Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1878-10-24

STORY OF MAZEPPA.-ln the churcn OF ot.
Mary, Galatz Roumanis, is to be seen the
tomb of Mazeppa, the famous hetman of the
Cossacks, immortalized by Byron. His ad-
ventures, sung by the bard, were, in reality,
much more common place than as we have
learned to know them. Mazeppa was young
Cossack of the Ukraine, who having been en-.
nobled by the Russians, declined to pay his
taxes. For this, the local governor, Count
Talboski, ordered him to be stripped naked
by his servants and tied to the back Of his
own horse, with bis head to the animals tail.
The horse was then Aogged, pistols were dis
charged close to his ears, and after being thus
excited, he was turned loose. The road lead.
ing to Mazeppa's house was bridle.path
through the woods, which were particularly
fertile in thorn bushes, and wild pear trees,
and the infuriated beast, accustomed to follow
this route before, dashed of, as soon as he was
at liberty, homeward, where his master ar
rived very much the worse for his journey.
He had, however; enough strength left to call
for the gate.keeper, who recognized his voice
and opened the door, to close it Immediately,
to keep out what he supposed to be Mazeppa's
ghost. At last, other servants, recovering
from their fear, came to his assistance, and
put him to bed, where he remained for some
months between life and death from the inju-
ries he had received. When he recovered he
exiled himself, voluntarily, to Poland, and
joining himself to the fortunes of Charles
XII, was mortally wounded at Pultowa, and
dying at Barnitza, bis body was brought to
and buried at Galatz. (. 4 ~.
AMUSING THE BABY.-It is subject of
marvel to most people that SO many children
die in infancy, but to an observing mind the
wonder is that any children live to maturity.
When you and I feel miserable, we want to
be left in quiet. Repose is the sweetest reme-
dy for nervousness or other ills but baby is
trotted, bounced, toted, "ketchy ketchied,"
chucked under the chin, poked in its cheeks,
or somebody's thumb is thrust intotits tooth
less mouth, irrespective Of need of ablution,
and then if baby isn't happy, it is reputed
very irritable. Tickling the bahy's feet,
creeping the fingers, like the motion Of
mouse, acrossits breast and up into its fat.
sensitive neck wrinkles, is another mode Of
amusing baby. Of course the child laughs,
and the idiots, who torment it, forget that it
is the same expression with which they reply
to similar process from the hand of some
misehievous but torturing friend; and yet we
all know that this laugh from man is hys-
terical outcry of nervous irritability. When
the laugh ceases, weariness brings weeping, or
perhaps restless and unrefreshing sleep, fol-
lowed by depression, and probably by indiges-
ton and cofic. Nothing should ever be done
to startle child-even too frequent play
ing of bo-peep, if violent, has been known to
bring on St. Vitus' dance. All surprises are
dangerous to the nervous system, just as all
sudden atmospheric or dietic changes are very
unhealthy, and sometimes fatal If music is
selected to please ths young child's ears,it
should be geEtle and soothing. -,