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The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1877-08-17
He Came from Ohio =.

The New York HeraU tells this. Il
is little apocrypha!, bat somewhat
amusing:
A rather amusing incident recently
penetrated the sombre morning sea-
son OF the custom house. Collector Ar
thur was sitting in his Office. musing
over the mutability of government
clerkships. when a stranger entered.
whose wholesale deliberation proclaim
ed him stranger from the great west.
For him the shades Of departed EN-
ployees had no terrors. but a dry smile
lit up his expansive cheek as. he care
lessly surveyed the apartment and
bowed to the collector.
What can DO for YOU" inquired
General Arthur
avail. jest larnei you'd bin dis
chargin' a hundred'n seventy five men
fur not tendin' ter business" said Old
Deliberate, IAN I've KUN all the way
from Ohio (signifcantly pausiug) ter
apply fer one ov them places"
The collector was considerably be.
wildered at all this, but lie FASTENED to
correct the mans misapprehension as
to the reason for the late changes. He
assured him that four -fifths OF those
discharged were very competent per--
sons
"But none Of EN- can beat me-" in
terposed the applicant. with look Of
self-spprcciation. "'Praps you don't
know who else sides me came from
Ohio. Why. ther wuk Hayes. Sex
rotary Sburman, Chief Justis Waite.
Senatur Nautilus all ov EN- belonged
thur"
A smile Of native superiority followed
the mention Of these ilustrious names,
but Gen. Arthur endeavored to tell him
how much influence was being used to
reinstate some Of the former good men.
That's jes ms ..sposed," answered
Buckeye. ian that's why am here
TN discipul ov civil service reform.
an amt got no pertickler influence
'ceptin' them names as spoke ov
want 10 kun in under the moo order ov
things"
The collector by this time was dis
Outraged and he informed the visitor.
ia unmistakable terms, that there was
no room III the custom house for one
so desirable as himself The disciple
OF reform was apparently convinced.
and hastily left the office as he intend
ed to take the next train for Washing
ton aud revenge
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

BENEFIT OF PA1N.-Life would be &C.
ries of disasters, without the warning voice Of
pain. Infancy would be MANNED or perish
before experience could inform it of its dan
ger Lord Kaimes advised parents to cut the
fingers of their children "cunningly" with a
knife, that the little innocents might associate
suffering with the glittering blade before they
could do themselves worse injury; but if no
smart accompanied the wound, they would cut
up their own fingers with the same glee that
they cut up stick, and burn them in can
die with the same delight that they burn a
piece of paper in the fire. Without pain we
could not proportion our actions to the
strength of our frames, or our exertions to its
powers of endurance. In the impetuosity Of
youth, we should strike blows that would
crush our hands and break our arms; we
should take leaps that would dislocate our
limbs, and, no longer taught by fatigue that
the muscles needed repose, we should con.
tinue our sports and our walking hours till we
had worn out the living tissues with the same
unconsciousness that we now wear out coat
and Shoes The very nutriment which is the
support of life would frequently prove our
death. Mirabeau said ofa man, who was idle
as he was corpulent, that his only use was to
show how far the skin would stretch without
bursting. Without pain, this limit would be
constantly exceeded, and expicures, experien'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

for the Ethiopian, the Assyrian, the Persian.
the Roman, and the Saracen have all lorded
it in turn in this ancient realm Of the Pha-
raohs. Now vexed no longer with the fleets OF
rival monarchs, the mighty river rocks with
slumberous swell the lotus lilies on its tran
quill breast, and its lonely banks, which have
rung so often in days gone by to the shrill
pecan of triumph, the palms in the sultry
nooutide throw their long shadows athwart
the ruined temples and colossal statues, grand
in execution and faultless in detail, which re-
veal in every outline the perfection to which
the arts of architecture and sculpture were
carried in this their earliest cradle. The soil
is strewed with fragments of broken columns
and defaced colossi. Buried beneath the
drifting sand of the desert, lie the glorious and
yet grotesque masterpieces of the Egyptian
chisel. Serene, grave, majestic, inundated
with food of harmonious light, the calm
features of the once inscrutable sphinx look
down upon US, as many centuries ago they
looked down in their grand repose upon the
wondering father of history. Time has press
ed lightly on these Titantic temples and vast
tomb places, but from their shadowy portals
the worshippers have gone forever. Desolate
and state-fallen, they open now only to admit
the curious stranger ChamberS Journal
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
Seletted guetrg.
KISSING THROUGH THE BARS.

KISSING THROUGH THE BARS.
When was but boy in years,
Near seventy years ago,
met romping laughing girl
Pure as the driven snow;
From spelling or from singing school
Beneath the glittering stars:
saw her home, but at the gate
kissed her through the bars.
And often then, when going by
Her house at eventide,
I'd whistle that familiar strain
"Oh, come! my bonny bride"
When to the road she'd blushing come,
Bright as the evening stars,
And clasp my hand so lovingly,
Then kiss me through the bars.
Now old and gray and bent with years
While in my easy chair,
sit and dream Of youthful days,
And hopes once bright and f,ir;
And fancy am young again,
And gazing on the stars
While waiting for my love to come
And kiss me through the bars.
While by my side sits my old wife,
With burrows on her brow;
But to me there's been no change
From blushing youth, till now;
But fsirer grown with lapse OF years,
Her love like twinkling stars,
Has never changed since first she met
And kissed me through the bars.
God bless this old gray wife Of mine
For what she's ever been
Since first we met at singing school,
And all the years since then;
And often now in walking out
Beneath the same bright stars,
She slyly asks me how I'd like
To kiss her through the bars.
Though seventy years have bleached our hair
White as the mountain snow,
Rnt tn me she looks as fair
AS fifty years ago
When roses bloomed upon her cheeKs,
With eyes that shamed the stars
As when boy saw her home,
And kissed her through the bars.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
MONEY.

What is money! Look at it; little circu
lar pieces of dingy copper, or shining silver
or gaudy gold. Can We eat it or drink it
or make garment of it -? or warm ourselves
at its glitter? No, handful of stones picked
up by the wayside would answer these pur
poses just as we'll. No, it is hard and cold
as the hearts of those who heap it up merely
to gaze upon it, and count it in secret day by
day, without thought of making one fellow
creature the happier for all their hoard
Money lying idle is like man lying idle-lum:
Der, only lumber. But now let US look around
and see what it can do when sent forth to
work at the bidding of man, and we shall &C.
knowledge mighty magician; for who can
count the good and pleasant shapes in which
it will return to its owners? Food and raj.
ment, fire and medicine, books, houses, horses
cattle, schools, ships, railroads, pictures, mu'
sic parks, gardens, museums all that may
help US to climb the hill of progress, to adorn
this beautiful earth, or to multiply the graces
of life. Money bears the good tidings Of the
gospel message over land and sea, to soften
savage hearts and draw closer the bonds Of
universal brotherhood. Money feeds the hun.
cry, clothes the naked, heals the sick, strikes
the fetters from the limbs of the slave.
Money is knowledge, power, freedom, beau
ty. Why then does St. Paul tell us that the
love of money is the root of all evil? Alas
the reason is not far to seek. Turn your eyes
from the sunny side Of the mighty magician,
and see the mighty shadow he casts upon the
earth. Once more, money has gone forth on
mans errand, and what are its transforms.
tions now? War, conquest, bloodshed, cruel
oppression, the gaming-table, the betting ring,
drunkenness, and all their ghastly train. Be.
hold it in the garb of the serpent, tempting
the house-breaker and the murderer to their
deadly deeds, lighting the gin palace in the
city, filling the village ale-house, emptying the
home freside. Beholding it severing the
dearest ties of kindred and friendship, listen
to it's whispering to the voter to betray pub
lie trust, watch it Turing men and women into
unhallowed marriages wherein love has no
part. Thus sings poet of the olden days:
"Gold begets in brethren hate;
Gold in families debate;
Gold does friendship separate;
Gold does civil wars create;
Gold alone does passion move;
Gold monopolizes love.
curse on her and the man -
Who this traffic first began;
curse on him who found the ore;
curse on him who digged the store;
A curse on him who did refine it;
A curse on him who did first coin it;
A curse, all curses else above,
On him who used it first in love-"
Leisure Hour.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

The origin OF THE P1ANo.-The piano
began to make its appearance about the be-
ginning of the eighteenth century. Its in
vention, like many others, is disputed, and
England, France, Italy and Germany claim
to have share in the honor. Pianos were
certainly made for the first time in the four
countries within very few years of each
other but in Germany alone did they sue.
ceed. Silbermann improved upon the inven-
ton of Schroeder, and constructed pianos
which met with Bach's appreciation. From
this dates the success of the piano in Germany.
Frederick the Great had no less than forty Of
Silbermann's pianos in his palace at Berlin /;
and when Bach visited him he insisted upon
the old man trying every one. Stein of Augs-
burg was also celebrated maker; and Mo-
Fart, in one of his letters describes the care ta-
ken by Stein in seasoning the wood, which
was exposed to all sorts of weather, and after.
wards had all the cracks filled up with slips
of wood glued into them. In England the
piano made no sensible progress until 1850,
when twelve German workmen-afterwards
called the "twelve apostles" s"-arrived in search
Unemployment. Dibdin, at a concert in 1857,
played on the first piano publicly exhibited,
and after that the instrument became very
popular, and harpsichords more and more in
disrepute Sebastian Erard made great
improvement in the touch; and Broanwood,
who came to London from Scotland in 1751,
introduced what he called his "grand action"
which removed many defects. From that
day until the present the piano in England
has been improving.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

A SCULPTOR Brown and Smith, two gen.
tlemen we'll known to every one who walks
the street, were out a few days since! when
they were met by an overdressed individual
who appeared as if he thought he was some
body, and wanted every body to know it.
"Do you know that chap, Smith ?" said
Brown. eyes know him-that is, know
of him." "Well, who in the name of sense
is be ?" "Why, he's sculptor" "Such a
looking chap as that sculptor-surely you
must be mistaken" HE may not be the
kind of one you mean, but I know that he
chiselled a tailor-out of a suit Of clothes
last week."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08
PECULIARITIES OF THE ARABS.

No Arab is curious Curiosity with all
Eastern nations is considered unmanly. No
Arab will stop in the street, or turn his head
to listen to the talk of bystanders. No Arab
will dance, play on an instrument, or indulge
in cards or any game of chance, since games
of chance are forbidden BY the Koran. New
er, moreover, invite an Arab to take a walk
with you for pleasure. Although the Arabs
are on occasion good walkers, they have no
notion of walking for amusement. They on.
ly walk as matter of business. Their tenn
perance, their outdoor habits, render all out
door exercise, for exercise sake, unnecessary ;
they cannot, therefore, understand the pleas.
ure of walking for walkings sake. What
Arabs like best is to sit still, and when they
see Europeans walking up and down in pub
lie in Algeria, they say, "Look, look the
Christians are going mad!" The Arab does
not even mount on horseback except as a
matter of business or for his public carousals.
And when you do walk, you should not walk
quickly, just as in talking you should not talk
fast or loud, for the Koran tells you, "En-
deavor to moderate the step, and to speak in
a low tone, for the most disagreeable of voices
is the voice of the ass."
Indeed, it was observed by famous Arab,
"Countless are the vices of men, but one
thing will redeem all, propriety of speech"
And again, "Of the word which is not spo-
ken, am the master but of the word which
is spoken, l am the slave" The famous
proverb, speech is of silver, but silence is of
gold, is a motto of Arabic origin.
A silent, grave people are the Arabs, and
polite one too, very much given, neverthe
less, to highway robbery on large scale; but
the Arabs tent is always open to you, and
you can get any amount of coucoussou, cam
els milk or roasted mutton, if he has it. You
will be treated as guest from God as long as
you are under his roof, after which your hap
pness is in your own hands, which means
that your host, who fed you in the evening,
may, at decent distance from bis tent, rifle
your saddle. e.bag in the morning, and let the
powder speak to you if you object, after
which Allah be merciful to you!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

p@ A Harrisburg fowl fancier gives this
experience: When woman makes up her
mind that hen shall not sit, and the hen
makes up her mind that she will, the irresis.
tible meets the immovable, and every law of
Nature is broken or perverted.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

cling no uneasy sensations, would continue
their festivities until they met with the fate
of the frog in the fable, who was ambitious of
emulating the size of the OK. An eminent
physician mentions the case Of gentleman
who had lost the sense of heat in his right
hand, and, who, unconscious that the cover of
pan which had fallen into the fire was burn
ing hot, took it out and deliberately returned
it to its proper place, to the destruction of the
skin of the palm and fingers. This Of itself
would be an accident of incessant occurrence
if the monitor were wanting which makes US
drop such things quicker than we pick them
up. Pain is grand preserver of existence; /;
the sleepless sentinel that watches over Us.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

p@ One of the most audacious English
quacks that ever lived, was j. Harrison Curtis,
"aurist." He knew almost absolutely moth
ing of the profession that he adopted, but he
got something of reputation, and was once
summoned to attend Sir Robert Peel, who was
suffering from temporary deafness. He went
provided with two watches, one that ticked
very weakly, and another that made as much
noise as clock. Peel began to question him
as to his mode of treatment, but Curtis, CIV
ing him dig with syringe, told him if he
didn't hold bis tongue some injury would be-
fall him. The quack at first applied the weak
ticking watch to Sir Roberts ear, and of
course he couldn't hear anything; but after
working for some time he applied the other,
and Peel could hear perfectly we'll. 1t was q
marvellous cure.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

RosEwooD.-It has puzzled many people
to decide why the dark wood so highly valued
for furniture, should be called rosewood. Its
color certainly does not look like rose, so
We must look for some other reason. Upon
asking, we are told that when the tree is fresh
cut, the fresh wood possesses very strong
rose-like fragrance, hence the name. There
are half dozen or more kinds of rose wood
trees. The varieties are found in South Amer.
lea and the East Indies and neighboring
islands. Some times the trees grow so large
that planks four feet broad and ten feet in
length can be cut from one of them. These
broad planks are principally used to make
the tops of pianofortes. When growing in
the forest, the rosewood tree is remarkable for
its beauty, but such is its value in manufac.
lures as an ornamental wood, that some of
the forests, where it once grew abundantly,
now have scarcely single specimen. In
Madras, the government has prudently had
great plantations of this tree set out, in or
der to keep up the supply.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

A MorHER's INFLuENcE-It is hard for
young mother who has not overcome the
wayward tendencies of her own youthful ma.
ture to realize the influence she exerts over
her little ones. She is constantly surrounded
by critical imitators who copy her morals and
manners. As the mother is, so are her sons
and daughters. If a family Of children are
blessed with an intelligent mother, who is
dainty and refined in her manners, and does
not consider it necessary to be one woman in
the drawing.room and an entirely different
person in her everyday life, but who is a true
mother and always tender, charming wo.
man, you will invariably see her habits of
speech and perfect manners repeated in her
children. Great, rough men, and noisy, busy
boys, will always tone down their voices and
step quietly, and try to be more nannerly
when she stops to give them kind word and
pleasant smile-for true woman will never
fail to say and do all the kind and pleasant
things she can, that will in any way help to
lift up and cheer those whose lives are shaded
with her care and toll. The mother of to-day
rules the world of tomorrow. Think of it,
dear sisters, and guard well your home treas
ures.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

PowHATTANs CHIMNEY.-A Gloucester
correspondent of the Richmond Wh;g says !:
"a short time ago I had the pleasure of visi.
ting what remains of the royal palace Of the
princely Powhattan, in this county. A huge
stone chimney, built in the most substantial
manner, with broad fireplace on which logs
four feet long can be put, marks the place SO
replete with interest to the Virginian archie.
ologist. 1T situated on the York, at the
mouth of what is now called Timberneck
creek but the king of the forests called it
Wereowocomico, on the farm owned by Mr..
John H. Seawell. A rude cabin has been
built to the chimney, and now, around the
same hearth where his majesty the King Of
Pamaunkee and their royal highneases the
princes and princesses gathered to smoke their
native weed, a son of Africa, with bis broken
stemmed chalk pipe, gathers bis sable brood,
all unconscious that royal feet have stood
where he now stands, and royal forms have
lain where he now lies. Here that event
which doubtless saved the colony is said to
have occurred-the rescue of Captain Smith
by Pocahontas. This old chimney, known
as 'Powhattan's Chimney is one Of the few
reminders left us by time of the great Indian
king"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-11-08

THE LAND OF THE PHARAoHs-Thep past
lends to Egypt charm more enhancing than
its cloudless skies and delicious climate. Go
where you will, antiquity meets you at every
turn. Around you lie the ruin of cities whose
very names have been obliterated in the 81
lent march of the ages Before you flows the
sacred river upon whose waves foated, centu-
ries ago, the little ark of the outcast Hebrew
infant, and the golden barge Of the gorgeous
daughter of the Ptolemies. Time was when
this old Nile was the highway down which
many successive nations rushed to conquest,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10

KEEP YOUR AGREEMENTS
reason why many people do not get
along in the world is because they can
not be depended upon. They do not
keep their agreements. When they are
weighed in the balance Of actual affairs
they are often found wanting. They
are seldom on time. The workman who
is always on hand at the appointed time
and place, and does his work according
to agreement, is sure to get along. To
a young mechanic, starting in life, the
habit Of promptness and punctuality is
worth more than thousand dollars
cash capital-although thousand dol
lars is not to be despised. The trust
worthiness of the faithful workman
produces money; but the untrustworthi-
ness of the unfaithful one causes him to
lose money. This is an everlasting
principle. He who would be perma-
nently prosperous must keep his en-
agements.-Ledger.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10

DIR. Tut has been en-.
gagged in the practice Of
medicine thirty years, and
fora long time was demon.
strator Of anatomy in the
Medical College Of Geor-
gia, hence persons using
his Pills have the guaran-
tee that they are prepared
on scientific principles,
and are free from all
quackery. =
lie has succeeded in
combining in them the
heretofore antagonistic
qualities of n styength<ss-
,ng,fargative, anda fav-
tying tonic.
Their first apparent ef-
feet is to increase the ap-
petite by causing the food
TO properly a ssimilate.
Thus the system is nour.
ishcd, and by their tonic
action on the digestive or
gans, regular and healthy
evacuations are produced.
The rapidity with which
teyssxs take on flesh,
while under the influence
of these pills, Of itself in.
dicates their adaptabilitY
to nourish the body, and
hence their efficacy in cur.
ing nervous debility, mel.
ancholy. dyspepsia, vast
ing of the muscles, slug
gishness of the liver
chronic constipation, and
:rgth to the system. Sold
iu: ray Street, New York,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10

Johnny, where's your father ?" ask
ed Hill street mother of her son, un-
expectedly returning from a weeks Wis
it at the end of the third day.
"Gone fishing with the hired girl"
was the loconic reply.
Lightning didn't strike that house,
nor an earthquake disturb it, but the
husband found devastation when he re-
turned.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10
DRUGS AND MEDICINES.
V!EGIE'TINE
Purifies the Blood, Reno
Mates and lnvlgorates
the Whole System.
lis MEDICAL PROPERTIES ARE
Azteru4ius, Tonic, SOlvesit
AND DIURETIC.
Reliable Evidence.

Mr.. II. Il. STEVENS:
Dear S!r--l will most cheerfully
adj my testimony to the great
number you have already received
in tavar of your great and good
ms4iri,ie. VEGErINE, for do not
think enough can be said In its
praise. for l was troubled over
thirty years with that dreadful
disease, Eatarrh, and had such bad
coughing spells that it would seem
as though ] never could breathe
any more, and VEGETINE has
cured me; and ! do feel to thank
God all the time that there is so
good Il medicine as VEGETINE,
and ] also think it one OF the best
medicines for coughs and weak,
sinking feelings at the stomach,
and advise everybody to take the
XEGErlNE, for | can assure them
it is one of the best medicines
that ever was.
Mrs. L. GORE,
Cor. Magazine and Walnut sts.,
Cambridge, Mass.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10

In addition to the above. I keep large stock
Of all grades of Smoking Tobacoos. from Soc.
per pound to $500 per pound, and 10000 Cigars
of my own manufacture, from SIS to go per
thousand.
Don't forget the place. When you come to
town give me a call, and you will see that I can
supply you with anything pertaining to the To-
bacco trade at the very lowest prices.
Respectfully,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10

Too many embrace religion from the
same motives that they take compan-
ion in wedlock-not from true love of
the the person, but because of q large
dowry.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1877-07-10

What we want in religion is not new
light, but new sight; not new paths
but new zeal to walk in the old paths
not new duties, but new strength from
on high to fulfill those that are plain
before US.