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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28
WANTED, AN HONEST, INDUSTRIOUS BOY.

Young man-We mean you, particularly,
who are now reading these lines-have you,
ever investigated the real import and true
meaning of the expression at the head Of
this article ? You have, no doubt, often
seen the exact words hundred times repeat
ed in our daily papers, but have you derived
that impressive moral lesson which it is in.
tended to convey? And you, too, of a lar
ger growth than mere boys, have you the
requisite qualifications to answer it honestly
and truly? If not-remember it is the Ian
guage of another; that an honest, industri.
Gus boy is always wanted. He will be sought
for; his services will be demanded he will
be respected and loved he will be spoken
of in terms of high commendation be will
always have home he will grow up to be
a man of known worth and established char
acter.
He will be wanted. The merchant will
want him for salesman or clerk; the mas
ter mechanic will want him for an appren.
tice or journeyman those with job to let
will want him for contractor; clients will
want him for lawyer; patients for ply
sician; religious congregations tor pastor
parents for teacher of their children ; and
the people for an officer.
He will be wanted. Townsmen will want
him as citizen; aequaintances as neigh
bor; neighbors as a friend families as a
visitor; the world as an acquaintance nay
girls will want him as beau, and finally for
husband.
An honest, industrious boy! Just think
of it, boys, will you answer this description
Can you apply for this situation : Are you
sure that You will be wanted ? You may
be smart and active, but that does not fill
the requisition, are you honest You may
be capable-are you industrious You may
be we'll dressed and create favorable I'M
preston at first sight-are you both honest
and industrious ? You may apply for good
situation-are you sure that your friends
teachers, acquaintsnces, can recommend you
for these qualities o, how would you feel
your character not being thus established, on
hearing the word "can't employ you" Moth
ing else would make up for the lack of these
qualities. No readiness or aptness for bust
ness will do it. You must be honest and in
dustrious- must work and labor.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28
FILLIBUSTERING.
THE MoDUs oPERANDI OF OBSTRUCTION II
THE SENATE.

THE MoDUs oPERANDI OF OBSTRUCTION IN
THE SENATE.
When debate is once begun the brethren
on both sides usually pitch in and get so
wrought up against each other that at about
5 or o'clock they'are glad when some one
bethinks himself to make motion to adjourn,
and enough on both sides to vote for it to end
one more troubled day. But supposing. no
debate is begun after the motion to 60 into
executive session is lost, then because some
thing must be before the Senate in the nature
of Parliamentary business, and the vote can
not be at once repeated, another Democrat
will get up the following game, which serves
as an alternate motion: He will say, "Mr.
President, as we have done so little to day, and
as business of Importance awaits our atten'
ton | move that when the Senate do adjourn
it adjourn to meet at o'clock tomorrow
morning." az o'clock being the regular hour
"and on this I demand the yeas and nays"
He doesn't mean it, no more than you and l
mean to dye our hair pea green; but it serves
its purpose Then another Democrat rises
and solemnly says: GAS that hour would be
somewhat inconveniently early for many OF
the Senators, move to amend the Senator s
motion by substituting 10 o'clock for 9 o'clock,
and on this amendment | demand the yeas
and nays" Then a third Democrat rises and
saws: 81 move to amend the amendment Of
fered by the Senator who just rose, by substl.
tutipg the hour of II o'clock for 10 o'clock,
and on this amendment I demand the yeas
and nays" Then the Vice-President has to
put the amendments to vote, beginning with
the last the 79 names are leisurely called,
various Senators rising to explain that they
are paired. This is the formula: 81 desire
to saw that am paired on all questions with
the Senator from - (naming the State. }
If he were here he would vote aye and |
should vote no" Cor vice versa.) If a Senator
is away when his name is called, his colleague
(the other Senator from his State) will often
make the explanation for him. The roll'call
being finished, a posse of delinquent Senators
will straggle in from the cloak rooms, where
they 20 to talk, or to smoke, or to talk over
private matters and they will raise their
hands, denoting that they have not yet voted
The Vice President recognizes them by this
announcement of each: : "The Senator from
-" (naming his State). The Clerk then
calls his name from the roll, and he votes still
standing then, turning his heel goes hack te
the cloak room or wherever he lists. In this
delightful pastime twenty-five or thirty min
utes may easily be consumed. This disposes
of only one amendment. The next is ther
taken up in the same way, then the origina
motion, all of which are lost, as it was knowr
they would be. That brings the business back
to a point where it is in parliamentary orde
for some other Senator to make fresh mo
ton to 60 into the consideration of executive
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES.

If General Barnes was not possessed OF
very superior legal attainments, yet as a
lawyer, he had the happy faculty of impress
ing his clients that justice and law were with
them in all cases. A rough countryman
walked into his office one day and began his
application:
General Barnes, have come to get your
advice in a case that is giving me some trou'
ble."
"What is the matter?"
"Suppose, now," said the client, "that a
man had one spring of water on his land and
his neighbor living below him was to build
dam across creek running through both
their farms, and it was to back the water ur
into the other mans spring, what ought to be
done?"
"Sue him, sir-sue him by all means,
said the General, who always became excited
in proportion to the aggravation of his eli
ents. "You can recover heavy damages, sir
and the law will make him pay we'll for it
Just give ME the case, and Iii bring the
money from him and if he hasn't a greaI
deal of property it will break him up, SIR"
"But stop, General!" cried the terrified
applicant for legal advice, "it's me that builI
the dam, and it's neighbor Jones that owns
the spring, and he has threatened to sue me-
The keen lawyer hesitated moment before
he tackled his ship, and kept on
"Ah! Well, sir, you say you built dan
across the creek. What sort of dam was
that, sir"
at was mill DAM"
"Mill.dam for grinding grain, was it?
asked the General.
Eyes, it was just that" .
"And it's a good neighborhood mill, is il
not-a public convenience ?"
$50 it is, sir and you may we'll say So"
"And all your neighbors bring their grai
there to be ground, do they?
eyes, sir all but Jones'"
"Then, it is a great public convenience
is it not, sir"
"To be sure it is. 1 would not have had il
built but for that. It's so far to any othe1
mill, sir"
"Aud now," said the old lawyer, "you tel
me that that man Jones is complaining just
because water from your dam happens to pu
back,into his little spring, and he is threat
ening to sue you. Well, all | have to say is
let him sue, and he'll rue the day he eve
thought of it, as sure as my name is Barnes.
COUNTY NEwspApERs-The following sen
sible article is from the Cincinnati Trade. List
A gentleman writes to US that his count!
paper is so Door that he has stopped it; there
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28

WHOM TO MARRY.-When young wo-
man behaves to her parents in a manner par.
ticularly tender, and respectful, from princi.
ple as we'll as nature, there is nothing good
and gentle that may not be expected from her
in whatever condition she may be placed.
Were to advise friend as to his choice of a
wife, my first counsel would be, "look out
for one distinguished for her attention and
sweetness to her parents" The fund Of
worth and affection indicated by such beha.
vior, joined by the habits Of duty and con-
sideration thereby contracted, being transfer
red to the married state, will not fail to rem
der her mild and obliging companion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28
REMARKABLE THING.

BROOKLYN, April ia cat owned by
Thomas Leonard, south Brooklyn mason,
and which is now sitting upon nest of eggs,
OH Thursday afternoon hatched out two
chickens, making the twenty first brood that
she has batched. The cat is brindle, and
is about three years old. She had one litter
of kittens before she began to hatch chickens,
but since she has usurped the place. of a hen
she has refused the company of all other cats.
About two years ago the cat, which is chris
tened Tibby found warm resting place in
the nest of sitting hen, when the hen had
gone to hunt food, and became so fond of it
that it refused to surrender it. There was q
fight when the hen returned, and the cat
was the victor, the hen retiring from the con-
test with one eye scratched out. The cat
warmed the eggs every day, faithfully leaving
the nest only for meal, and soon hatched
out the chickens. From all of the twenty
broods, numbering about fifty chickens the
cat has raised about twentyone. The matern-
al care the animal exhibited for the chick
ems was q constant surprise. She followed
with her eyes the movements of every chick,
and when it strayed too far she stepped soft
y after it, picked it up by the back of the
neck and returned it to the company Of the
others. In her frolics she turned upon her
back, took chicken between her paws and
played with it. As soon as one brood of
chickens was born she seemed restless until
a new nest of eggs was provided for her. At
the same time she kept an eye upon the last
brood, which she warmed beneath her fur at
night in the same nest with the eggs.
The chickens recognized the cat as their
mother, and when she left the cage in which
she was kept they ran chirping after her.
The cat defended them against another cat,
and especially against hen. Her grown-up
chickens Tibby never failed to recognize, and
the memory of their feline mother, did not
seem to desert the pullets. She played with
one of her chickens until it was three or four
months old and always seemed to welcome it
when it came where she was kept. In the
Matching process she seems morose until she
hears the first peep or feels the throb of life
in the shell. Then she draws the quickened
egg to point in the nest where she can both
warm and set, and if the chick in pecking its
way through the shell needs any assistance
she helps break its covering with her teeth.
She has now two chicks day old and two
that are about week old. She hugs them
about her in her nest and if one hops out she
steps after it, bears it down with her foot,
grasps its neck between her teeth and carries
it gently back The cat has been the source
of considerable income to Leonard. 1t is
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28
We repeat that We do not want subscribers

We repeat that We do not want subscribers
on such terms A mans county paper is
worth more to him than all the papers in the
world; if it is not, it is his fault. If the
county paper is properly encouraged, it may
be relied upon for information Of more value
to the people in whose interest it is issued than
can be found in all city papers of the United
States. No man can afford to be without the
paper that publishes the official ADVERTISE
ments Of his county, the public sales, markets,
court. news, aud other local intelligence If
the paper is poor, the people are more at fault
than the publishers for not giving it liberal
patronage. However poor the county paper
may be, it is always worth more than it costs
to those interested in the affairs of the county.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28

of the month was cold, with frost, ard ice
formed quarter of an inch thick. October
was more than usually, cold, with frost and
ice. November was cold and clustering,
with snow enough for good sleighing. De-
cember was quite mild and comfortable
Hartford Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28
WILL EDUCATION YIELD SUBSISTENCE Z

An education, yes but what sort of an
education? A bricklsyer's education, an
artisans, will, indeed help him to earn liv.
ing. A college education would give him q
social advantage, but it would not, in itself,
increase his chance of earning living; it
would rather diminish it. For, as was point.
ed out in an interesting paper lately pub
lished, our colleges do not, like the French
and German universities, instruct young
man. in the bread.winning pursuits; the
American colleges are, on the contrary,
institutions for general culture. The point
for US to note is that the educated young
American has not special education as
bread winner, and is worse of, as to his money
prospects, than the young American who has
no college education at all. Dig he caunot,
and to beg he is ashamed. Two Of the pro.
fessions al least, are overcrowded. The
United States, with population not greatly
larger than that of the German Empire,
graduates every year five times as many
physicians; for the German Empire limits
the number of its doctors, and we do not limit
that of ours. Very many of our physicians
not only wait for years for practice, but never
get into practice at all. 1t is much the same
with the profession of law. In both.professions
there are prizes for few, and failures, more or
less complete for the many. Theengineering,
mining and other scientific professions offer a
somewhat better chance, and public life, al
most neglected as profession, will attract
a better class Of young men from year to
year. But upon none of these, save i'm ia
vored exceptional cases, as where son sue
ceeds to his fathers practice, can a young
man depend for fortune, or even immediate
support. They, too, offer certain dignity.
But as rule it is the laborer, artisan, or
tradesman that has the better chance of sup
porting himsef;t is the educated man that
has, more frequently, to wait before he can
pay his way.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28

when my house vhas on fire? Dot dog lsh
gone, und he vhas ten dollars wort"
1--WE didn't insure the dog"
"Und maybe you don't insure dem poys
who sot on der fence and called out Dot ole
Dutchman's red nose has set his house on
fire = Do you expect take such sass like
dot for two dollar? Und when der 6remens
come here dey break mein clothes:line down
nit der ladders, und dey spill wasser all oafer
nv carpets. Two dollar Vhell Well, you
90 right awhay from here, und I takes dot
ole insurance bolicy und steps him into der
mudt !"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28

COUNTY NEwspAPERs-The following sen'
sible article is from the Cincinnati Trade List
A gentleman writes to US that his county
paper is so poor that he has stopped it; there
fore sends US three dollars for the Trade List
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28

SOME COLD WINTERS IN OLDEN TINE
Some people call this an "old fashioned Win
ter" Here is an account of some genuine
old fashioned winters: In the year 401 the
Black Sea was entirely frozen over. In 763,
not only the Black Sea but the Straits of
Dardanelles were frozen over, and the snow
in some places rose fifty feet high. In 1905,
most of the travellers in Germany were frozen
to death in the roads. In 1884 the Po was fro.
zen from Cremona to the sea and the trees were
split by the action of the frost with immense
noise. In 1897 the Danube was frozen to the
bottom, and remained long in that state. In
1908 the crops failed in Scotland, and such a
famine ensued that the poor we're reduced to
feed on grass, and many perished miserably
in the fields. In 1903 the wine distributed
to the soldiers was cut with hatchets. The
successive Winters of 1922 3-4 were uncom-
monty severe. In 1889, it was excessively
cold most of the holles were killed; and
coaches drove across the river Thames, the
ice of which was eleven inches thick. In
1909, occurred what was long called "the cold
Yards Winter" when'the frost penetrated three
into the earth. In 1716, booths were erec'
ted on the Thames In 1909, and again in
1912, the Winters were REMARKABLY cold. In
1914, there was fair on the frozen Thames
pay- All the good things of this world are
no further good to US than as they are of use
and whatever we may heap up to give tc
others we enjoy only so much as we can use
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-04-28

1.-TWO ToLLAR !"-There was slight
blaze on the roof of house on Russell
street few days ago, and when the insurance
adjusters went up to make their survey they
found that about two dollars would cover all
the losses.
1.-TWO tolar," exclaimed the owner, when
he heard the decision-"I can't take no two
tollar"
"But you see for yourself that q dozen
shingles and an hours work will make good
all damages"
"Gentlemens, you doan' put me off like dot.
When my vhife finds dot we vhas on fire she
screams boleece and murder und falls down
stbairs. Would you let your vhife fall down
sthairs for dot sum If so goes home NIT
you und sees de fun"
"We do not insure husbands and wives,
but buildings" was the reply.
II know, but mein oldest poy he runs for
der ire.box und falls picket fence oafer und
breaks his good clothes all to pieces. Two
dollar! Dot doan' bay me for coming op
here"
eyes, but we can only pay for actual dam
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-03

Fl
be what d LEFT altar the whole thing has
been boiled down. The Journalist Who
knows his business boils down - he
writes. Tho day OF tho pondsrous
leader Il over. In the best American
newspaper Offices the longest editorial
articles must have dash and spirit and
justify themselves in subject and treat
ment or tho supervising pen slashes off
their pretentious length. Theparagraph
tho torpedo. the whip-lash, the bowie
knife. the scalpel Of the press already
great favorite, is growing rapidly in
the public estimation. For shooting
folly asst flies there is not the equal OF
the paragraph. II don't 80 much mind
their big lsaders," said Gen. Grant Of
the opposition press, @bds hate to be
cut up with those ugly little para
graphs. Philadelphia Press.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-03
A Ton Of Truth.

Why is it that, in q majority of cases,
the newspapers, in recording anything
pertaining to continental countries that
involves q mention of weights or
measures, employ the terms used by
the metric system? The metric system
is undoubtedly the best enc in use, but,
unfortunately, it is not thoroughly I'M
derstood in this country, and the gener-
atty of readers are all at sea regarding
the significance of the word. If an
American take any interest IN German
flagstaff, he wants to know how many
feet high it is; or if he desires to know
the weight of French pig, pounds
alone, will convey the desired informa-
ton to his mind. If he is obliged to
read of meters and kilogrammes, he
utterly fails to grasp the idea. The
staff may be miles high, and the pig
may weigh tons, for all he knows to the
contrary. Much the same may be said
Of the employment of words and phrases
ina foreign language. No American is
so cultured that he cannot understand
at least equally well an idea conveyed
in plain king English, with this ex-
ception, that there are words and phras-
es in foreign tongues that are practi-
cally untranslatable, and whose force
would be lost in an attempt to render
them into English. But these words
and phrases are generally familiar, and
in common use in English conversation.
Such words and phrases are of course
allowable. But the use of French
phrase that can be understood only by
one versed in the French language is
snobbish. The journalist who INDUCES
in the practice Of peppering his manu-
script with foreign words runs great
risk. 4 The intelligent compositor may
make sad work of his best efforts, and
it is dangerous to repose unlimited
confidence in the proof-reader. 1t is
no evidence to the mind of the reader
that the writer is possessed of any par
ticular erudition because he is able to
handle Latin, Greek and French freely.
Anybody, with dictionary of those
languages at his elbow, can do the
same. What the general reader wants
is plain story, plainly told, in words
that he can understand. Boston
Budqet.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-03


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San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1881-11-03
A Wedding Tour.

There came one day to little inland
town in Kentucky young rural couple
who had just been'bound by the "silken
bon as." Their destination was the de-
pot, and the bridegroom was evidently
quite impatient for fear the train should
arrive before he could reach the Office.
Buying one ticket, they stood on the
platform until the train had stopped,
when they entered the car, the bride
groom found his bride a seat, kissed
her good by, and going out, seated him
self on a goods box and commenced
whiting vigorously. He watched the
train out of sight, regret depicted on
his face, when bystander, thinking
the whole proceeding rather strange,
resolved to interview him. Approach
ing him carelessly, and chewing straw
to keep his courage, he said:
"Been gettin' married lately?"
eyes," said rural; "me and Sallie
spliced this mornin'."
@Was that her you put on the train p
EYES," with sigh.
"a likely lookin' gal, said our ques-
TONER. anybody sick that she had to
go away!"
"No;" but here rural grew confiden-
tial. "You see me and Sallie had heard
that everybody when they got married
took bridal tower. So told Sallie 1
hadn't money enough for both of us to
90, but she shouldn't be knocked out of
bern. So 1 iist brought her down here,
bought her ticket and sent her on q
visit to some of her folks, and thought
/ might get some work harvestin' till
she got back"
An audible smile went around
among those who were standing near,
but our friend was too much absorbed
in remembrances of Sallie to be con-
scious of it. That afternoon found him
busily at work, and when in . day or
two, after Sallie came back, he well
coined her cordially and afectionately,
and hand in hand they started down
the dusty road to their new home and
duties, far happier, perhaps, than those
who start out with more pomp and pa
rade.