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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-10-20

COUNT THEM.-Count what? Why count
the mercies which have been quietly falling
in your pathway through every period OF
your history. Down they come every morn
ing and every evening, as angel messengers
from the Father of light, to tell you of your
best friend in heaven. Have you lived these
years, wasting merces, treading them beneath
your feet, and consuming them every day.
and never yet realized from whence they
came? If you have, Heaven pity you!
You have murmured under afiiction but
who has heard you rejoice over blessings
Do you ask what are these mercies? Ask
the sunbeam, the rain drop, the star, or the
queen of night. What is life but mercy ?
What is the propriety of stopping to play
with thorn bush when you may just as we'll
pluck sweet flowers, and eat pleasant fruits
Happy is he who looks at the bright side
of life, of providence, and of revelation.
Who avoids thorns, and thickets and sloughs,
until his Christian growth is such that if he
cannot improve them, he may pass among
them without injury. Count mercles before
you complain of aftiction.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-10-20

To POLISH A SrovE.-Mix together pull
verized stove polish or black lead, the latter
preferable, with kerosine, suet, or lard without
salt, to the consistency of cream, and apply
thin coating with the stove slightly warm !;
and polish with brush as usual.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1881-10-20

ea- The best way to clean house is to keep
it clean by daily attention to small things
and not allow it to get in such state of dirt
mess and disorder as to require great and Pc
riodical cleanings. Some mistresses, and also
some servants, seem to have an idea that a
house should undergo regular cleanings," or
great washing and scrubbing matches, once
every three or six mouths, Oh which occasions
the house is turned almost inside out, and
made most uncomfortable. All this is bad
economy, and indicates general slovenliness
of habits.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03

"Not of their deceived father. sailor"
she said, coming toward him, the tears
raining down her cheeks, her lips smll'
ing "but their father, who must
always believe me to be true and loving
their father / saw this blessed night,
"Who-who-their father-this night
Where is he?-where is the-?"
She threw herself upon his breast,
her arms clasped wildly about him
"Here. here" she cried, rapturously,
"here is their father-my Tom, my dear
old boy." And then cried aloud !:
"Babies, children, wake up! Come to
nanny, for daddy's come home from
the cruel, cruel seas, and he's tried to
make nanny believe he was somebody
else, and that daddy was drowned, Oh,
Tom l knew you when / opened the
door: never could be mistaken in you,
never, never!" And the patter of the
children's feet, the crying of the child
ren's voices, drowned Tom Bollivar's
voice deeper than any sea had ever
drowr ed Tom Bolivar.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
The Cause of Her Grief.

Some time ago, on the Norman coast,
q bather was drowned, Up to few
days ago his body had not been recover
ed. Every morning the young and dis
consulate widow of the drowned man
comes and seats herself on the beach,
questioning the unreplying ocean with
eyes red with weeping. 1t is in vain
that her friends try to dissuade her
from this painful practice.
mo-" says she; 'fhe sea has taken
him from me, and the sea must bring
him back to me-"
They began to fear at last that the
woman would lose her reason, and n
distant relative was appointed to bring
her around to thoughts of resignation.
"Come, come, Henrietta" said he,
"you must give reason for this"
"a reason r. exclaimed the widow,
between her sobs. 1t is very easy for
you to demand q reason, but--boo-hoo-
hoo !--if they don't find his body I can
never get married again"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
ITEMS OF INTER EST.

The Canadian house of commons has
passed resolution to exempt beet
sugar from excise duty for eight years.
This is to encourage the manufacture
If beet sugar in Canada.
Land of the free--The new settlers in
Texas will find plenty Of elbow room, if
nothing else One of them writes that
he has 'the Rio Grand for bath-tub
and all Mexico for backyard"
Mussels swim by slight opening and
losing of the shells, They grow by
inc particles which form around the
,dgo. These lines are said to indicate
.he yearly growth of the creature.
The Lancet says that the actual cause
of the Cars death was loss of blood, and
thinks it most extraordinary that mon
arch who always moved in the shadow
of death had not a surgeon close at
hand
At Washington, d. G., the young wo-
man who is each day shot from the cata-
pult, making four revolutions before
reaching terra frma, had her arms and
hands considerably lacemted. She re-
peated the act, though, the next day.
A Philadelphia society is wrestling
with the question "When a man has
his life insured for 100000, is his wife
justified in refusing to prepare a mus
tard plaster for him when he is seized
with sudden and severe attack of the
crampsY
Men who exercise their freedom Of
choice by insisting upon going to de-
struction themselves and inhicting all
the harm possible upon public order
and security of life, cannot safely be
sentimentalized over, but must be dealt
with as their crimes deserve.
Prince Rudolph entered the Holy
City Of Jerusalem on foot, as pilgrim,
and walked bareheaded to the Holy Sep
ulchre. The Catholic Monks Of Heb
ron having given to the Prince Curl
ously carved walking-stick, cut from n
tree in front Of q spot where tradition
says Abraham used to dwell
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
FINN For the BOYS.

Mrs. Lewis, the English lady who has
recently come to this country to regu-
late its domesticity, wants to introduce
thirteen-y -year-old boys as house servants.
Good idea. Lots Of fun in it. How the
boys would enjoy playing pitch and toss
with the crockery, "pass ball" with the
biscuits, and squirting water from the
kitchen faucet all over the house. And
then the well known tendency of thir.
teen-year-old boys to keep their hands
absolutely clean would add relish ia
the desserts that would make them as
palatable as plate Of puddingin FIVE
cent restaurant,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
Influence Of children.

"I am fond of children" said the late
DR.. Binney once. 81 think them the
poetry of the world-the fresh flowers
of our hearts and homes-little coniur-
ors with their natural magic evoking
by their spells what delights and en-
riches all ranks, and equalizes the diff
ferent classes of society. Often as they
bring with them anxieties and cares,
and live to occasion sorrow and grief,
We should get on very badly without
them. Only think--if there was nothing
anywhere to be seen but great grown-up
men and women How we should long
for the sight of little childl Every in
fant comes into this world like dele
gated prophet, the harbinger and herald
of good tidings, whose office it is TO
turn the hearts Of the fathers to the
children and to draw the disobedient
to the wisdom of the just. A child
softens and purihes the heart, warming
and melting by its gentle presence; it
enriches the soil by new feelings, and
awakens within il what is favorable to
virtue. II is beam of life, fountain
of love, q teacher whose lessons few can
resist. Infants recall us from much that
engenders and encourages selhshness
freezes the affections, roughens the
manners, indurates the heart; they
brighten the home, deepen love, invigo
rate exertion, infuse courage, and WHY
! and sustain the charities Of life"
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
She Read Her Title Clear.

At church sociable some time ago a
theological student was detailed to
assist young lady, whom he had long
admired from afar, in making out new
Sabbath school library catalogue. The
prospective minister found the task by
no means an unpleasant one, as the
charming young creature read him the
title of each book from the title-page,
while he delightedly copied it into the
catalogue before him. In fact there
fitted through the mind OF the sedate
and rather bashful youth several times
the question whether the aforesaid
maiden, with her pretty figure and
bright eyes, could not be induced to
become the "sharer of his labors and
tolls"
81 believe would ask her tonight if
only dared" thought the young man.
"But | don't dare, so there's the end OF
it." And with gloomier face than be-
fore he continued his work, calling out,
"Next book ?" almost as mechanically as
fast as he had transcribed the forme,
title. He was aroused from his reyerie
by the following rejoinder to one of his
demands for "next book"
"Why don't you do it,"
He started as though the girl had
been reading his thoughts.
do what?" he inquired, by way oi
drawing her out. But the young lady
replied not word. To gain time he
again said
"Next book?'
"No time like the present." said the
maiden, with an encouraging smile.
81 see it is of no use to hide my
thoughts from you Miss NJ" he said
struggling with his embarrassment
"Your last two remarks have shown mi
how perfectly you realize my state o
mind. 1 will, therefore, follow you
advice and embrace the present oppor
tunity of asking you whether you ar
willing to accept me as your partne
for life. Your answer, l am confden
from these remarks, will be affirma
tive"
1t was the young lady's turn to b
embarrassed.
"To what remarks do you refer?" sh
said.
"To the two sentences in which you S
delicately blended words of advice an
encouragement on this most importan
of subjects, when you said, why don
you do it? and NO time like tn
present.
The girl looked puzzled for me
ment, and then burst into a merr
laugh. "Why those were the titles G
the books you called for. Well, 20
have got yourself into pretty fix, an
she laughed at the discomftted studer
maiiciously.
"Miss NJ" said the young MAJ
/ springing up with sudden earnestnes
81 beg you will consider the WORD
which 1 cannot now recall. Be min
. and / shall be supremely happy. RI
fuse me and you will make me mise
able for life. Will you be mine"
Eyes, yes; don't make such a noi'
ebout it or somebody will overhearyou
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
Indian Education in Virginia.

The effort has been for natural, Rll.
round growth rather than rapid one.
Books, of course, are for long time OF
no avail, and object-teaching, pictures
and blackboards take their place, with
every other device that ingenuity is
equal to, often on the spur of the me
ment, to keep up the interest and atten.
tion of the undiscipled minds that, with
the best intentions and strong desire to
know English, have small patience fol
preliminary steps. A peripatetic class
was thus devised to relieve the tedium
of the school-room, and had, to speak
literally and fguratively, quite a run.
1t usually began with leap-frog, and then
went gayly on to find its "books in the
running brooks, sermons in stones," etc.
Geography is taught with molding sand
and iron raised dissecting maps arith-
metic at first with blocks. The Indians
are particularly fond of each, and the
advanced class is quite expert in adding
up columns of figures as long as ledger
page, and equal to practical problems ol
everyday trade and simple business ac
counts
Nothing, however, can equal the
charm of the printed page. 1t has The
old mystery of " tie paper that talks.
eff l cannot read when 1 go home,
said young brave, "my people viii
laugh at me-" The gratitude of the st
Augustines over their first textbook il
geography was touching. Reading
writing and spelling are taught togethe
by the word method and charts. Later
attractive little primaries have beer
very useful, and unbound numbers o
childrens magazines, such as are useC
in the Quincy schools. Most of tn
Dakotas can now read at sight as simpl
En- lish as is found in these, and az
beginning to take pleasure in reading
or in listening to easy version
of our childhood classics of Roh
inson Crusoe, ard Christopher Colum
bus, and George Washington with hi
little hatchet. One of their teacher
who tried the hatchet story on them i
preparation for the 22d of February
says: "Such attentive listeners l neve
saw before. They were perfectly er
raptured. They understood everything
even to the morals A few days afte
this 1 was annoyed by talking in tn
class. When l asked who did it, ever
one blamed his neighbor, L said: Now
boys, don't tell lie. Who will be
George Washington?' Two boys Q
once stood up and said: We did it,
Another teacher was less successfr
with. her moral, in trying to explain
hymn they had learned to recite:
Yield not to temptation, for yielding is sin
Each victory will help you some other to win
The next day one of the girls came
her, exclaiming, triumphantly: 81 VII
toryl Ivictoryl Louisa Bullhead g
mad with me. She big temptation.
fight her. / victory P-Helen W. Lax
Io,o, IN Harper.
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
The History OF Life.

The History OF Life.
saw an infant in it's mothers arms
And left it sleeping
Years passed. saw a girl with womant
charms,
In sorrow weeping.
Years passed. saw mother with her child,
And DER it languish.
Years brought me back-yet through her tears
she smiled,
In deeper anguish.
left her-years had vanished-I returned,
And stood before her;
A lamp beside the chidless widow burned,
Griefs mantle DER her.
In tears found her whom left in tears
On Gcd relying
And / returned in after years,
And found her dying.
An infant first, and then maiden fair
A wife, a mother
And then childless widow in despair
Thus met brother.
And thus we meet on earth, and thus we part
To meet, oh, never
Till death beholds the spirit leave the heart,
To live forever,
The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03
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The weekly herald. [volume] (Cleveland, Tenn.) 1876-1888, 1881-06-03

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removing cancer from the stomach OF
n woman, and forming healthful il
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with success, though the operation had
never been attempted but once before
on human being.
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Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
RECENT PUBLICATIONS.

Harper's Magazine for March continues it's serial stories, s.Anne," and "A Laodicean,' ? which grow in interest. s'Anne" has three il- lustrations Other beautiful Illustrated arti- cles are: Bedford Park,'' by M. D. Conway, eight illustrations; ''The University of Ley den," by w. T. Hewitt, ten illustrations, sew en of them portraits; "The Arran Islands, :" by J. l.. Cloud, ten Illustrations; ''Possibili- ties of Horticulture" by s. B. Parsons. nine illustrations "A Glimpse of an Old Dutch Town" meaning Albany two hundred years ago, sixteen illustrations; "A Nation in a Nutshell paper on the city of Washington, by Geo. P. Lathrop, twelve illustrations. George Merrill writes about ''The French Republic 5 Maria R. Oakley gives "A Talk on Dress D Henry o. Dwight describes ''The Family Life of the Turks; ;" and there are two short stories or sketches.
 AppEeton's 8 Journal for March gives 8 va ried bill of fare, including adventure, travel, criticism, romance. and social essays. In Adventures in Patagonia" we have a very fresh and stirring paper. ''Scotch Orthodoxy and Modern Thought is a searching and sug- gestive review of Scotch Sermons, a book which is now attracting much attention. The paper describing Suvarof, the famous Russian general, is very interesting, as is also the paper entitled ''Some of Shakespeare's Fe- male Characters from the pen of the once famous English actress, Helena Faucit. Then we have papers on ssTennyson's New Drama, y On s'George Eliot" on "The Criterion of Poetry" and on Some Recent Novels '' There is an original story by Barnet Phillips, and the conclusion of Erckmann-C Chatrian' $ Veterans of Yesterday" The editor has several papers, including discussion of the Shakespeare and Bacon question, with some fresh suggestions on the topic, and whole sale assault on the theory that women have superior munitions to men. Notes for Read. CTS" closes the number.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16

the proper signature of his customer, and that if he pays on forged signature he is bound to make good ther result of his careless ness The defense charged that the loss was caused by the plaintiffs own carelessness in carrying the notes and letter of indication to- gether, in violation of the warning printed in large red letters at the top of the letter of in dieation in the following words: Particular attention is requested to the following note: For the security of the holder it is indispen- sably necessary that this letter should be kept apart from the circular notes, which should on no account be signed except in the
 presence of the banker from whom payment is required, to whom this letter should also be produced" $ In the opinion of the Judge, Baron Pollock, this notice consti- tuted s'an extremely reasonable protection, which was part of the contract. The ques- ton then being which of two innocent par ties should bear theioss, he thought it was a feir case for the application of the rule that he should suffer by whose negligent conduct the loss had been caused. Accordingly, the bank was held not iable notwithstanding that it's agents had paid money to forger.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
FREE AND EASY.

No weather is genuine unless Vennor's name is blown on the bottle.-OH Ctty Der rick
 ssThere is no disgrace in being poor" we are told. And we're bowling glad of it, for there are enough other disadvantages about it without that one.-Boston Post.
 If Grant hasn't anything else to do, why don't he sit down and write story, some thing like Endymion. He might call it s'Conkymyown ''-OH City Derrick
 Some persons ridfcule the idea of a ship railroad, and say that no owner of loaded vessel would allow her to be hoisted up in the air as Eads proposes. They seem Tehuan- tepec at this proiect.-Detroit Free Press.
 "Georgie," said devoted young mothf to her very juvenile son, ''you can't hese another cookie till you ask for it properly sePlease, for Christ's sake, amen," said the little innocence, with immediately fdoeo hands.
 young lady was caressing pretty span. iel and murmuring: Fl do low aoe doetn "Ah!" sighed dandy, standing near, q would I were dog /" Never mind" retorted the young lazy, sharply you'll grow"
 The room getting chilly during long piece of chamber music, a gentleman askeo nis neiehbor in whisper, how he should SUIT the fire without interrupting the perform anee Between the bars," was the reply London Musical WOrlG.
 A prominent North Side minister on Sun day gave his congregation very neat reprl- mand for their tardiness in reaching cnurcn; After the second hymn hsa been sung ana the notices read, and tbe members be still com m ing, he 9ulesiy y Express train, several of the ao,, aay would have been left. -Chtcd- (,o l9tte7- Ocean.
 After the battle: ''The baby has got new tooth, but the old lady is laid up with cold in her head and Johnny is down with the measles,'' remarked Galveston gentle man to defeated candidate. What 1T thunder do care,' was the reply of the d de feated candidate scowling furiously. .'Well, l,' said the gentleman, slowly, "before the cleo ton you used to take me aside every tlmt YOU met me and ask me how my family wal coming on, so thought you would like tt | know. AS I was saying, Johnny is all brok en out with the measles, and the baby .sGo to Halifax !" roared the exasperated ex l candidate, producing police whistle, all O Q. which goes to show that the defeated candl date is quite as independent as the one wht | is elected GaEDestOzs Neaos.
Morning journal and courier., 1881-02-16
Wednesday Morning. Feb. 16. 1881.
THE BRITISH OUTRAGE IN SOUTH


 The protest against a British conquest of the Transvaal put forward by sthe triumvi- rate'' at the head of the provisional govern ment of the South African republic, although temperate, dignifed and strong one, will probably not have much effect in restraining English greed and arrogance, nor is it likely that the protest that is now being made in this and other civilized countries against the outrageous treatment of the Boers by the English will have weight. If the poor abused Dutchmen continue to prefer death to suffer- ing the terrible injustice which England would infict on them, the brutal British will give them death, and then explain that it was done for their the Boers) good.
 But it is, nevertheless, shameful specta- cle These Boers have already been twice expelled, by British arms, from lands which they, as the first settlers, were peaceably till ing, and which they had made their own. The Transvaal is the third country from which the British propose to drive them. First, the Dutch settlement of Cape Colony fell under British rule. Out of that country, in 1S35-36, a large body of Dutchmen moved, with their cattle and all their possessions, over the mountains to Natal, and there found ed pleasant and prosperous farming coun- try. Out of that land, three years later, they were driven by the armed forces of Great Britain. They moved off again, and found ed and settled the Orange Free State. There they were suffered to remain not quite single decade, when, after another invasion by the British, and bloody battless they were again driven out. This time they crossed the river Vaal-the valley where, few years ago, were found the diamond felds-and settled and founded the Boers' country of ''the Transvaal,' a land almost twice the size of New York State; living there in peace, tilling the land, hunt ing the abounding wild game, and helping, rather than harming, the native Kaffirs, who, whenever they could be persuaded to leave of their hostile and warlike conduct, were shown the advantage f-civilization and ag- riculture. Now once more England's '.im perial policy'' follows them up, and attempts to drive them out again. No wonder they are desperate and fight. so fercely and well in defence of their liberties. And no wonder that C1ristian England's course in this mat ter is so generally execrated.