Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-01-06

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wonderful prophylactic for snakes bites lit
true) is given by Madam Calderon de la Barca
in her Life in Mexico" page 431. Speaking
of Tamtsico, she says ''We have just been
hearing curious circumstance connected with
poisonous reptiles, which I have learned for
the first time. Here, all along the coast, the
people are in the habit of inoculating them
selves with the poison of the rattlesnake, which
renders them safe from the bite of all venom
Gus animals. The person to be inoculated is
pricked with the tooth of the serpent on the
tongue, in both arms, and on various parts of
his body, and the venom introduced into the
wounds. An eruption comes out which lasts
a few days. Ever after these persons can han
die the most venomous snakes with impunty {;
can make them come by calling them; have
great pleasure in fondling them and the bite
of these persons is poisonous You will not
believe this, but we have the testimony of sew
Ell or eight respectable merchants.
"a gentleman who had breakfasted here
this morning says that he has been vainly ell
deavoring to make up his mind to submit to
the operation, as he is very much exposed
where he lives. and has to travel great deal
on the coast; and when he goes on these ex-
petitions he is always accompanied by his in
oculated negro who has the power of curing
him, should he be bitten, by sucking the poison
the bite given by an inoculated Indian to II
white boy with whom he was fighting, and
who was the stronger of the two. The stories
of the Eastern jugglers, and their power over
these reptiles. MAY, perhaps, be accounted for
in this way. | cannot say that l should like
to have so much Snaky nature transferred into
my composition, nor to live amongst people
whose bite is venomOus"
THE MOTHERS HAND.-We have seen
many snowy hand fair and plump and sweet
to look upon and fingers whose purity rivaled
the gems they wore; bit the hands that live
in recollections fairer than all, are the lean,
thin, toll wrinkled hands of mother. They
were once full and fair and white rs any lady's,
and AL of us, her children. know how and why
they had become thin and worn. They were
made so by toiling for us. The dear old weari-
less hands, without ornament save the one
plain circle of gold worn through all the years
from marriage-day to the grave's-day-wh
had they not done for us all ? They had lifted
us, and fed us. and smoothed us, and labored
for us increasingly, and to day they stand in
recollection the symbols and type Of serving
love-those aged, shaking hands of our mother.
1t was love that made them active; it was
love that made them tireless. And what a
joy it was. when she was aged, to sit and hold
them, and smooth them, and caress them J.
And now that they are folded in everlasting
rest, they live in vision, and will live until
we clasp them once again upon the everlast-
ing shore.
BAD COMPANY.-When you drive nail in
to u board and pull it out again it will leave
all impression, will it not ? And when you
leap into the water you will get wet, will you
not I? 1t is exactly the same with bad compa-
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done, and you will perhaps not say what you
have heard said, hut something will show it.
self in your character in after life like the i'm
preston of the nail in the board. Suppose you
were walking along a street, and somebody
said to you, "This is dangerous street,
would keep off of it ; do you see the holes and
bitches here ?" would you not 60 to another
street that it was safe to walk on? Bad COM
pany is dangerous A very good rule for boys
who are about to start. out on the rough sea Of
life is to "Keep out Of bad company Boys
should ask their parents, or some response
be person, to choose what is good company
for them. BE careful what you read, he care
full with whom you 90, and ''keep out OF bad
company 1t is more injecting than yellow
fever, and it always leaves impressions OH
your character.
How TO STOP A DONKEY FROM BRAYING.
! 1t is related OF missionary OF China, that III
the neighborhOOd where he was staying, John
Chinaman had donkey that very much an
noyed him at night by his incessant braying
Our missionary pointed out his griefs to John
one morning, who told him that if that was
his trouble, he could soon put stop to that
No more was heard from Mr.. Donkey, and
this led the missionary, to enquire as to how
Mr.. Chnaman had sealed mp the mouth Of his
uncomfortable neighboT. John took him to
the spot, and there he beheld Mr.. Donkey
with huge stone tied to his tail. He could
not conceive how stone at the tail should
prevent the expression which is claimed as an
inherent right of donkeys. Il will tell you,
said John. You will always observe, if in
deed you are an observing man, that whenever
you hear one of these animals bray, he al
ways lifts his tail, in fact, it is impossible for
him to make noise without doing it, and
for your special comfort and convenince, tied
Il stone to this fellows latter appendage, and
you have not heard a sound since
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