Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-04-25


zard his dinner. He couldn never be persuaded
to sleep under the roof Of house or even
under tent-cloth.
JESUS CHRIST.
The following is description Of Jesus
Christ, written by Publius Lentulus, Presi-
dent of Judah, in the reign of Tiberius Ce-
sar:
There lives, at this time, in Judah, a man
of singular virtue, whose name is Jesus Christ,
whom the Barbarians esteem as a prophet,
but his followers love and adore him as the
offspring of the immortal God. He calls the
dead back from their graves, and heals all
sorts of diseases with a word or touch. He
is tall man, and we'll shaped of an amiable
and reverend aspect his hair Of color that
can hardly be matched, falling into graceful
curls, waving about, and very agreeably
COUGHING upon his shoulders, parted on the
crown Of the head, running as stream to the
front after the fashion of the Nazarenes; bis
forehead high, large and imposing bis cheeks
without spot or wrinkle, beautiful with a
lovely red his nose and mouth formed with
exquisite symmetry; his beard thick, and Of
color suitable to his hair, reaching below his
chin, aud parting in The middle like fork /;
his eyes bright blue, clear and serene; look,
innocent, digni6ed, manly and mature; in
proportion of body, most perfect and captiva-
ting; his hands and arms most delectable to
behold. He rebukes with majesty, counsels
with mildness-his whole address, whether in
word or deed, being eloquent and grave. No
man has seen him laugh, yet his manners are
exceedingly pleasant; but he has wept fire.
quenty in the presence of men. He is tenn.
perate, modest and wise; a man, for his ex.
traordnary beauty and divine perfections,
surprising the children of nen in every sense.
PHILOSOPHY OF RA1N.-To understand the
philosophy of rain, II few facts, derived from
observation and experience, must be remem-
bered: Were the atmosphere everywhere, at
all times, of uniform temperature, we should
never have any rain, or hail, or snow. The
water absorbed by it in evaporation from the
sea and earth's surface. would descend in an
imperceptible vapor, or cease to be absorbed
by air when it was once fully saturated. The
absorbing power of the atmosphere, and con-
sequently its capacity to retain humidity. is
proportionately greater in warm than cold
air. The air near the surface of the earth is
warmer than it is in the region of the clouds.
The higher we ascend from the earth, the
colder do we find the atmosphere. Hence
the perpetual snow on very high mountains
in the hottest climate. Now when, from con.
tinued evaporation. the air is highly satura.
ted with vapor, though it be invisible and
the sky cloudless, it's temperature is suddenly
reduced, by cold currents descending from
above, or rushing from higher to cooler
latitude, its capacity to retain moisture dimin.
ished, clouds are formed, and the result is
rain. Air condenses as it cools, and, like
sponge filled with water and compressed,
pours out the water which it cannot hold.
How singular, yet how simple, the philoso-
ply of rain !-Nsw York Observer.
To SrRA1curEN WARPED WooDs-Ofall
the trials and vexations that beset beginner,
there are none more annoying than the ten.
dency of wood to warp. He sends to bis
dealer for small assortment Of fine woods,
and expects to receive them perfectly true
and fat Perhaps the woods are fiat when
they leave the dealer, but in transit they are
very likely to twist out Of shape, reaching
their destination badly warped. The express.
man may not be aware of the subtle nature of
these woods, and in not very gentle man.
ner, lays the package on damp, cold floor.
The dry wood sucks in the moisture on one
side, swels and curls. 1t should not be
difficult matter to cure this. If the wood is
in large piece, the convex or hollow should
be steamed or moistened little, and then
laid upon dry floor, holding it down with
smooth fiat board, upon which weights are
placed. When quite dry it will be found to
have regained its original shape. If the
wood is in small pieces it can be easily straight.
ened by gently steaming the convex side
over tea.kettle, and then holding the other
side toward the heat until it becomes straight,
when it can be left in press or under weights
for few hours Almost any warped woods
will yield under this treatment.-The An.eri-
can Builder.
No STEALING IN THE Built is told
concerning Senator Garrett Davis, that when
one day he was mapping in his chair. his next
neighbor poked him and said: "Wake up,
Senator, your name has been called" Half
asleep, the Kentuckian rose and asked the
Vice President, who was in the chair, what
the vote was on. The Vice President, gave
him the name of the bill, which was for the
benefit ofa Kansas railroad. "Ah |" exclaim-
ed Davis, now thoroughly awake, "but | want
to know, before I vote, the amount of steal
age in this bil9" Whereupon Senator
who was engineering the bill, a portly man,
whose clear conscience irradiated his counte'
nance, rose and said in meek tones: "If the
Senator from Kentucky will permit me,
will state that l have thoroughly examined
this bill, and assure him that if it contains
any opportunity for stealing I, cannot find
it," "All right, Mr.. President" responded
Davis, in his shrillest tone "if the Senator
C. int kha hill /