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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

THE STAYING POWER OF WIND.-"Why,
you don't call this windy, do you ?" asked
Judge Jones. "While 1 was down in Chey-
enne yesterday 1 saw on empty flour barrel
stuck up against the side of brick house, with
nothing to hold it in that position but the
wind. 1t had been up there five days. Yes,
sir. The wind hadn't let up enough during
that time to let it drop"
An old and well-dressed gentleman who
had been standing near, and had heard the
Judges statement, replied
pardon me, sir, but L cannot believe that.
have lived in Cheyenne twelve years and 1
have never known the wind to hold an empty
barrel against the side OF house longer than
four days"
This started general conversation on the
subject of Wyoming winds in general and
Cheyenne winds in particular, and man who
looked as though he might be liar from
somewhere near Red Butte or Sherman, said
that some time last spring, while in Cheyenne,
the wind blew the sign off dry goods store
and carried it across the street and up against
harness shop, and held it there for three
weeks.
Just then the train came laundering in and
the wind question was adjourned.
Boomerang.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02
YORKVILLE OMNIBUS.

vuyHE undersigned would remind the public
that his LIVERY STABLES, on his lot
near the Court House, in operation and thai he
is amply prepared with HORSES, CAK@RlAGEs @
BUGGTESand WAGONS, to attend to all calls that
may be made upon him by the travelling public
Special attention given to conveying TRAVEL
Portable vehicles, and with careful drivers.
Horses and vehicles to hire at reasonable prices.
HIS NEW OMNIBUS
Makes regular trips to and from the trains, and
will convey passengers to any part of the town.
FEED STABLES.
In connection with the Livery business, am
also prepared to furnish feed and stabling for
horses, by the meal, day, week or month. MY
long experience in the Livery Business warrants
me in ensuring satisfaction to all who may favor
me with their patronage.
A few secondhand Buggies for sale at 2 bar
gain. r. +. SMITH,
February IA ~
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

a. ''Your mind is in twilight state,'' OBJ
served the good man. ''You cannot differen-
tiate the grains of mistrust from the molecules
of reasonable confidence. You are travel
ing the border land, the frontier between the
paradise of faith and the Arctic regions of in
credulity. You are an agnostic." ''Divil a
Bit said Pat, with mingled amazement
and indignation. "I'm a Dymmycrat livery
inch O. me.''
a" A man of tact always manages to get out
of difficulty. The clerk of a parish, whose
business was to read the ''first lesson, ;" came
across the chapter in David, in which the
names Shadrack, Meshach and Abednego oc-
cur II times, and finding it extremely difficult
to pronounce these names, he went through
the chapter referring to them as ''the afore-
said gentlemen
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

a. Miss Sophronsby Waddlesworth, aged 35,
was reading the fashion notes, and when she
struck the paragraph, "Babies are fashionable
this season. she tainted dead away, and re-
manned unconscious fifteen minutes. 1t was
all the fault of the intelligent compositor.
The item should have read: "Rubies are
fashionable this season." Something of a diff
ference, you will observe, though both are
dear little things.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

"a" ''I'm proud of this town." said a little
man sitting behind the stove, with pipe in
his mouth. "Proud of it, repeated the stran-
ger at the bar who turned around as he heard
the words, and looked at the speaker with a
look of infinite contempt "What are you
proud of it for % ''That's an easy one, re.
turned the little man. ''There are four Gene
teries here, and I've got a wife in every one
of 'em. ''-Brooklyn Eagle.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

PRESENCE OF M1ND.-When all Austin
school master entered his temple of learning a
few mornings ago, he read on the blackboard
the touching legend: "Our teacher is a don
key" The pupils expected there would be
combined cyclone and earthquake, but the
philosophic pedagogue contented himself with
adding the word 'sdriver" to the legend, and
opened the school with prayer as usual.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02
Auu1uruns 9epartmeut,

JOHN DENNIS AND GEN. FLoYD.-Early
in the late civil war, John Dennis, full ne
gro, believing himself fired with patriotic zeal,
and able to serve his country, besought his
master, a Georgian, and obtained permission
to accompany a regiment from that State
which was soon placed under the command of
General Floyd. The history of that campaign
is we'll known. On the retreat John became
homesick, and was allowed to depart. He had
become we'll known to General Floyd and all
his command. On his departure he went to
take leave of the General, when the following
dialogue was had:
General Floyd-"Well, John, you are going
to leave us, eh ?"
John-"Yes, Mars Floyd !; it pears like I
could do more good at home now dan bein'
here ; so thought I'd 60 home and courage
up our people to hold on.''
General F.-"That's right, John. But are
you going to tell 'em that you left us when
running from the Yankees 20
John-''No, sir; no, Mars Floyd, dat amt.
You may pend upon my not tellin' nothins to
'moralize dem people"
General F.-"But how will you get around
telling them, John 20
John-"Easy enough Mars Floyd. 1t won't
do to 'moralize dem people. Pm goin' tell 'em
dis-dat when left de army it was in first
rate sperrits, and dat, OWN to de situation of
de country and de way de land lay, we was a.
advancin' back''ards, and de Yankees was a
retreatin' on to us.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02
C.&L. NARROW GAUGE RAILROAD.
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GOING NORTH.

CCHEDULE of Mail and Passenger Trains,
y from Chester, 8. c., to Eincolnton, N. G.,
taking effect at 3.l5 o'clock, P. M, December 49,
1881:
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

LEARNING VERSUS MoNEY.-A writer in
Our Continent maintains in pleasant way
that there is no conflict between the love of
books and business success. He writes:
For all that, many man, chary OF his
business reputation, would almost as soon
have it reported that he is given to secret gam
bling, as that he occasionally reads metaphys-
les, or still worse, drops into poetry. That
great moralist, DR.. johnson, gives us several
explanations of the improvidence of poets, and
like the oft quoted menagerie lecturer, leaves
his readers to take their choice. He suggests
that the confidence begotten by unusual ca
pacities leads them to neglect the maxims Of
prudence that as their inspirations come like
a gift of chance this imparts recklessness to
their tempers, or that their tendency to gloom
urges them to live in the present and shun
thought Of the future.
Sweeter is the reason offered by Cervantes,
that the gods having bestowed on the poet the
gift of song, had already endowed him i'm
measurably, and scorned to add the petty pas
sion of money saving. But it is evident that
in the general march of progress the gods too
have grown wiser, for modern poet rarely
fails to reap golden harvest from his seed
field of songs. The knowledge of books does
not obscure the insight into men and their
motives, and the trained mind can follow the
fine frenzies ofthe poet without forgetting how.
many cents make dollar.'
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

@y The old grouping of the States into New
England. middle. southern and western has
become 50 inconvenient from the growth of
the West that a variety of new arbitrary di-
visions have been adopted by geography.
makers. but Harry Gannet, the geographer of
the 10th census, proposes comprehensive
plan based on the natural confguration of
the country which may well take the place of
all Others. Taking the three great natural
divisions, the Atlantic slope, the Mississippi
basin and the Pacific slope, he cuts the two
first on Mason and Dixon's line and has the
north Atlantic, the south Atlantic, the north
and south central and the western groups
The four Atlantic and central groups, it hap
pens, are somewhere nearly equal in area and
population.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

THE BooMERANG.-Thi curious weapon,
peculiar to the native of Australia, has often
proved puzzle to men of science. 1t is a
piece of carved wood nearly in the form of a
crescent, from thirty to forty inches long,
pointed at both ends, and the corner quite
Sharp. The mode of using it is as singular as
the weapon. Ask black to throw it so as to
let it fall at his feet, and away it goes forty
yards from him, skimming along the surface
at three or four feet from the ground when
it will suddenly rise in the air forty or sixty
feet, describing curve, and finally dropping
at the feet of the thrower. During it's course
it revolves with great rapidity on pivot, with
a whizzing noise. 1t is wonderful so barba-
rous a people have invented 50 singul1 a
defiance. It is very dangerous for European
to project it at any object, as it may return
and strike himself. In a natives hand it is
a formidable weapon, striking without the
protector being seen. 1t was invented to
strike the kangaroo, which is killed with cer-
tainty
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02
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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-03-02

OATMEAL CAKEs.-Into quart of cold
water stir oatmeal enough to make it about as
thick as hasty pudding. Be sure that the
meal is sprinkled in slowly, and that the STIR
ring is so active that the mush will have no
Jumps in it. Now put it OH the buttered pan,
where it can be spread out to half the thick
ness of common cracker, and smooth it
down with a case knife. Run sharp knife
across it, so as to divide it into the sized pieces
you wish, and then place it in warm oven
and bake slowly, heing careful not to brown it.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-22
COnfOunds the Experts.

The Boston Herald says A Boston bank sent quantity of gold to the Sub Treasury few days ago, and, on the following morning, @ curiously colored fve-dollar piece, which had been dis covered in the lot, was returned to the bank with the information that 1t was counterfeit. The clerk who had received the coin was appraised of his error, with an accompanying warning to be more careful in the future. Not relishlng this reflection upon his ability, and believing that the piece was genuine, he took 1t to number of expert counterfeit detectors, all of whom unhesitatingly pronounced 1t valueless. Still the clerks faith in the purity of the coin remained unshaken. The services of a jewelry manufacturer were called in and the piece cut in two. These were subjected to the severest tests, all of which showed the metal to be of standard quality. The clerk, highly elated with this proof of the soundness of his judgment, called at the Sub-Treas- ury, and, much to the surprise of the experts, detailed his experience with the jeweler. The peculiar color of the coin was said to have been caused by heat, to which it had been at some time sub- iected
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-22
Simple Facts About Bricks.

The Carpenters and Builders Journal gives the following facts: An average days work for bricklayer is l, 800 bricks on outside and inside walls; on facings and angles and finishing around wood or stone work, not more than half of this number can be laid To find the number of bricks in wall first find the number of square feet of surface, and then null tiply by for 4-inch wall, by 14 for an 9-inch wall, by 21 for 12-inch wall, and by 28 for 16-inch wall.
 For staining bricks red, melt one ounce of glue in one gallon of water; add a piece of alum the size of an egg, then one-half pound of Venetian red, and one pound of Spanish brown. Try the colol on the bricks before using, and change light or dark with the red or brown, us ing yellow mineral for buff For color ing black, heat asphaltum to fluid state and moderately heat true surface bricks and dip them. Or make a hot mix turt of linseed oil and asphalt; heat the bricks and dip them. Tar and asphalt are alst used for the same purpose. It IS impor l tant that the bricks be sufficiently hot and be held in the mixture to absorb tn color to the depth of one-sixteenth of al | inch.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-22
The Channel Disaster.

"A dispatch from Newhaven states that the third officer, two quartermasters and three seamen, constituting the crew of the boat sent from the Westphalia in search of the steamer which collided with the Westphalia, have been landed there by Belgian pilot boat. They report having seen the other steamer sink, with all hands, The Westphalia was sur veyed in the dock at Portsmouth. The damage on the starboard side extends from the stem to forty feet aft, and on the port side, from the stem to fifteen feet aft.
 The hole on the port side is nine feet across. A large piece of the steamer with which she collided, including some frames, is sticking in the hole The Westphalia's stem appears to be sound. After striking the Westphalia on the port side, it is probable that the other steamer swung round and scraped along the Westphalia's starboard side. The latter vessel, despite the extensive dam age she sustained, according to the latest account, waited six hours before making for port of refuge. The third officer ot the Westphalia reports that after pulling about for nearly two hours, he saw the vessel go down about two hundred yards distant, but was unable to ascertain he: name or nationality. He saw flames burst forth from the steamer before sh, sank
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-22
A VERY YOUNG INVENTOR.
His Simple Cnntrivance for Setting up Complete Bathing Establishment in
 Every Dwelling.

Given a room set apart for bathing purposes in evefy house and provided with water cold and hot and it might seem that contrivance to enjoy the This might be expected more particu- larly ill a climate like this, with its sum- mer heats, making bathing as much comfort and luxury as it is in the East, and with cold winters begetting bron- chial and other troubles for which vapor and medicated baths are used.
 True, the number of public establish ments for these purposes has increased, but no attempt seems to bave been made to improve upon the simple tubes with faucets which were put into private houses after Croton was introduced. A lad of sixteen, belonging to the Cooper now fashioned contrivance as ingenious as it is simple, and by means of which one can take at home in an ordinary bathroom Russian or spray or vapor
  This young inventors apparatus to se- cure spray or vapor is simply metal pipe as big as ones finger, running along one side of the tub at the top, and per forated with minute holes, arranged to throw the spray upon the bather, the temperature of the water being regulated | at will through tho hot and cold water | faucets.
 When hot water is shot through the hundreds of minute holes, vapor either | fills the room in a minute, or by means of rubber cloth is confined tC the tub, and the bather, seated, with his head free in the air, subjects his body to the action of the steam. To secure medi cated baths, the boy has invented two little cups of peculiar pattern, which cal be set upon shelf and are connected with the metal spray pipe by means O rubber tubes. A tablespoonful of an, liquid, from cologne water to corboli' acid, placed in one cup is minutely sub divided and permeates the vapor or spra. in few seconds. Solids like sulphur or other medical substances, are place, in the other cup, which is of metal, an' they are at once dissolved and iniecte, into spray or vapor in like manner.
 One apparatus has been manufacture and placed for trial in the French Hos pital in this city, where it is being ex perimented with in the treatment c rheumatism and acute nervous disease by spray baths permeated with drugs The same contrivance being attache with rubber tubes to the faucets of washbowl serves to produce vapor in pregnated with chamomile or othe herbs for inhalation in cases of bro1 chial affections. A number of physician have called to see the young inventor and all commend the invention, but e, press surprise that something of the kin was not produced long ago.-Ne,o Tor | HpyOI1
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-22
An Every Day Battle.

The death of Mir. Amos Ide reminds the Providence Press of an early battle in the temperance cause, of which he was champion. Forty years ago house was built on a scow and moored to a Pawtucket wharf. "Afew of our citizens, y says the Press, "recollect this ark, but It was not called an ark. It was known as the 'Flotilla, and was constructed for the purpose of evading the liquor law of Massachusetts by selling rum on the water which the liquor dealers claimed was neutral ground. A blind bar was arranged in the house, and the rum poked through Q hole with sliding-door, the seller of the liquor being out of sight. The bacchanalian scenes in this 'Flotilla' were terrible. Fights were hour ly occurrences, and men would stagger from this 'Flotilla' on to the wharf, and there fight and bang themselves until l they were unable to stand These scenes were witnessed by women and children, and crowds would collect to see the poor, wretched drunkards tear each other tc pieces. A number of citizens organized into a secret association for the purpose of destroying the 'Flotilla. Mr. Amos Ide, who was always staunch temper ance man, was one of the party On { dark night these men disguised them selves, boarded the concern and set i on fire The fire was hailed with deligh by the people, and it made one of tn, finest displays of fireworks ever witnessed in Pawtucket. From the building aros a flame of variegated colors, and, as tn
 casks of liquors burst, the contents tool fire and spread Q blaze of fire all over tn river. It was a grand illustration of tn
 firery regions, and hallelujahs rose higl
 when the 'Flotilla' was burned to tn
 waters edge Who the party was th'
 destroyed the floating rumshop was nc known for many years, and it is believe that all who took an active part ill it, wit one or two exceptions, have passe away.
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-22
A Snake Household.

Prof. James Bell, the Smithsonian h. stitute's agent, IS source of frequent and startling surprises to the natives The average rural Floridian is not much afraid of snakes encountered in the wild freedom of the woods, where, if the rep tile will not run, the man can but the professor keeps his snakes in the room and about the yard, ill boxes and crates, in manner at once careless, familiar and appalling.
 A countryman called upon Prof. Bell lately, and was a good deal discomposed upon entering the room at seeing huge rattlesnake throw himself from sofa pillow which, apparently for his benefit, had been flung upon a chair, fall with loud slap upon the floor, glide into cor her, coil himself up again, and, waving his head to and fro, begin that uncanny buzz of the tail dreaded of woodsmen while the room became pervaded with the heavy perfume of the reptiles musk. "Great jeeswax p exclaimed the aston ished visitor.
 "Come in, -; sit down." cried the cordial snake herder, handing his visitor the chair just vacated by the rattlesnake Don't mind him; he's not used to stran gers, that's all.
 Then, addressing the still angry snake he cried out in tones of indignant remon strance. "You suh hush that fuss ? The reptile hushed, but he kept hi weather eye on the stranger, and ever, time the uneasy visitor moved the snak gave warning buzz with his tail. Bu the visit did not last long,-Fyoridc l Ii2llCS
Connecticut western news., 1882-11-22
The Extravagant Californian.

San Francisco Is rapidly forsal1ing the dandy rig of the gambler, and assum- ing the sober garb of commercial pro priety. Stocks have gone ''all endwdys. " The old times when fortunes were made and lost in O day, when man might go to bed a pauper and wake up a million aire, or wake millionaire and go to bed pauper, have vanished. Nor is it prob- able that they will ever return. Those were times Refer to them in the presence of any one who knew them in their golden fprime and mark how his eyes will glisten. How eagerly will he launch forth upon a sea of anecdote !! how he wiIlrevel in the train of recollections thus induced
 "Dog-gone if I know the place P said an old fellow to me when I was last there. "Ye never see shot fired from years end to years end now No, sir. Why, it isn't often ye even hear champagne | cork drawn. Stead of the chink of gold, ye never hear anything but the scratch of pens. All the boys are gone, and there's only store clerks and society men-bummers we call 'em-t'associate with. You never saw such change in all your life. I'll be dog if the women's half as pretty as they were. Faint no sort of place to what it used toAbe. No, sir"
 Nevertheless, to the stranger it will seem that spirit of princely extrava- gance still characterizes the inhabitants of the Golden City. With his last ten dollar-p piece the true San Franciscan will dine sumptuously, take box at the theatre, or drive out to the Cliff House. His last twenty-five cents will be invested in good cigar. The veriest "dead-beat who asks you for money in the street would feel insulted by tender of cop pers. The Californian will starve rather than pinch. Fortunately he has only tc work to be rich. There is no fight fol existence there. No man need jostle his neighbor there. Such being the case men accept greater risks and experience losses with less concern than Is the cast in Europe. .-Nineteenh Century.