Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-10-28
auctioneer's store to cross the ferry. When

they were going through the gate, Mr.. Aymar
noticed one of the largest buyers slip through
without paying the cents fare. He told the
auctioneer not to take bid from that man.
"Why," said the auctioneer, with an ex.
preston of surprise, 81 thought he was good"
$50 did l." answered Mr.. Aymar; "but
I have changed my mind, and will not trust
him for ST." ..... :....s..
A few months proved the accuracy of the
judgment of Mr.. Aymar, for the slippery
merchant failed, and did not pay 5 cents on
the dollar. 1t does not by any means follow
that business disasters will come as retribu-
ton to dishonest trader but this is certain,
that man who will steal even so trihing
sum as would pay his fare in the horse car or
the ferry. boat, will cheat you out of larger
sum if he finds safe opportunity.
How TO PRESERVE PIANO.-It is evident
that if the piano is to remain in good order for
many years, good care must be taken of it.
The instrument should be closed when not in
use, in order to prevent the collection of dust,
pins, ETC., on the sounding board. However,
it must not be left closed for a period Of sew
eral months or longer, but be opened OCCASION
ally, and daylight allowed to strike the keys,
or else the ivory may turn yellow. Any hard
substance, no matter how small, dropped in
side the piano, will cause a rattling, jarring
noise 1t is in every case desirable that an
india-rubber or cloth cover should protect the
instrument from bruises and scratches. The
piano should not be placed in a damp room,
or left open in draft Of air. Dampness is
it's most dangerous enemy, causing the strings
and tuning-pins to rust, the cloth used in the
construction of the keys and action to swell,
whereby the mechanism will move sluggiShly,
or often stick altogether. This occurs chiefly
in the rainy season; and the best pianos,
made Of the most thoroughly seasoned materi-
al, are necessarily affected by dampness, the
absorption being rapid. Extreme heat is
scarcely less injurious. The piano should not
be placed very near to al open fire OF heated
stove, nor overdose to the hot air furnaces
now in general use. Moths are very de-
structive to the cloth and felt used in the
pianos, and may be kept out of it by placing a
lump of camphor, wrapped in soft paper, in
the inside corner, care being taken to renew
it from time to time. Many persons are un-
aware of the great Importance of having their
pianos kept in order, and only tuned by COM
petent tuner. A new piano should be tuned
at least once every two or three months dur
ing the first year, and at longer intervals after
ward To preserve the polish, dust the piano
daily with brush of soft uncut feathers. Do
not use any furniture polishes, but sooner en-
ploy the services of professional piano o-case
polisher, if your instrument needs polishing,
as the process requires great skill. The blush
haze which sometimes appears on polished
rosewood surface, and which is nothing but
the mark left by moisture which has settled
upon the piano, will disappear after polishing.
The piano should always be kept carefully
covered when not in use
WHAT NOT TO DO FOR SICK PEOPLE,
Don't make fuss. Don't hustle, don't fidg-
ct, don't prognosticate. Don't hold cOnsulta-
tions in or about the patients room, recount
ing all your own and your neighbOr's expert
ences in what you suppose to have been like
cases. Don't meddle, and advise and expert
ment. We all need great deal more letting
alone than we get, and when we are sick it is
one of our prime needs. If mOrtuary lists
were honestly tabulated, we should find that
more people have been bored to death than
have died from neglect. The pest of the sick
room is the inevitable friend who drops in to
''cheer up'' the patient, the glistening eyes
and flushed cheek which such ministrations
evoke being hailed as evidences of success by
the well-meaning prosecutor.
Don't tease the patient with questions about
food or drink, but present the proper quantity
at suitable intervals, and if one article is found
to be dsagreeable, quietly substitute another
without remark; don't think, because the
patient declines nourshment, that it becomes
less necessary to administer it. BY quiet,
firm, methodical persistence in presenting
food at stated periods, objection will become
feeble and cease, in self-defence. Sod food
need not be insisted upon unless by special
direction of the physician, but milk and beef
tea should never be omitted.
Don't shut out the pure air and sunshine.
The physician will exercise his skill i'll vain If
wholesome food, pure air and peace do not
abet his effort.-Honae Guardian.
CURIOUS AND INTEREsT1NG-Henry, upon
being asked how many boys were in his Sab.
bath school class said "If you multiply the
number of Jacobs sons by the number of
times which the Israelites compassed Jericho,
and add the product to the number of meas.
ures of barley which Boaz gave Ruth ; divide
this by the number of Haman's sons sub
tract the number of each kind of clean beasts
that went into the ark multiply by the mum.
Der of men who went to seek Elijah after he
was taken to heaven subtract this from 10.
seph's age at the time when he stood before
Pharaoh add the number of stones in Da-
vid's bag when he killed Goliah subtract the
number of furlongs that Bethany was distant
from Jerusalem divide by the number of an
chors cast out at the time Of Paul's shipwreck /;
subtract the number Of people saved in the
ark, and the remainder will be the number
of boys in the class" How many we're there?