Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1880-08-26
Misfellauepns &eaaiug.
BALD HEADS.

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BALD HEADS.
Some Eminent Examples. s.-If one may Judge
from the exceptional case of Elisha, badness
seems to have been considered disgrace
among the Jews in remote ages, still disgrace
with which it was not permitted to reproach
an honorable man. The punishment inflicted
by divine interposition, and at the express so.
licitation of the prophet, upon forty unfortu'
nate children, seems to persons in the present
day-even, it may be added, to those who
have lost their hair-rather severe. Lovers
of analogies, condolences and contrasts may
be invited to remark that the grease Of wild
beasts, employed as instruments Of vengeance
against the little ones who taunted the good
old prophet with his badness, WAS, in later
centuries to be employed as capillary resto.
rative. The strength of Samson and the
beauty Of Absalom lay in their hair, and
there is significance, no doubt, in the fact that
through their hair both Of them came to grief.
Among the Greeks the two most famous bald
men were Eschylus and Ulysses. The bald
ness of Eschyus is known to have been the
cause of his death, an eagle, carrying tor
toise in its claws, having dropped its prey with
the view of breaking the shell upon what it
took to be rock, but which was in fact, the
shining skull Of great tragic poet. The
badness of Ulysses is commemorated in the
"Odyssey," and the fearful vengeance taken
upon the suitors of Penelope seems to have
been in great measure due to the pleasant
ries in which one of them INDUCED concern
ing the glittering aspect presented by her
husbands cranium Badness, however, was
no more admired in those days than in our
own and when Ulysses was restored to youth,
stress is laid upon the fact that locks ofa most
luxuriant kind were given back to him. Ju.
Illus Caesar was notorious for his badness, and
the Jokes made on this subject by his soldiers
on the occasion of one Of his triumphal en-.
tries into Rome, are only too well known
Nor need the story be here repeated, of the
pleasure he took in wearing a wreath which
covered his denuded mples, and which, &C.
cording to one Roman historian, was his chief
reason for valuing it. 1t may be remarked
however, that the life-like bust Of Julius Caesar
in the British Museum. is not that of man
who, in the present day, would he considered
bald. The hair is not thick, and is brushed
forward in style which indicates desire to
make up for certain want of hair in the re-
gion of the forehead and the temple. Some
thing however, must be allowed for the com
plimentary disposition of the soul ptor re.
producing the head of an ail.powerful com
mander and ruler, who was known not to be
without personal vanity.-FaH Mall Gazette
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VALUE OF PRAISE.
Most persons like to be praised. They are
glad to hear honeyed words. Anything said
in approval of themselves or their conduct,
in admiration of their performances or their
possessions, is qualification to them. What
they are praised for is of minor Importance
if only the praise is positive and hearty. But
there are persons in this world-and the pity il
there are not more of them-who care far
less for praise than for appreciation. They
have an ideal after which they are striving,
but which they consciously fall short of-as
every one who has lofty ideal is sure to
do. When that ideal is recognized by an
other, and they are praised or commended
for something in its direction, they are
grateful-not for the praise, but for appre.
citation. An element of sympathy enters into
that recognition, that they feel that they
have something in common with the observer
who admires what they think most worthy
of praise. They have no satisfaction in hear.
ing that their purchases are rich and beau.
tiful, that specimen of their handwork is
beautiful and stylish, that their words are
eloquent, their writings 6nished and forceful,
and their actions notable and brilliant that
everybody likes them, and that they are the
hest and brightest in all the community.
Praise of this kind gives them no comfort,
and is perhaps positively distasteful to them.
But they are glad to be assured, by one who
is evidently sincere and discerning, that they
are seen to mean what they said that they
evinced refined sentiment and lofty purpose
in all that they attempted or did that indeed
they have an ideal worth having, and which
they are perseveringly striving to reach. II
you want to please the commoner sort of peo'
pie, speak words of praise as freely as you
can with truth. If you want to hel p and
CRAFTY the noble.minded few, you must be ap.
preciative of their character and their holiest
strivings and speak accordingly. But to do
this, you must first have character and an
ideal of your own. Have you anything Of
that sort? If you have, there are occasions
enough for you to exercise the best of your
gifts.
Boy SMoKERs-Here and there about the
street corners and around the doors Of places
of amusement, you will see lot of urchins,
some of them decently clad and presenting 3
respectable appearance, who are engaged in
asserting their manhood by putting away at
execrable cigars. 1t is fair to presume that
their anxious mammas are not aware of the
foul habits their darling boys pick up and
practice outside the parental roof; but, for
their benefit they should know that it is stated
that French physician has investigated the
effect of smoking on thirty-eight boys, be-
tween the ages of nine and fifteen years, who
we're addicted to the habit Twenty-seven
presented distinct symptoms of nicotine poison;
in twenty-five there were serious disorders of
the circulation, indigestion, dullness of intel.
lect, and marked appetite for strong drinks
in three there was heart affection; in eight,
decided deterioration of the blood in twelve
there was frequent epitoxis; ten had disturbed
sleep; and four had liberation of the mucous
membrane of the mouth. 1t is easy, then, to
see how the ranks of the drunkards and dis
solute men "about town" are recruited, when
there are so many boys in training for de-
Eriam tremens and the horrors of dissipation.
Louisville Journal.
How TO OIL AxLEs.-We copy the fol-
lowing useful hints from the Young Scientist
The efficiency of lathes, scroll saws, sewing
machines, and even watches, often depends
upon the judgment and care used in selecting