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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21
THINGS WORTH KNOWING.

1. That fish may be scaled much easier by
dipping into boiling water about minute.
g. That fish may as we'll be scaled, if de-
sired, before packing down in salt, though
in that case do not scald them. #
8. Salt fish are quickest and best fresheued
by soaking in sour milk.
T. That milk which is turned or changed
may be sweetened and rendered fit for use
again by stirring in little soda.
5. That salt will curdle new milk; hence
in preparing milk porridge, gravies, &C., the
salt should not be added until the dish is pre-
pared. r...~ a-.. ~ #.
6. That fresh meat, after beginning to sour,
will sweeten if placed out of doors in the cool
over night.
7. That clear boiling water will remove
tea stains and many fruit stains. Pour the
water through the stain and thus prevent its
spreading over the fabric. .a n...n. ..
8. That ripe tomatoes will remove ink and
other stains from white cloth !; also from the
hands.
6. That a tablespoonful of turpentine boiled
with your white clothes, will aid the whitening
process. ..;. r.a... -
10. That boiled starch is much improved
by the addition of little sperm, or little
salt, or both, or little gum arabic dissolved.
II. That beeswax and salt will make your
rusty fiat irons as clean and smooth as glass.
Tie lump of wax in rag and keep it for
that purpose When the irons are hot, rub
them first with the wax rag, then scour with q
paper or cloth sprinkled with salt. .s
IL. That blue ointment and kerosene mixed
in equal proportions, and applied to bedsteads,
is an unfailing bedbug remedy, and that
coat of white wash is ditto for the walls of
log house. -. bs p -, ":
13. That kerosene will soften boots or shoes
which have been hardened by water and rem
der them as pliable as new. " ''
II. That kerosene will make tea kettles as
bright as new. Saturate a WOODEN rag and
rub with it. 1t will also remove stains from
the clean vanished furniture. saI -
15. That cool rain water and soda will re-
move machine grease from washable fabrics.
Cut this slip out and place it in book for
reference-Q. Yi, in alexander Post. + -
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21
STUDIES AMONG THE SIOUX.

A Dakota correspondent of the Evansville
Qnd.) Journal says: They have a keen
sense of the ridiculous, particularly the wo-
men, and somewhat of humor. l think it
was Running Antelope who said that when
he first heard of it, he was much surprised
that the white men killed their Saviour, but
now that he knew them, he had changed bis
mind. ~ ,. ...., s....r..s.
1 Irecollect once, when friend and myself
we're standing too near circle where they
were having square dance, two hags, whose
heads were silvered by we'll nig gh century,
threw their arms around our necks, and draw
ing US into the circle, compelled Us to join in
their gyrations, much to the hilarity of the
rest. i"
But of all objects Of study the women are
the greatest, from the prettiest good natured
young girls of seventeen, to the toothless old
hags who, in this very tribe, have been known
to come on the battlefield after the fight to
kill the wounded. Much righteous indigna.
ton has been expressed by American writers
with regard to the servile labor which is re-
quired of the women among the Indian tribes,
and this criticism is but to be expected from
people whose habits Of pampering their wo-
men exhibits itself in the absurd etiquette
which requires that gentleman must offer to
carry parcel for lady if it be but an ounce
weight and is now resulting in the cry of
womens rights. But these Indian girls are
the happiest set I have ever seen, and if the
old women are bent from being hewers of
wood and carriers of water, the men do their
part in hunting and fighting The men are
at once both modest and bold. The manner
oflove.making among them is strange. When
afflicted with Cupid's dart, the young men 60
about wearing their blankets in such man.
ner as to cover up all the head except the
eyes, and, having spied the object their affec.
tions, they slip up behind her quickly, throw
the blanket over her head also, holding her
tightly around the waist, compel her to listen
to the soft accents of love. In the case of q
popular belle, they will sometimes range
themselves in line at the door of her wigwam,
and when she comes out pass her from one to
the other as she in turn disburdens her sur
charged heart They have been known to
keep girl this way all day long. Lastly,
the language of the Indian is we'll known to
be picturesque, and no one can appreciate
the grace of their oratory without having
seen it, and even in ordinary conversation
their gestures are profuse 1t is the very pov-
erty Of their language that makes it sound
poetic; thus, for "the ship SAILS" having
neither the word ship nor sails they say,
"the wind makes the boat run on the water"
thus bringing in two of the natural elements
in that one sentence. .3 .H.....,.. ... ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

b@ While the bankrupt law was in force,
there were 103,0 ,0O5 bankruptcies in the United
States. The Boston Commercial Bulletin has
reviewed and analysed these figures, and
shows some interesting facts. Relatively to
population, Massachusetts had the most bank
ruptcies Gone to every 1907 and Maryland had
the fewest Zone to every 904 of population
Virginia ranks next to Massachusetts, and
California is third. Connecticut is sixteenth
in list of forty States and territories. The
list of more than 100000 bankruptcies looks
immense, but there are at least 100000 busi-
ness men in the country, and on the other
hand there are among the bankrupts at least
10 per cent. who have failed more than once,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

How THEY MAKE PrNs-A snappish,
voracious, little dwarf of machine pulls in
the wire, bites it off by inches, necessarily,
one hundred and forty minute, and just as
it seizes each bite little hammer With con-
cave face hits the end of the wire three taps
and "upsets" it to a head, while he grips it
in a countersink held between his teeth and
lays it sideways in grove, where levers and
springs playing like lightning, point the pins,
and whence they are dropped into box.
The pins are then polished, and two very
intelligent machines reject every crooked pin.
Another automaton asserts half q dozen
lengths, and perfect genius of machine
hangs the pins by the head and transfers
them TO- slips Of paper, and by one movement
sticksEthem all through two corrugated ridges
in the2paper, when the work is finished.
The pin machine is one of the nearest ap-
proaches to the dexterity of the human hand
that has been invented. 1t is about the size
Of sewing machine, which it closely re.
semhles.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21
APALACE FOR THE KING.
STARTLING NOVELTY IN COTTON SLOWING IN
NEW ORLEANS,

STARTLING NOVELTY IN COTTON SLOWING IN
NEW ORLEANS.
A site has been selected, with about one
half mile Of river front, on which will be erec.
ted cotton warehouses sufficient to handle
1000, 900 bales Of cotton each season. These
warehouses will be in ten divisions, and will
be built with brick walls and iron roofs; no
wood whatever in any part of the structure.
Each division will be furnished with storage
cribs made Of wrought gas pipe, perforated
with small holes, and so arranged that every
bale of cotton rests on the pipe, and not upon
any other bale Every bale will be exposed
to view for selection, and any one bale can
be taken out without moving any other one
on the tier. The cotton will be slowed in
the crib tiers and taken out by travelling n.y.
draulic cranes. More cotton can be slowed
by this plan on the same area of ground, than
is now done. The perforated gas pipe crib
tires are 80 connected that current of heated
air can at any moment be thrown around ev.
cry bale of cotton in the press and dry it if
received wet, and keep it perfectly dry in
wet weather; ard in case of fire q. shower
of water can at oace be thrown upon all sides
of every bale of cotton in the press and i'm
mediately be followed by shower of heated
air until it is dry again. The air will be heat
ed by the escape steam of the presses, and
thrown in by fan blowers, and the water sup
piled from elevated cisterns, always kept full
by steam pump. The yards will all be COW
cred with glass roofs, so that cotton can be
classed and weighed in all weather. The
entire levee, from the warehouses to the front
of the wharves, will be covered with an iron
roof, 80 that the receiving and shipping Of cot
ton can go on as we'll in wet as in dry wealth.
er. The flooring of the whole will be of gran
ite blocks, faced perfectly level.
There will be eight presses, each capable of
turning out 1000 bales of compressed cotton
every twenty.four hours or 10000 bales alto
gether. Steamboats, will discharge their cot
ton at the press wharves, and cars from all the
railroads will unload under the sheds at the
rear of the PRESS Ships and steamers will
load at the press whsrves.
The main office will be in the business GEN.
tre of the city, and connected by telegraph
and telephone with each division of the press,
so that sellers, buyers, brokers, shippers and
ship captains, can at any moment step in and
learn the condition of their cotton, or trans
NIT any orders to their classers, weighers,
press clerks or their ships There will also
be g. pneumatic tube for the instantaneous
transmission of written orders, samples Of
cotton, &C., such as are now used in many
large cities. "
The loss of the distant spinner from dam.
age by stain, resulting from wet bagging and
mud to which bales are now exposed, will
be entirely saved when the cotton is handled
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

ADMIT THE SuN.-Don't shut out the sun
even though the carpets suffer little under
it's ardent CLEAN. We are more active under
the influence of sunlight, and can think
better and act more urgently. Let US take
the airiest, choicest, and sunniest room in
the house for our living room-the work
shop, where brain and body are built up and
reuewed-and let US have bay window, no
matter how plain the structure, through which
the good twin angels of nature-sun-light
and pure air-can freely enter Dark rooms
bring depression Of spirits, imparting sense
of confinement, of isolation, of powerlessness,
which is chilling to energy and vigor; but in
bright rooms is good cheer. Even in g loomy
house, where walls and furniture are dingy
and brown, we have but 10 take down the
curtains, open the windows, hang brackets,
and let the warm sun stream freely IN, to
bring health to our bodies and JOY to our souls
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21
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OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Over and over again, ... .-....... ......
No matter which way / turn,
always find in the Book Of Life
Some lesson have to learn.
1 must take my turn at the mill, N
must grind out the golden grain, -,
must work out my task with resolute vii
Over and over again. ..4
We cannot measure the need '@
OF even the tiniest flower, .E
Nor check the flow of the golden SANDS
That run through a single hour.
But the morning dews must fall,
The sun and the summer rain
Must do their part, and perform 1t all
: Over and over again,
Over and over again
The brook through the meadow flows,
And over and over again -.-' -.-' .
The ponderous mill wheel goes. ..t.I 4#l
Once doing will not suffice, -. FL.
Though doing be notin vain, .......,-.,.,
And blessing failing us once or twice
May come II we try again.
The path that has once been trod .....
Is never so rough to the feet,
And the lesson we once have learned
Is never so hard to repeat. H''ia
Though sorrowful tears may fall, .l-rpn!f
-, And the heart to its depths be riven :,
By the storm and tempest, we need them All
To render US meet for heaven. .,,s.ss,s
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

A BOYS IDEAS OF HEADs.-Heads are of
different shapes and sizes. They are full of
notions. Large heads do not always hold the
most. Some persons can tell just what man
is by the shape of his head. High heads are
the best kind. Very knowing people are call
ed long-headed, A fellow that won't stop for
anything or any body is called hard-headed.
If he isn't quite so bright, they call him soft
headed; if he won't be coaxed or turned,
they call him pig-headed. Animals have very
small heads The heads of fools slant back.
When your head is cut of you are beheaded.
Our heads are all covered with hair, except
bald heads. There are other kinds of heads
besides our heads. There are barrel heads,
heads of sermons-and some ministers used
to have fifteen heads to one sermon; pin
heads, heads of cattle, as the farmer calls his
cows and oxen; head winds, drum heads,
cabbage heads, at logger heads, come to
bead, heads of chapters, head him of, head
of the family, and go.ahead- first, be
sure you are right. 49,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

in dry, clean house under cover, and always
kept dry in a warehouse until put on board
ship. The loss to the spinner is now fully
twenty pounds per bale, and after the first
crop is sent forward in this improved condi.
ton, Orleans cotton will command at least
one dollar per bale more in distant markets
than cotton from other ports-Neu Orleans
Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

and also good many not in active business
are bankrupt by Endorsement or other outside
connection. It is, therefore, about a fair con-
clusion that one in nine of the business
men of the country have failed in the past ten
years. This is bad enough, but it is even be-
low the general rule that one in every six
men fails, which has been accepted BY statis-
ticians. ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21
TO MAKE A PLACE PROSPEROUS.

There can hardly be greater sign of pros
perity in community than q disposition to
help one another-lift a little when neigh.
boris wheel gets stuck in the mud.
We know ola place where mans barn,
with all its winter stores Of grain and hay,
was consumed by fire in the night.
Immediately all the men of the country
side mustered and hauled up timber for q new
barn, and then big raising came of. After
that the sound of twenty or more hammers
was heard until the whole was shingled and
sided. But their deed Of kindness was not
done yet one after another they offered to
take head or two of his stock and Winter
them for him, thus greatly reducing his loss
and assuring his heart Of the more durable
riches of brotherly love and neighborly good
will. No one can compute in money the
value Of one such example Of noble liberali-
ty in the community, especially in its intiu.
ence on the young.
Where this spirit prevails thereis sure to
be progress in place, even if all the improve
ments are in their infancy. Xxx. go
People will come and settle ID a place which
bears such good name. Now, if you desire to
see your place growing popular, do what you
can to show yourself good neighbor, espe-
cially to those who need little extra help.
IT. man starts tin.shop or blacksmith's
shop in your place, don't harness up and drive
of FIVE miles to buy your pans and get your
horses shod, just because you have been in
the habit Of doing it. alg5 ifGsN s5,i
Patronize the new conner when you want
anything done in his line. Speak encoura.
gingly to him and we'll ofhim to your neigh
bors. Little words of approval or censure 60
a long way, and when once you have spoken
them, you cannot call them back.
Help the sick, especially if they are poor,
for poverty and illness are indeed heavy
burden. Perform all acts of loving charity
which fall day by day in your path. remem.
bering who it is has said, Eye shall in no
wise lose your reward" Country Gentleman.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21
A VERY CLOSE SHAVE.

The month of May, 1872, found me at Los
Angeles, Cal, with the intention of proceed
ing to Sante Fe, New Mexico.
While waiting there for the arrival of the
semi-weekly stage from San Francisco, l hap
pened to fall in with an old friend and army
surgeon, also desirous of going East In con.
versation one day, he jocularly proposed that
we should purchase an outfit, and start across
the county by the 35th parallel route, instead
of taking the stage via Fort Yuma and Tue.
son.
The love of adventure was so strong that l
at once accepted the doctors proposition, and
in less than a week we had set out on our
Journey, provided with horses, guide named
Tom Flanders, all atajo (pack traiD) of FIVE
mules, and three arrteros (muleteers).
Among the numerous stirring incidents that
we experienced upon The trip. | propose to re,
late an adventure that occurred while passing
through a heavily timbered portion of the
country, near the base of the San Francisco
Mountain, in Central Arizona. ..
All day our route had been through this
grand old forest, such an one as can be found
only upon the Pacific Slope Notwithstand.
ing it had resisted the storms and answered
the whispering breezes of centuries, it still
stood in all its pristine majesty, undisturbed
BY the inroads Of civilization.
Tom was in the advance, followed by the
Mexicans, with the pack mules, while the doc,
tor and myself brought up in the rear
As we rode along, balancing our rifles be.
fore US on the pommels Of our saddles, and
enjoying the delightfully."- cool shade, the doc
tor remarked:
This is the pleasantest day'sri we've had
vet. No sun to roast no hot sand to wade
through or blind us; no sharp cornered rocks
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

THE HUMAN RACE.-A statistician in
England, in studying generation of a mil
lion of people from birth to death, finds that
one-fourth of them die before they reach FIVE
years less than one twenty-eighth between
five and ten years in the next FIVE years the
mortality is lower than at any period IN the
next five years an increase, especially among
women-the influence Of dangerous occupa-
pations begins to beseen in the death'rate.
Eight times as many men as women die VIC.
lent Deaths This is perceptible for twenty
years. Consumption is prevalent, and &C.
counts for one-haf of the Deaths from twenty
to forty-6ve. From thirty five to forty five,
the effect of the wear and tear of the system
are seen. At forty.fve the million is lessen
ed to four hundred and twentyon thousand
one hundred and iifteen-death-rate increas-
ing rapidly. About one.sixth of the million
is left at seventy Eve, at eighty.fVe only thlr'
ty-eight thousand five hundred and sixty.fve
are left, and at one hundred, two hundred
and two are left. At fifty. three, men and
woman surviving are about equal in number,
and from fifty onward the women exceed the
men.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

POINTED PARAaRAPHs.-The more intel.
lect man has got, the more simple he can
afford to be. r. l..r
After all said and done, if there wasn't any
thing but lambs in this world, life and NUT
ton would be great drug.
Everybody laughs at a monkey, but nobody
respects him.
The road to ruin is always kept in good or
der, and those who travel it pay the expenses.
What blessing it is to be simple; to have
the body satisfied with simple food and the
mind satisfied with simple truth. y -. -.
The bottom round Of the ladder is safer
than the top one. -
If men Of brains were always men of honor,
this world would be comparatively safe.
It'll tough to be poor, but to be ashamed
of it is putting salt on sore.
We are all Of US poor just as we want more
and rich as we want less. ,..',s.
The more a man or woman knows the less
they gossip about their neighbors. Culture
kills CAB. .so"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-11-21

NAPOLEON AND THE STONE CUrTER-The
following is very interesting incident that
occurred between Napoleon and stone-cut-
ter: .t sos
Napoleon, when at the height of bis power,
being once at Amiens, while traversing the
square, in the midst of.the acclamations Of
the inhabitants who had assembled around
him, cast bis eyes upon the multitude and per-
ceived, in one of the corners of the square,
stonecutter who had not been induced to quit
his work by the curiosity which animated the
crowd by whom he was surrounded. The in.
difference of the man excited the curiosity OF
Napoleon. He wished to know something
about him, and passing through the crowd,
urged on his horse, until he arrived close to
the man. q. gfeiGuf u g.
"What are you, doing there :" said Napo-
leon. f., ag:qlag .gg.t on o3G sria
The workman raised his eyes and recognized
the Emperor. g,.s. t
81 am cutting stone"
"You have served under me-" quickly OBJ
served the Emperor, who recognized an old
soldier.
ut is true, SIRE II, .-u,
"You were present at the campaign in
Egypt; you were brigadier in such corps"
eyes, SIRE"
"Why have you quilted the service? ?"
Because had completed my time, and
obtained my discharge"
II am sorry for it; you were brave man
I shall be happy to do for you anything in
my power. Say, what do you require from
me?"
"That your majesty will leave me to cut
my stone in quiet my work sufices me; I
am in want of nothing"
This fact brings to mind the interview of
Diogenes with Alexander; but the modest
pride of the Greek philosopher was not equal
to the reply of the stone-cutter.
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"Can y0U reIy upUn IaIl Il1aI
81 don't know. Those who seem to be best
informed about it, say cannot. However
that may he, it will make nc difference with
my action or my duty. If / do not have
fair trial, my friends and the country will see
and know it. l have always tried to do my
duty without Ainching, and while my ene'
mics now have it in their power to cause me
and my family and friends temporary wrong
and suffering, they cannot disgrace me or
cause me to regret the part have borne in
public affairs in South Carolina. ."-New York
Tribune, 9th instant
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1878-02-23
A Sensible Suggestion.
lake Charles Echo.l


Our Legislature is wasting a great
deal of valuable time in special legis-
lation allowing the Police Juries OF
certain parishes to levy special taxes
in excess of the ten mill parish tax
limited by Act 90 of the acts of 1877.
1t seems to be generally conceded
that the ten mill tax is insufficient to
defray current expenses and pay past
Indebtedness of many country par
ishes; but this is no excuse for this
special legislation. If a higher tax il
necessary it could be provided Tor by
a general law, limiting parochial tax
alton to fifteen or sixteen mills. Those
parishes where the highest rate were
necessary could adopt that rate
others, any rate adequate.
The sixty days regular session Of
the Legislature cost the tax payers
$3.50, 900; that is, $500 per day. There
is no necessity or propriety in vast
ing this valuable time in introducing,
referring, considering, reporting
amending, debating and passing a
dozen special statutes on this sub
ject, when one general statute would
be sufficient. Special legislation Oh
subjects of general character can
not be too carefully avoided.