Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1877-07-26

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"My son," said lady to me, not long since,
'is much prejudiced against a young girl
whom I admire, because she is constantly
sending him notes, inviting him to be her es.
cort here and there, and planning to have
him with her." A modest and dignifed re-
serve, which is neither prudery nor affecta-
ton, should distinguish your manner to gen.
tlemen. Too great familiarity and too evil
dent pleasure in the society Of young men
are errors into which no delicate and pure
minded girl should fall.
SKETCH OF Mrs. CHAMBERLA1N.-The fol-
lowing sketch of Mrs. Chamberlain appeared
in the National Republican recently, which
paper is giving biographical sketches of the
female department clerks at Washington:
Miss Alice C. Ingersoll, at present the wife
of Ex. Governor Chamberlain, of South Caro-.
lima, was pronounced one of the loveliest wo.
men who eyer trod the marble halls of the
treasury. Married now, she has gone to grace
new sphere of duties, more in accordance
with her earlier life. It does not seem inop-
perfume to place her here among these wo.
men, as the recent prominence of her husband
in national affairs will interest many in know
ing where Governor Chamberlain found his
wife. The daughter of A. M. Ingersoll, for
many years member of Congress from New
York, she was reared in luxury and enjoyed
all the advantages of high educational cul.
ture. After the death of her father and when
his business matters were settled, the daugh-
ter found herself in penury, with an invalid
mother looking to her, as the weak ever do to
the strong. With the highest sense of duty,
she built the walls of protecting love around
the mother, and did the work cheerfully and
we'll that her hands found to do. Her faith
er's friends, among them William Pitt Fes-
sender, obtained for her an appointment in
the Treasury Department, and there she re-
mained, discharging her duties with the ut.
most satisfaction, until her marriage, around
which there fingers enough Of romance to
make it interesting. Mr.. Chamberlain, at
the time Attorney. General of South Carolina,
saw photograph of Mrs. Ingersoll in the
possession of friend, and was 50 much at
tracted by it that he Immediately came to
Washington and sought out the original ofthe
picture. The sequel was their marriage a
short time afterwards.
A PREcoc1ous PH1LosopHER.-A young
philosopher of seven years of age, who had
not got far enough to hear the Holy Scrip
lures disputed by science, listened attentively
in his fathers parlor, the other evening, to a
warm discussion on the Darwinian theory,
and, after the guests had departed, somewhat
surprised the paternal with:
"Father, don't believe Mr.. Darwin is
right"
"What ?" said the parent, looking down at
this unexpected reasoner, who stood before
him with little Bible in his hand; "you do
not, and why"
because, papa, my Biblesays God created
man in his own image and I don't believe it
was monkey"
swell, WE'LL" said the sire, laughing, run
along, Tommy, you are too young to talk
about such things"
"But, papa, almost the next verse says:
God saw everything He had made, and be-
hold it was very good Now it wasn't good
if men were monkeys, was it? For you are
gooder than monkey, amt you, papar
The CH1N.-Fortune.tellers are generally
skilfull physiognomists, and all the features Of
the human face do their share in enlightening
the understanding of the seers. The chin, at
the present day, is rather difficult to read, on
account of the increasing custom of wearing
beard A good chin should neither project
nor retreat much. A very retreating chin
denotes weakness and projecting one, harsh
strength, united with 6rmness, amounting to
obstinacy. A pointed chin generally denotes
acuteness. A soft, fair, double chin, general
ly denotes love of good living and an an
gular chin, judgment and firmness. Flatness
of chin implies coldness; small chin fear;
sharp indentings in the middle of the chin
point to cool understanding. The color and
texture of the skin, and of the hair and beard,
have also direct harmony with the features
These should be studied more than they have
been. A facility in drawing faces is of great
use to the student of physiognomy, as it ena.
bles him to note peculiarities of feature which
no written description would be capable of
preserving. a!." @er,..sQ,'t a:aaata,
WoMAN's MARRrAaE.-To marry one man
while loving and loved by another is about
the most grievous fault that . woman can
commit. It is a sin against delicacy, against
kindness and truth. It involves double
treachery and cruelty. 1t involves wounding
the spirit, whitening the heart, perhaps blight
ing and soiIing the soul of one who is aban-
doned and betrayed. 1t involves the speedy
disenchantment of the one who is mocked by
the shadow where he was promised the sub
stance, and who grasps only the phantom,
soulless beauty and the husk, the shell, the
skeleton of dead affection. 1t entails cease
less deception at home and abroad, by day,
and by night, at down-sitting and uprising
deception in every relation; deception in the
tenderest and most endearing moments of ex-
istence. It makes the whole of a life weary,
degraded, unrewarded life. A right-minded
woman can scarcely lay deeper sin upon her
soul, or one more certain to bring down a fear
full expiation. ''i. .'''''.' .- ..' .'.-.
ONE BRIEF YEAR AGo.-"Will you love
me this way when I'm old :" she asked, as he
empted handful of peanuts in her lap. ri
will, darling, swearit," he passionately pro.
tested, as he carefully laid aside his cigar and
commenced on what was left of the nickels
worth That was when the flowers were bud
ding and the birds were mating, one brief
year ago. Last night they sat again in the
cleaning, and who knows butthat their men,
ories reverted to the happy past; and yet,
when she asked for ffty.cent parasol, be re-
marked that woman whose face was as vel.