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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-02-23
CHAPTER, XII.

Sophy passed sleepless night, and many
were the tears that fell upon her pillow, as she
went over in recollection the interview she
had had with Mr.. Erskine in the shrubbery.
The pain she felt in recalling it was even great
er than that which it had caused her at the
time. The more she thought about it, the
more unhappy she grew. 1t seemed indeed a
hard fate which had put this barrier in the
way of her truest friendship; for however Mr..
Erskine might guide his own behavior, so as
to appear outwardly the same as before, she
felt that never could their intercourse, after
what had happened, be as unconstrained and
satisfactory as formerly. However well his
feeling might be concealed, she would still be
conscious of their existence, and this very con-
seriousness would embarass and annoy her.
How could she ever apply to him again for
advice, or freely confde her difficulties to him,
as she had ill along been in the habit of doing?
And yet if she refrained from doing so, he
would notice the change and be hurt at it,
which was what she especially wanted to
avoid. She had already caused him so much
pain, that she could not bear to think of caus-
ing him any more. Yet it would be almost
impossible not to do SO, particularly in their
altered relation to each other.
This new complication showed it's effects on
her mind, in her absent and pre-occupied man.
ner Her mother soon observed that she ap-
peared duller than usual, and one day asked
her the cause. Sophy at first evaded the ques-
ton, but Mrs. May pressed it so earnestly
upon her, that at last she was compelled toreply.
81 don't want to tell you, mamma; it
would only trouble you unnecessarily" she
said, still hoping to escape.
"Nothing troubles me so much, my darling,
as to feel that something is wrong with you
and not know what it isl
And then Sophy, not without difficulty,
made her confession. To her astonishment,
her mother received it without surprise.
$50 he has spoken at last" was her COM
ment. "IIe has acted very well in waiting so
long"
mamma did you know about it then -
eyes, dearest he told me himself, more
than a year ago."
s'Mamma, it makes me too unhappy. AS il
l had not worry enough before And thought
him such a good friend"
''He is good friend. You could not have
BETTER" said Mrs. May, warmly.
II know but can I think of him in the
same way again ? How can %
| Mrs. May gently drew the young girl to-
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-02-23
Seletted gaetrg.
THE LOVE OF AN HONEST MAN.


There's many thing that the maidens wish'
AS they journey along in life,
As they take their part in the busy world,
And share in its cares and strife;
Perhaps they wish for cosy house,
With furniture spick and span,
But to crown the whole they care the most
For the love of an honest man.
Yes, pretty maiden, where'er you are,
In palace or humble cot,
Whether your lifn is fair and bright,
Or trial and toll your lot,
Whether your name is Flora May,
Or homely Mary Ann,
You will be in luck if you win that love-
The love of an honest man.
o, a maiden may prize her dmond set,
Or dresses of latest style;
Or inhabit house Of costly build,
With carpets of velvet pile;
But the greatest blessing to woman's life
Let her gain it while now she can
From her golden locks to her silver hairs,
Is the love of an honest man.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-02-23

MODERN RoMANcE.-When the history of
our country, the land of modern discovery and
inventions, is written in time to come, roman
tic characters and incidents will be plentiful
as we find them in past ages. Let us look
over the chart of Europe for the last fifty
years. Has there ever been a period of such
startling catastrophes and vicissitudes for mon
archs and potentates? Was the Vehmgericht
more secret and terrible than Nihilism and
Communism, undermining the foundations of
government and society, threatening the lives
of great and small Has any previous century
seen so many crowned heads wandering in
Punishment and disguise, with greater va
riety of risk and adventure ? Within twenty
years we have seen representatives Of three
French dynasties in exile, two ex-Queens Of
Spain, italian and German sovereigns, and pre-
tenders in numbeas Louis Napolean and his
wife and son are not romantic personages, but
their lives have been full of changes and con-
trasts as violent and unforeseen as ever made
the plot of an opera, novel, or ballad,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18
Pluck Rewarded.

On the first day of the new year a
young man, resident on the South Side
and whose name is Good, went to the
house OF his own true love, and thence
they went to the house of some one
having authority in such matters and
were we'd
The parents of the young lady were
not appraised of this decisive and impor-
tant step taken by their daughter until
after it had been taken, and then they
were in no wise pleased. So positive
was their disapproval of the act that
they refused to allow the young lady so
lately wife to accompany her husband
or see him at all. OF course this was a
highly unsatisfactory decision to the
young couple, but it was laid down as
OF the Medes and Persians, from which
there was no appeal. The husband
tretted under it day or two, and called
at the house and endeavored to have the
young lady renounce her allegiance to
the parental roof, but it seemed to be a
too painful proceeding and she couldn't
do 1t.
Finally, however, the husbands indig-
nation mastered him, and he determined
to remain passive no longer, and so he
engaged the services of two stout, we'll
proportional police officers, and engaged
them to escort him to the house Of her
parents, which, by the way, is on Jane,
near Twenty-frst Street, South Side;
and with the protection of these he en-
tered, and made formal demand upon
his parents-in-law that they release his
wife and upon his wife that she accom-
pany him. This was such an unex-
pected and, withal, business-like step
that, after some slight parley the house
capltulated The young wife packed
up some Of her personal effects, babe
farewell to the household, and departed
to enter upon the new experience. The
friends OF the young couple hope that
their married life thus auspiciously be-
gun will flow more smoothly as time
goes. Pittsburgh Leader.
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A Real Ghost.

If We're to tell you that have seen
and analysed the waters of a river which
runs two degrees north of the Equator,
and found in those waters eleven per
cent. of sulphuric acid and one and one
half per cent of hydrochloric, l might
cause some surprise, but little or no in
credulity, even if l were to add the lit
tle-known fact that in that region of the
world there is thrown away in twenty
four hours more of those two acids than
is artificially produced in Europe in a
year. But if l tell you that | once saw,
outside my fancy, woman who was
two thousand miles off at the time. |
shall not only be generally disbelieved,
but laughed at as well. / have often
told the story in private life. but not till
now have told it in print. Twenty
three years ago, as / was looking out of
the window of General Torico's rancho
at Chorillos, ten miles south of Lima,
Peru, there passed by several ladies and
gentlemen on horseback. A lady whom
| will call Mrs. Moreno (the Spanish
rendering of common English name).
was one of the gay caYalcade. She was
so beautiful that have remembered her
face with the ease with which 1 am able
TO recall the Victoria Regina, or the vel
low convolvulus, or the blue orchid, as
when first saw those beautiful flowers
in their native lands. had never spok-
en- with Mrs. Moreno or her husband,
who accompanied her, and who was
then on his way to Jauja from the Unit
ed States, to get healed from consump-
ton. Fl-a eI....t.
Three years ago. as one morning
lay musing in my bunk in a Cunard
steamer crossing the Atlantic in full day.
light, and, having my eyes wide open,
Mrs. Moreno came into my cabin, and
to my sorrow went out of it as quickly
as she came in. Thereupon rose,
bathed, dressed and went up to break
fast. Itwas late, the saloon was nearly de-
serted, and | found only two fellow-pas-
sengers, talking together and eating
ham and eggs. | had never seen either.
The common name Of Moreno was men
toned between the two, and I, being full
of my vision, remarked at venture to
him who sat next to me: "Mrs. Morena
is more plump than she was twenty
years ago. My neighbor turned on me
a quiet look Of inquiring surprise Put
ting his hand into the breast-pocket of
his coat, he drew out one of those excel
lent photographs for which some Amer
lean photographers are 50 celebrated.
Is that the lady you meanP'' he gently
demanded, and / answered: 60 Certain
ly, and you see she is rather stouter"
"When did you see her last?'' was the
next question, and l answered, "This
morning" The gentleman with the
photograph was Mr.. Moreno, the hus-
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18

If there are to be found anywhere in
the world a set of human salamanders we
may claim the credit of having them here
on the Comstock. What would scorch a
man who lives wholly on the surface
chills q miner INJURED to the heat of the
lower levels. A miner who has been for
some months past working in one of the
hottest sections of the ComStock, a day
or two since, gave an Enterprise report
er his experience of the heat which min
ers are often called upon to encounter.
He says that in working at points where
the Thermometer marks a temperature
of 115 to 12O degrees great thirst is ex-
perienced. No ice water is too cold to
be swallowed with a relish. Men 90 to
the water barrel in which huge chunks
of ice are floating about, and1 will take
their picks and chop up the ice in order
that the water may be rendered colder
by being filled with fine fragments.
Often this does not satisfy them, and
they chew and swallow Jumps of ice.
The natural temperature of the human
body--of the blood-is about ninety-eioht
degrees Fahrenheit; therefore, when q
man remains in hotplace for an hour,
or even half an hour, his blood, his whole
body, becomes heated to temperature
OF 115 or 120 degrees, or whatever NAV
be the temperature of the place in which
he is at work. 1t is then that the miners
began to pour down ice water and eat
ice. The strangest thing about the bust
ness is that it does not hurt any of the
men. Often they swallow such quanti-
ties of ice water that their Stomachs will
not retain it, and in vomiting it up it will
feel cold in their mouths and against
their teeth. All they do on such occa-
sions is to swallow more of the same
water, but more cautiously.
When men are working in extremely
hot places the temperature of the place
to which they come to cool off-the
cooling-off station-is probably 100 de-
grees. This temperature-w which would
almost roast surface man-appears
cool to man who has come from a place
where the thermometer marks ITO to lis
degrees. In place where the tempera-
ture is ninety degrees the man will feel
so cold as to SILVER. Often at the cooling
off station, where the temperature is 100
degrees, the perspiration will cease, and
the man will begin to feel very uncom-
Portable. Onleaving and going back to
where the temperature is from lis to
l2O, as the perspiration begins to start
there is for minute or two an intolera-
BILE itching over the whole body. As each
closed pore reopens itproduces tinging
sensation. However, as soon as there IS
free flow of perspiration all this trouble
ceases and the man feels quite comfort
able and so remains until his whole body
blood, flesh and bones-again reaches
a temperature of from 10 to 100, when
he becomes wild for ice water and ice.
1t is not little strange--when we con-
slider that ninety-eight degrees is the
natural temperature of the blood-that
serious results do not follow exposure to
degree of heat almost sufficient to cook
the blood in the veins. Virginia Enter
prise.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18
A New Hampshire Amazon.

Living in town in New Hampshire
is an Amazon, not in the sense of APP
parent masculinity. but in actual
strength and agility, and her enterprise
is equal to her endurance. 1t was re-
ported in the papers of the county that
she picked and marketed four hundred
qnarts of blueberries the last season.
She assured the writer that the quantity
was much larger than was reported
These berries she carried on foot two
miles to the village, and peddled them
out to the residents. Recently she
wheeled wheelbarrow two and one
half miles over a rough and billy road,
and returned with it, trundling home
two good-sized pigs. She performed Il
feat, few weeks since, that few men
would care to-undertake, yet she accom-
plished it without ado or difficulty
Having purchased at the village an out
side dwelling-house door, one and one
half inches thick, she placed it on her
back and carried it in that manner to
her home, distance of two long miles.
Yet she is slender in form, and agile and
elastic as a deer She is often seen
walking in the street engaged in knit
ting, her fingers and feet moving as if in
vigorous competition with each other
When not encountered, in passing to
and from the village, she frequently
strikes into run, sometimes maintain
ing it up the steepest hills and for most
OF the distance. Occasionally she essays
journeys of ten or fifteen miles on foot
into the neighboring towns, if not at q
corresponding speed, yet at one surpris-
ing to people with ordinary powers of
locomotion. Matched with husband of
equal energy, she would be surrounded
with comfort and abundance. Boston
Journal.
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band of my beautiful lady. We became
friends; we had many social yarns to-
gether. He told me of his residence in
Jauja, of the complete cure of his lungs,
the number of his children, and many
more dear, delightful household things,
in which / had no interest. He invited
me to his house. On our arrival at New
York, Moreno telegraphed to his wife,
who replied, while he waited in the tele-
graph office, that they were all quite
well at home. Nothing happened. |
had not, to my recollection, thought OF
the Morenas for years before. 1t is very
diifieult to understand. when two or three
are met together under given circum-
stances, that real presence may be
vouchsafed to each. -LOndon Spectator.
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Married.
Cowper, in a humorous poem, entitled
Parting Time anticipated bids you"
ladies.

COwper, in a humorous poem, entitled
Parting Time anticipated, bids you"
ladies,
"ChoOse not alone proper mate,
But proper time to marry"
Years ago, in New Hampshire, a young
lady and her lover were placed in ludic-
rous position by not needing his advice.
1t was the custom in those days to choose
all town officers at the annual March
meeting. After batch had been chosen,
they were marched off to a justice of the
peace and sworn into Office.
Squire Chase, the father of the late
Chief Justice Chase, being a prominent
Justice of Cornish, usually did this work
forthat town. AS the officers were numer-
GUS, the task kept him busy from morn
ing till night. One day, when the town
meeting had tired the Squire out, he re-
turned home, threw himself into an easy
chair and was soon in sound sleep. An
anxious couple, who had been impatient
ly waiting the Squire's return, that he
might marry them, again called at the
house. Mrs. Chase, being somewhat
agitated, led them Immediately before
the sleeping Justice.
''Mr. Chase" she shouted, shaking
him by the shoulder, ''wake up; here S a
couple come to be married"
Half walked, the Justice rubbed his
eyes, and supposed he saw in the
couple two persons waiting to be sworn
into office. "Hold up your hands," he
said.
AS they had never seen the marriage
ceremony performed in that style, they
hesitated.
"Hold up your handsr' exclaimed the
Squire, more peremptorily, and they
obeyed.
"You severally, solemnly swear" he
continued, ''that you will faithfully per-
form the duties of your offices respective
ly according to your best skill and judg-
ment, so help you Godr'
The couple looked at each other and
then at the Squire. That's all, except
ing the fee-one dollar" he added,
soothingly. 1t was dropped into the ex-
tended hand, and they went out, doubt
ing if the Squire had tied the knot as it
should be done. After little conversa-
ton, they concluded that if they lived up
to the oath they would be much better
married than most of their friends, and
so the matter rested. Y0uth'S Compa4a-
ION.
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flor ponna Readers.
SENDING A VALENTINE.

might begin: 'The rose is red'
CThough that is not so very new,
Or this the boys all think is good:
F" If you love me as l love you"
But-seems to me-a valentine
Is nicer when you do not say
The same old things that every one
Keeps saying, in the same old way.
And asked Jane the other night,
What grown-up people write about.
She would not answer me at first,
But laughed till began to pout.
That stopped her, for she saw / meant
The question (and she will not tease).
!" Why-love," she said, land shining eyes,
A kiss, soft hair-just what they please"
1t can't be hard, if that is all,
So I'll begin by saying this:
Is To my dear lady beautiful,
| send valentine and kiss.
The valentine, because she has
The loveliest hair and gentlest eyes;
The kiss, because love her more
Than any one beneath the skies;
Because she is the kindest, best,
The sweetest lady ever known;
And every year I'll say the same,
The very same, to her alone!"
There! Now it's finished Who will do?
I've thought of one and then another.
Who is there like it? Why, of course,
I'll send it right away to Mother!
kate Kellogg, in 81. Nicholas.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18

In his Christmas sermon at the
Chapel Royal, st. James Palace, Lon
don, the Rev. John Davies, in abiding
to the appearance of the Revised Edition
OF the New Testament among the events
OF the year, said: 1.-The greatnessof the
future of nations belongs to the Repub-
lie of the United States, and it is there
where the work was awaited with the
most universal Impotence"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18
What a Three-Cent Stamp Will On

It will do more than any other piece Of pons,
Of its size and value in the world. 1t accom-.
deemed impossible. That talismanic placard on
the corner of an envelope or package Command
the use of capacio1s and beautiful buldinoS
cars to carry them, and starts an army Of men ~
deliver them. 1t brings information from every
section of the country and tidngs of pleasure az
well. But the GROWING consideration is the fart
that three-cent stamp sent to A. VoGELER SCo,'
Baltimore Nd, with the applicants name and
address, will procure q copy of ST. JACOBS Calen'
dar, replete with interesting reading matter and
better than all, containing specific instructions
ralgia and all painful diseases by the use Of ST.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18

to trouble anything belonging to others,
and he was very careful how he Clipped
piece off the tenth commandment. -
Interior.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18

"A New York dealer offers to supply
theatrical people, circus agents and
hotel clerks with "the very finest imita-
ton diamonds at from seventy-five
cents to five dollars eact
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-02-18

JACOBS OIL. Concerning the efficacy of this won.
derful substance, the following must impress the
reader:-Hon. Thomas l.. James, Postmaster
General of the United States, when POSTING e,ro,
the City of New York, concurred in the folfCsplp
testimonial from VIM. H. Wareing ESQ., Asst
General superintendent Third Division Mailing
and Distributing Department, New York Post,
Office: Il take pleasure in advising that the sam
the clerks ofthis Office have, far as they have
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for the Oil. The reports from the several super.
intendents and clerks who have used the on,
agree in praising it highly 1t has been found
etficacious in cuts, burns, soreness and stiffness
ofthe joints and muscles, and affords ready re.
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Taylor, Washington, Ind, and ex-Postmaster Of
Cumberland, Nd, was cured of rheumatism by
ST. JACOBS OIL.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-12-18
Billy Emerson Divorced.

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: civilian E.
Redman was divorced from his wife, Margaret
Redman, by the superior court of the city Of
San Francisco on the 29th of November. Mr..
Redman is better known to the public at large
as BILLY Emerson, and is perhaps the brightest
star the minstrel stage has yet produced His
late wife is the daughter Of Capt Jim Homer,
of this city, and the sister of the almost equally
wen-known Nat Homer. Maggie Homer was
one OF the most beautiful women in Cincinnati
when Mr.. Emerson married her and her hand
had been sought in marriage BY many very
eligible parties. The minstrel boy captured her.
ana Tor time their married life was very happy
but afterwards it was clouded. For several
years they were apart, and now the court has
suiidered them forever. Billy at present is man.
aging minstrel troupe in San Francisco, and is
reported to be doing quite we'll While he was
east few years ago, Mrs. Emerson ran a thea
Ter IN San Francisco on her own account. Last
fall she was in New York for quite season.
having as her companion Mrs. Frank Robinson,
nee frankie Baillie"
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from the Washington Star.l
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