonstrative affection, are for the most
part happy only while they are being made
want to be told twenty times day, and to
have the harmonies of life enriched by q
crowd of occasional notes." embroidering
the solid substance by which they live. Men,
on the contrary, get tired Of making love.
When they have vooed and won, they are
content to be quiet, and to take all the rest
for granted. They are not cold, however, be-
cause they are secure and to most-and
those the best-practical kindness is better
than Aattery; security ranks before excite
ment and hysteria, and life passed in serene
friendship, fearing no evil, knowing no break,
and needing no praising, is better than life
passed in a perpetual turmoil of passion,
where there are scenes and tears, and doubt
and broken hearts, if there are not endless
courtship and fatiguing demonstrations.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

The PENURIoUs POSTAL CARD.-One sees
some really Napoleonic meanness as the out.
come of the postal card system. a writer
saves sheet Of paper, an envelope, stamp
for postage and also the usual stamp for re.
turn postage-all by one dexterous postal
card. The spirit Of economy could no farther
90. But really, what rights in courtesy have
letter.writers who do not consider their cor.
respondents of Importance enough to give
their epistles to them the poor compliment OF
an inclosure2 How is q, communication to
be entertained when the writer confesses BY
the postal card that it isn't worth q sheet of
paper and postage stamp That the postal
card is very useful for circular notes, for an
nouncements, for communicating any simple
fact that does not call for q response, no one
can deny. But we submit that social custom
ought to establish that missive Of this kind
calling for: . response, excepting ION business
matters concerning the recipient, is an imper.
tinence; and that q postal card, partaking Of
the nature Of correspondence as ordinarily
understood, Is entitled to no respect or con-
sideration whatsoever. letons Journal.
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tor has been studying the csuss Of coughs, and
has come to tho conclusion that they are the
result of the presence Of parasitic fungus
in the air passages. In severe cases the par
asite r.ulhplies and take possession 1of the
lung cells. Quinine is said to posses the
power Of stopping the microscopes fungi and
Is, therefore, recommended as q remedy. The
Italian doctor has successfully used q powder
composed Of the chlorhydrats Of fquinine, one
part; bi-carbonate Of soda, one part gum
arabic, twenty parts. The soda is intended
to dissolve the mucns, the gum arabic to in
crease the adherence of the powder on the
bronchial passages. The blowing in Of the
powder should take place during deep in-
spiration of the patient, so that it may pence
trate the windpipe, the chief seat Of the mi
croscopic fungus. The remedy, whatever may
be the truth Of the, theory on which it is
founded, has the merit of simplicity, and if
its application did little good, it could not do
much harm. KS sss s..
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

The Moon AND THE WEATHER.-The no
ton that the moon exerts an influence on the
weather is so deeply rooted that, notwithstand-
ing all the attacks which have been made
against it, it continues to retain its hold upon
US. And yet there never was popular su-
perstition more utterly without a basis than
this one. If the moon really did possess any
power over the weather, that power would be
exercised in one of these ways-by reflection
on the suns rays, by attraction, or by emana'
ton. No other form of action is conceivable.
Now, as the brightest light of q full moon is
never equal in intensity or quality to that
which is reflected towards us by white cloud
on summer day, it can scarcely be pretended
that the weather is affected by such cause.
That the moon does exert attraction on US is
manifest-we can see it working in the tides
but Though it can move water, it is most un-
likely that it can do the same to air, for the
specific gravity of the atmosphere is so small
that there is nothing to be attracted. Lap.
lace calculated, indeed, that the joint attrac.
ton of the sun and moon together could not
stir the atmosphere at quicker rate than five
miles day. As for lunar emanations, not
sign of them has ever been discovered. The
idea of an influence being produced by the
phases of the moon is therefore based on no
recognizable cause whatever. Furthermore,
it is now distinctly shown that no variations
at all really occur in weather at the moment
of the changes of quarter, any more than at
any other ordinary times. Since the establish
ment of meteorological stations all over the
earth, it has been proved BY millions of obser-
yations that there is no simultaneousness what
ever between the supposed cause and the sup.
posed effect The whole story is fancy and
superstition, which has been handed to US un-
contradicted, and which we have accepted as
true because our forefathers believed it. The
moon exercises no more influence on weather
than herringsdo on the government ofswitzer-
land.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

How TO SETTLE THE INDIAN WAR--A
frontiersman suggests the following beneyo-
lent plan for clearing out the 'Injuns. He
says: "If I wus the Cover rment I'd buy lots
of barrels of whiskey and lots o big. knives,
sna ~ ggsy pg taagks s# il tha
they call q conference. After they'd gotthar
I'd knock in the head Of the barrels. and
scatter the knives all round loose, 80 they'd
be handy. Then I'd 60 away and leave the
Iniuns to themselves Of course they'd take
the whiskey and the knives, and before sum
down thar wouldn't be more than oneredskin
left, and then I'd go and knock his brains out
sfore he could do any more damage That,
sir, is the only reel way to settle the Injun
question. I've been among 'em, an / know.
Plenty of whiskey an long knives II FIX 'em
out, an nothing else will.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16

The BOY AS BARBAR1AN.-Th world
the boy lives in is separate and distinct from
the world the man lives in. It is a world in
habited only by boys. No events are impor.
tant or of any moment save those affecting
boys. How they ignore the presence of their
elders on the street, shouting out their calls,
their invitations, their appointments from our
midst, as from the veriest solitude They
have peculiar calls, whistles, passwords, by
which they communicate with each other at
long distances, like birds or wild creatures.
And there is as genuine wildness about
these notes as about those of q fox or coon.
The boy is asavage, a barbarian, in bis taste
devouring roots, leaves, bark, unripe fruit,
etc. and in the kind of music or discord he
delights ID. They have their fashions that
spread from city to city. In one ofour large
cities the rage at one time was an old tin can
with string attached out of which they tor
tured the most savage and ear.splitting dis.
cords. The police was obliged. to interfere
and suppress the nuisance. On another occa-
sion, at Christmas, they all came forth with
tin horns, and nearly drove the town distract
ed with the hideous uproar. Another savage
him up, and the chances are ten to one he will
lie his way out. If caught in one lie he in
vents another. knew boy who was in the
habit of eating apples in school. His teacher
finally caught him in the act, and, without re-
moving his eye from him, called him to the
middle of the floor. II saw you this time" !"
said the teacher. "Saw me WHAT" said the
boy, innocently. "Bite that apple" replied
the teacher. "No, sir!" said the rascal.
"Open your mouth I" and from its depths the
teacher, with thumb and finger, took out the
piece ofapple. didn't know it was there"
said the boy, unabashed. Nearly all the
moral sentiments and graces are late in ma
turing in the boy. He has no proper self-re-
spect till past his majority. Of course there
are exceptions, but they are mostly windfalls.
John Burroughs in Galaxy.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1876-11-16


CHEESE FOR CANNON BALLs.-The great
est ammunition that we have heard of lately
was used by the celebrated Commodore Coe
of the Montevidian navy, who, in an engage.
ment with Admiral Brown, of the Buenos
Ayres service, fred every shot from bis locker.
"What shall we do, sir?" asked the first
lieutenant; "we've not single shot board
round, grape, canister and double-headed, all
gone"
Powder gone, ehi asked Coe.
"No, sir-got lots Of that"
eve had confounded hard cheese-a round
Dutch one for dessert at dinner to-day, don't
you remember it Z" said Coe.
II ought to; broke the carving knife in
trying to cut it, SIR"
'"Are there any on board3"
"About two dozen-took 'em from q dro-
ver" r.. .- D.. ...a.. t...
"Will they 60 into the 1S.pounders'"
"By thunder, commodore, that's the idea |;
I'll try them," cried the first luff.
And in a few minutes the fire of the old
Santa Maria {Coe's ship, which had ceased
entirely, was opened, and Admiral Brown
found more shot flying over his head. Direct
" one of them struck his mainmast, and as
it did 80 it scattered in every direction.
What the devil is that the enemy are f..
ringw asked Brown; but nobody could tell.
Directly another one came in through g
port and killed two men who stood near
him then striking the bulwarks burst into
flinders.
"By Jove, this is too much; this is some
new Paixhan or other-1 don't like 'em at
all !' cried Brown. And then, as four or
five more of them came slap through his sails,
he gave the orders to 6ll away, and actually
backed out of the fight, receiving parting
broadside of Dutch cheese. ...
This is an actual fact Our informant was
the FIRST lieutenant of Goes ship.
DIVING FOR DR1NK.-One Of the hottest
regions of the earth is along the Persian Gulf,
where little or no rain falls. At Barhin, the
arid shore has no fresh water, yet a compare.
lively numerous population contrives to exist
there, thanks to copious springs which burst
forth from the bottom of the sea. The fresh
water is got by diving The diver, sitting in
his boat, winds great goat skin bag around
his left arm, the hand grssping its mouth
then he takes in his right hand heavy stone
to which is attached strong line, and thus
equipped he plunges in and quickly reaches
the bottom. Instantly opening the bag over
the strong jet of fresh water, he springs up in
the ascending current, at the same time clio
sing the bag, and is helped aboard. The
stone is then hauled up, and the diver. after
taking breath, plunges again. The source o.
these copious submarine springs is thought u
be in the green hills Of Oman, some 900 o.
900 miles distant.