Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-12-20

ported of him, that in fencing, he could spring
at one bound the length of twenty feet on his
antagonist, and could use the sword in both
hands with equal dexterity. He had also
fine voice, and great skill in playing on mus-
cal instruments. His person and countenance
were alike eminently beau iful, which served
to set off bis accomplishments; for even vir-
tue never fails to be still more acceptable in
q graceful form. For the victory he gained
on the 4th of February, 1878, over the learned
men of the University of Paris, he had confer
red upon him the title of Admirable" The
very next day he attended fitting match at
the Louvre, where, in the presence of the
Court of France, he bore away the ring fifteen
times successfully. The last adventure in
which he was engaged, displayed his extraor.
dinary spirit and skill in feats of arms. Row
ing about the streets of Mantua one night
during the carnival, and playing on the gui-
tar, he was attacked by six men in masks.
His courage did not desert him on this critl.
cal occasion; be opposed them so stoutly1 that
they were glad to fly; and their leader being
disarmed, threw off his mask, and begged for
his life. How must it have wounded the sen.
sibility of Crichton to discover in the suppl.
ant Vincentio di Gonzaga, the son Of the
Duke of Mantua, whose preceptor he had been
chosen. Instead of merely granting the for
feited life, which was all that ought to have
been required, he fell on his knees, apologized
for his mistake, and presenting his sword to
the prince, told him that his highness was al
ways master of his poor existence, and needed
not to have sought bis death by treachery.
The brutal prince, either irritated by the at.
front which he had received, OF. stung with
JEALOUSY, ,grasped the instrument Of destruction
and plunged it into his tutors heart.
LITERARY MEN PUzzLED.-Cottle, in his
Life Of Coleridge, relates the following anus
ing incident: II led the horse to the stable,
when fresh perplexity arose. l removed
the harness with difficulty; but, after many
strenuous attempts could not remove the
collar. In despair I called for assistance,
when aid soon drew near. Mr.. Wordsworth
brought his ingenuity into exercise but, af-
ter several unsuccessful efforts, he relinquish.
ed the achievement as thing altogether i'm.
practicable. Mr.. Coleridge now tried his
hand, but showed no more grooming skill
than his predecessors for, after twisting the
poor horses neck almost to strangulation and
the great danger of his eyes, he gave up the
useless task, pronouncing that the horses
head must have grown (gout or dropsy y since
the collar was put on; for he said it was
downright impossibility for such huge os
tronta to pass through 80 narrow a collar.
Just at this point a servant girl came near,
and, understanding the cause Of our conster!
nation, La, MASTER said she, you don't 90
about the work in the right way. You should
do like this : when, turning the collar COM
pletely upside down, she slipped it of in
moment, to our great humiliation and won
derment, each satisfied afresh that there were
heights of knowledge in the world to which
We had not attained"
SAND P1Es.-St. Petersburg, the capital Of
Russia, is the haven for children who have
propensity for making mud and sand pies. In
many of the small public parks of that city
there are, here and there, large open spaces
covered with gravel. Every morning in each
of these spaces may be seen large pile OF
sand, cone-shaped, about four feet high and
six feet in diameter at the base. After break
fast all the children of the neighborhood,
equipped with little spades, hatchets, and
wagons, repair to these cones, and employ
themselves in digging them down and scatter.
ing the material, according to their fancy,
over the gravel spaces. The next morning
the cones are all ready for another assault.
The city government provides the sand, and
has it piled up in cones each night. The re-
suit of this simple plan is that the children
acquire fondness for exercise and labor, and
get that healthful open.air amusement so es.
sential to their vitality in city. Perhaps
they always get the usual maternal spanking
for soiling their clothing, but that is one of
the sweets of the halcyon days Of childhood
that can be looked back to in after years with.
out revengeful feelings: la
A M1srAKE.-A young man who thinks
he can lead reckless and proAigate life un.
til he becomes middleaged man, and then
repent and make good steady citizen, is de-
luded. He thinks that people are fools des.
titute of memory. He concludes that if he
repents, every body will forget that he was
dissipated fellow. This is not the case; peo-
pie remember your bad deeds and forget your
good ones. Besides, it is no easy thing to
break off in middle life bad habits that have
been formed in youth. -. rii ra5l-r,.
When horse contracts the habit of balk.
ing, be generally retains it through life. He
will often perform we'll enough till the wheels
get into deep hole, and then he stops and
holds back. Just so it is with the boys who
contract bad habits. They will sometimes
leave off their bad tricks, and do we'll enough
until they get into q tight place. and then
they return to the old habit. Of those boys
who contract the bad habit of drunkenness,
not one in every hundred dies sober man.
TRUE HosP1rAL1TY.-The true hospitality
of home is never loudly demonstrative. 1t
never whelms you with its greeting, though
you have not doubt of its perfect sincerity.
You are not disturbed by the creaking Of the
domestic machinery, suddenly driven at IN.
wonted speed for your accommodation. Qui-
etly it does its work, that it may put you in
peaceable possession of its results He is not
q true host, she is not the best hostess, who is
ever going to and fro with hurried action and
hurried manner and heated countenance, as
if to say, "See how hospitable I can be-" but
rather the one who takes your coming with
quiet dignity and noiseless pains taking, who
never obtrudes attention, yet is very attentive
all the while; who makes you in one word
the most expressive word in the Engl
tongue ito be at home. There is no richer,
deeper, larger hospitality than that.
,ts...
WoMAN.-The origin and meaning of the
word "woman" having been quite recently
under discussion in the pages of London
Notes and Queries, 8 Dublin man sends the