Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-06-24

given her attendant q present to retire, ne II
left alone He then throws off her vail and
for the first time sees her face. If satisfied
he informs the women outside, who immedi
ately express their JOY by screaming "zugga
rect" which is echoed by the women in the
house, and then by those in the neighborhood
A WONDERFUL CLOCK.
A wonderful clock, said to be superior in
mechanism and the variety Of its performances
to the famed Strasbourg astronomical and
apostolic clock, will be placed on exhibition in
Tammany Hall to-day, and for considera
BILE time will remain there for the inspection
of the public. This clock was constructed
at Detroit by Prof. Felix Meters, gentle
man who has devoted his entire life to the
study of astronomy and mechanics. 1t is
called the American national astronomical
clock, and it is probably the most complex
and ingenious Theological work that the hand
of man has ever produced. The clock is 1S
feet high, 8 feet wide, and feet deep, and
weighs 1000 pounds. 1t is wound oncein II
days, and is run by wei ghts of 700 pounds.
It shows the local time in hours, minutes and
seconds, and the time of 13 other cities of the
world, among which are Washington, San
Francisco, Melbourne, Pekin, Cairo, Constan-
tinople, St. Petersburg, London, Berlin and
Paris. 1t also denotes the movements of the
planets, and measures their movements by
seasons, years and cycles for 200 years, in
Guiding leap years.
Concealed in it its interior is music.box,
which plays when Death strikes each hour.
At the same moment the figure of Washing
ton, seated in chair beneath a canopy, rises
to his feet, holding the declaration of inde-
pendence in his right hand. A liveried
servant sitting at the right hand also rises
and opens door through which come all
the Presidents o. the United States, who
march in review before the ef6gy Of Washing
ton, saluting him as they pass. The process
sion disappears through door on the oppo.
site side Of the platform, which is opened and
closed by servant in gorgeous livery. The
likenesses of these figures, including that of
President Hayes, who is in the rear, are said
to be excellent. As soon as the door is closed
the figure of Washington resumes its chair Of
state, and all is quiet until the hammer of
death again sounds the hour on the gong,
when the extraordinary scene is repeated.
The quarter hours are struck by an infant,
the half hours by a youth, and three-quarters
by man. The South church, Boston, has
offered $4,000 for the clock, the price Of
which is $5O,0OO.-New York Times.
CHARACTER MORE THAN REPUTATION
Keep straight ahead. The curved line may
be the line of beauty, but it is better to he
able to walk crack than circle. The man
who oA,, walk 50 -A-st.ois git i;..-r..y-b1 uH
right but he who can only walk in cycloid
curve is assuredly all wrong. This injunction
concerning your physical peregrination ap-
plies as we'll to your spiritual itinerancy.
Are you slanderedi Keep straight on in your
course, and let backbiting die the death Of
neglect. What is the use in lying awake Of
nights and brooding over the remarks ofsome
false friend, that runs through your brain like
lightning? What is the use Of getting into
a worry and fret over gossip that has been set
aAoat to your disadvantage, by some meddle,
some busybody, who has more time than char
acterS The thing cannot possibly injure you
indeed, take notice of it, and in combating it,
you give it standing and character. If what
is said about you is true, set yourself right;
if it is false, let it pass for what it is worth.
If bee sting you, would you 60 to the hive
to destroy it? Would not a thousand come
at your 1t is wisdom to say little respecting
the injuries you have received. We are gen.
orally losers in the end if We stop to refute all
the backbiting and gossiping we may hear by
the way. They are annoying, it is true, but
not dangerous, so long as We do not stop to
expostulate and scold. Our characters are
formed and sustained by ourselves, and not
by others. Value what you know Of yourself
more than what others may think of you.
Character is more than reputation, and the
approval of your own honest conscience is
thousand fold more valuable than the COM
mendation of community. But you can
have both. Live for Gods approval and
your own proper commendation, and that Of
your friends will surely follow.
MANS AaE.-Few men die Of age Al
most all die of disappointment, passion, men.
tai or bodily toll, or accidents. The passions
kill men, sometimes, even suddenly. The
common expression, "choked with passion"
has little exaggeration in it, for even if not
suddenly fatal, strong passions shorten life.
Strong-bodied men often die young-weak
men live longer than the strong, for the strong
use their strength, and the weak have none to
use. The latter take care of themselves, the
former do not As it is with the body, so it is
with the mind and temper. The stronger are
apt to break, or, like the candle, to run the