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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-09

illustrate the point I make and to show
that we pay heavily for bad roads which
could be UNNECESSARILY improved by the
iudcous outlay of much less money.
In an enterprising go-ahead country time
is money Time is money where the peo-
pie are active, industrious, Vlgllant, pro-
grcSsive. If time is money, what, vast
sums are expended upon our public roads?
Here is another taX-heavy tax. Time
having" swearing and complaining, is
very unproftably spent. There are many
sections of road in Edgetield county, and no
doubt in other counties, that cannot be
travelled in the winter in less than three,
sometimes four hours, whereas not more
than an hour and half ought to be requir-
ed, and they can be made so that not more
than an hour and half would be required.
Would it not be better to repair the roads
and save this time to be used more protta-
bly, and avoid the torture of mind and body
and loss of vital energy and force: 1t
would seem so.
might cite other facts showing the eX-
travagant cost of our road system, but they
would only be cumulative. flour roads cost
the one-half, or the One-fOurth, or the one
tenth of the amounts above stated, they
would be the most expensive nuisanceS that
dllS pCoplS CFSl SuPPolVSlt' AIou ii.. law
overstated it. l have not included the an
nual tax we pay for the building and repair
of bridges, which is tax upon property,
and in the aggregate for the whole State
must reach a large sum, and which l. cannot
give because my inquiries on that point
have not yet been answered. 1 have not
referred to the increased expense to which
every man is subjected in the additional
horsepower he must use to transport his
family and products over the hills and gull
lies and through the mud and slush he en-
counters in the public roads. Two mules
will haul four bales Of cotton over a proper
ly located, well-graded and well-worked
road as readily as four mules now get along
with the same load. Apply this proportion
to the internal commerce and transportation
of this State, carried on by horsepower, and
some idea may be formed of its extent.
This is a part Of the cost the people pay to-
wards maintaining their public highways,
and no insignificant part. 1t might be
saved by good roads. NJ. {. BUTLER.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-09

HoNoRs TO \ COLoRED MAN.-Malachi
Grayson, a deserving cOlored citizen of this
town, died suddenly last Sunday afternoon
of acute congestion of the lungs. BY his up
right conduct, and his bold, outspokcn adj
v0cacy of the cause of good government in
the county and State, he had won the re-
spect of all good citizens, and incurred the
hostility of those negroes about town who
wish to see race hostilities perpetuated.
White citizens contributed literally to pur-
chase neat burial outfit. The Lee Light
Infantry, of which he was a staunch men,
Der, turned out in uniform, escorted the
body to the grave, and buried it with mill
tary honors. Rev. r. c. Collins, pastor of
the a. NJ. +. Zion Church delivered an ap-
propriate diScourSe.-(HeSfer Reporter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-09

ODD POSTAL CUSTOMS IN MENICO.-ln
the city of Chihuahua, Mexico, it is a great
curiosity to go for the mails. A few only
have boxes, and the others 60 up and call
for "the mails" and in return receive the
entire batch to look over for themselves and
take all they choose for themselves and
their friends and after the last fellow has
looked it over at his leisure you can get
your chance at it, and so round. while it
grows more and more and beautifully less.
The postage rates are also peculiar. 1t costs
five cents to send a letter from the States to
chihuahua, but six cents to send one from
that city to the States. 1t takes twenty-five
cents to send letter anywhere in Mexico
i. e., six cents will send letter to Boston,
5000 miles away, but it costs twenty-five
cents to send it three miles away. 1t costs
twenty-five cents to mail letter from Paso
del Norte to Chihuahua, but cross the river
at Eel Paso, Texas, and it costs but five cents,
though it is farther, and must 60 through
Paso del Norte. While you can mail
letter in the States for five cents, if you
neglect to put on a tive-cent stamp and
leave it three, they will charge, according to
their custom, double the deficit, and reckon
it from their standpoint, so that letter on
which three cents was paid here collects six
cents there, making total postage of nine
cents instead of five.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-08-09

THE GOLDEN RULE IN THE FAMILY:-
1t is not one alone that should give kindly
words of encouragements and praise, each
should express their appreciation of any
little effort that has been put forth for their
comfort and happiness. We have seen
homes where the wife and mother made 1t
only a home in name by her constant fret
ting and fault-fnding.
How much more WOmanly would it be to
aim to rule the hearts of her family by
gentle tones and words Of praise for deeds
we'll done, knowing that no chords are ever
50 strong and lasting as the chords of love;
Some parents are so afraid that child
will grow proud that they never praise him
or commend his acts in any way. Ofcourse
there is difference in the character OF
children, and a timid, sensitive child needs
more praise than one who is more selt-con-
tident; but we believe that judicious praise
is powerful aid in the training and man
agement of children. 1t is the high reward
of every successful struggle to do right, and
if constantly withheld it leaves singing
sense of injustice in the heart of the child:
No more beautiful sight can be imagined
than home circle where father, mother,
brothers and sisters, all seem to vie with
each other in constant consideration for the
happiness of all, and appreciation of each
others labors, trials and sacrifices.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
sTAMMERERs AND sTAMMERING.

German scientists who have been
making protracted study of the SUBJ
iect have recently published statistics in
which they estimate that two persons in
every thousand stammer. If this estl-
mate should hold good throughout the
sufferers among its inha bitants. But
it will not. Stammering is an affection
incident to our advancing civilization.
No person ever saw an Indian with an
impeachment in his speech, and no in
stance is recorded of a person among the
uncivilized inhabitants Of Asia, Africa,
or other portions of the globe being
troubled with hesitation in speech.
Stammering is an affection usually
caused by the inability of the organs
and muscles concerned in articulation to
keep pace with the thoughts, really a
chorea of the muscles, or a defective
power of coordination, and in a major
ity Of cases it results from carelessness.
lack of deliberation, or mimicry, and IN
most cases can be cured without medi-
cal aid. It is remedied and many times
entirely cured by the patient acquiring
confidence in himself, never attempting
speak hurriedly or when the
chest is empty Of air. Stammer-
ers never experience any difficulty in
singing, knowing that certain definite
measure and manner is to be observed,
as a result of which they acquire the
confidence and deliberation needed to
overcome the defect. The affection is
sometimes permanently cured by per-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
WATERFOWL, WIS.
THE BOLIVAR CENTENNIAL.

The ne.hundreth birthday of Simon
Bolivar is to be celebrated in Caracas,
the capital of Venezuela, with an inter
national exposition, upon which all
Americans should look with particular
favor. Even greater respect is due to the
memory of Bolivar, the liberator of South
America from the Spanish yoke. Bolivar
conceived the idea of hberating South
America in our own country, and Cara
cas-, his birthplace, was the principal
scene Of his daring deeds. He was born
in Caracas October %, 1873; he began
his work of independence IN 1909; he
proclaimed the emancipation of his slaves
in 1917; he announced the union of re-
publican Venezuela and New Granada
in 1915; in 1924 he liberated Peru; he
died in 1880. The president of Yene-
zuela has issued very cordial invitation
TO the Bolivar jubilee, which will begin at
Caracas in August.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27

sistent resort to some trifling muscular
action consentaneous with the enuncla-
ton of the words over which the person
stumbles, such as moving the hand back
and forth. The most common manltes-
tatlon of this trouble is in the effort to
enunciate words which begin with what
are denominated the "explosive con
sonants." which require the sudden
opening of the lips. This is the result
of a spasmodic and uncomfortable con-
traction of the muscles brought into
play, and can be overcome by meas
ured pause before attempting to pro-
nounce the word. Most stammerers are
very rapid takers, aud the remedy is
suggested in that very fact. Let them
learn to talk slowly, and in deliberate,
and if necessary, for time, in drawl-
ing way. There is no necessity for one
person in fifty thus affected suffering
from stammering, if the staple remedies
which we have here suggested are pa
tiently and persistently applied.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
AMERICAN MEAT IN ENGLAND.

The English people have too long en-
ioyed cheap food supplies from other
countries to be easily frightened by
vague rumors regarding the quality OF
the food. This is especially the case
with meat. In the event of such ru-
mors a reasonable amount of caution is
advisable, but it would be folly to pro-
hibit further importations without suffi
cient reasons for resorting to such an
heroic measure. Whether it be Aus
trali8n or American beef, the free i'm
portation has been great boon TO the
poorer classes of England, who would
otherwise have hardly ever tasted meat
of late. The importation of American
meats, both fresh and canned, has gain
ed too strong foothold in Europe to be
more than temporarily influenced by re-
ports which are exaggerated by trade
jealousies. Even if Lord Carlingford
did not give the true reason for the di-
minished imports he showed his good
sense and moderation IN not lending
support to the absurd claims of those
who are opposed to the importation Of
American cattle. Only the poor would
suffer from such q measure.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27

The laundry of Mrs. G.. NJ. Hopkins. at Troy.
Y. Y, was burned on the 22d. Loss S50. 900.
There was panic among the operatives, but
all escaped.
Three warehouses attached to the distillerv
of John Gibson & Sons, at Gibsonton Pa.
were burned on the 21st with their contents.
10000 barrels of old whisky. The loss is
placed at $500, 900. Fifteen persons were in
jured by an explosion during the progress of
the fire.
A fire at Salt Lake City on the Doth INST.
destroyed the old council house and Savage's
art gallery. Loss $4,000 During the fire
there was an explosion of fire which did 500
0G0 damage. The Mormon Tabernacle caught
fire twice but did not burn.
Tie large buildingsknOwn as Morton's Block,
on Post Street, San Francisco was burned on
the goth inst. The total loss is estimated at
1907. 600.
At Fresno. Cal, on the Goth. fire destroyed
property valued at $40, 900.
Fire III a railroad wood station at Lyons,
France, burned two acres. Forty railway cars
were burned.
Fire in the brewery of SOmermeyer & Co., at
Eau Claire, on the 18th. did damage to the
amount of about $50. 900.
Ten buildings at Huntingdon. Tenn, were
burned on the 18th. Loss $40, 900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
JAPAN ESE.

A gentleman, who from long residence
at Toxic, is well informed in japanese
matters, says the people of japan are
rapidly developing a business faculty
that is enabling them to break loose
from the foreign commercial managers
on whom they were for a long time en-
tirely dependent. They age very shrewd
observers, and quickly apply the infor-
nation they gain in the matter of bar
gaining, so that now they are able to
cheat and swindIe customers with ali the
grace and skill of proficient foreign
traders. The majority of the business
men belong to the lower classes, and
IL sneiT operations have not tended to give
commercial enterprise the most honor
able character: japan has an ex-
cellent civil service as far as
concerns the lower Offices, the
higher positions not being affected
by it. A fixed graduation is in vogue,
and admission to government employ is
almost entirely determined by the edu
cation Of the applicant. Inc fact of one
having graduated at the university is q
strong recommendation in itself. There
are two universities at Toxic, one under
an English manager, the other under an
American. There is an annual examin
alton, and the ten students who have The
highest standing are sent to England OF
America to complete their education
On sheir return they are taken into The
employ Of the government, and from
their salaries specific sum is deducted
each month until their education is paii
for. This system has been found t.
work most admirably, and has much tx
recommend it to the consideration o
eastern governments, now that civil ser
vice is so much a subject of talk.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
ALIttEe Irregular.

Philadelphia was the scene or q social
earthquake on the Goth inst. when the house
No. 2, 243 North Ninth Street was searched by
the police, and the skeletons of twenty two
infants found in the cellar The premises
were formerly occupied by DIR. Isaac j. Hath
away, who was made disagreeably prominent
in the courts of that city as defendant in an
abortion case. 1t seems that Hathaway, find
ing the City of BrOtherly Love too warm for
him. took a vacation and closed his house. A
short time ago he returned to the city and
again began the practice of his profession.
His cruel treatment of his wife led to his ar
rest, charged with assault aud battery, where
upon his stepson came forward and gave in
formation which caused the police to search the
premises formerly occupied by the s. doctor. ="
with the above result. Mrs. Hathaway testified
that many of the patients whom he operated
upon were fashionable ladies of the city and
promises to give their names in court if
called upon to do so. She also saws that he
operated upon a large number of poor girls,
that he has performed upon her flom eight
to eleven abortiOns, greatly impairing her
health, and that the houses in which they have
lived during their fifteen years of married life
were actually resting upon foundations of
human skeletons. 1t is said by the neighbors
that Hathaway kept in his cellar several dogs
which were frequently heard quarreling, as if
over-fed, and children have often seen the
animals gnawing raw bones. There is no
doubt but that Hathaway, after killing the
new born babes, threw them into the cellar,
where dogs stripped the flesh from the bones
which were afterward shOveled into a PIT.
Merely one corner Of the cellar was examined
and the impression prevails that there are
hundreds of other skeletons buried in the1
parts of the basement
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27

liabilities. The senior partner petitioned the
county court for the appointment of a re-
celger.
The deadly railroad frog has scored one
more point. John McEver. brakeman, lost
his life by getting his foot caught in one at
Dubuque, Ia, on tie oath.
A boy named Andrew McHale fell down an
elevator shaft at Wilkesbarre Pa on the oath
and was killed. He fell 800 feet.
While lifting stumps with dynamite near
C7nthIana, Pa. on the 23d, Bud Fungerford
vas fatally injured.
The iron steamer Spartan. valued at $40
N', Is ashore and full of water on Carbon
land, Lake Superior.
Jefferson Git. Mo-. was struck bv a. tornado
on the 22d. The roof of the new cell building
Of the penit9ntialy, 54x212 feet, was lifted off.
One man Was injured.
Mrs. Maria Davis. a prominent lady of
Derby, Conn.,, was arrested on the oath, charged
with being he leader of an organized band of
burglars. 1t Is alleged that she led her COM
panlons on a recent raid, disguised as man.
George D. Phelps was found in helpless
condition ON the street in New York. on the
morning Of the 22d INST, with a fractured
skull, apparently the result of a fall. He died
in a few hours.
Charles B. Walker Well-kpown citizen of
Minneapolis, was run over and killed by the
cars at that place OH the 22d inst.
Allie Je8sups, aged 16. living at Minneapolis,
'ulHLs, ulSu OI Tie ZZQ InSC., from the effects
OF nitric acid, which was given her by mistake
for medicine.
tornado in the vicinity Of ChilIicothe,
Missouri. on the 21st, leveed thlrty-four
houses. killed two men, and injured fifteen
other persons.
W. L. Cook & Co., straw goods manufacture
ers at FOxboro, Mass, have suspended pay
ment on about 5000. 0CU of liabilities
A farmer named Hope. was killed near Kala-
maz2o, on the 21st, by stray shot from a tar
get shoot.
Two men bad their skulls fractured and two
others were slightly hurt by the fail of a scat
fold at Minneapolis on the 21st.
A lot of Texas steers escaped from the
stock yards at Chicago on the goth and
created some excitement on the streets. No
one was injured.
Mrs. Chas. Scoville, nee Guiteau, is now
Francis Maria Howe. The court at Chicago
fixed the matter.
An @ranaut named Stewart made an assem-
sion at Fayette, Mo-, on the Goth, in a hot air
bag. When about 1000 fest high the bag
bursted and Stewart came down. He is dead.
?, of. Daniels, Of the State University at
Madison had a narrow ESCAPE from death on
the goth INST. He took dose of strychnine
mistake for quinine.
Philip J. Buchanan. blacksmith, living at
ST. Paul, fell from ladder while painting his
house on the 18th, and received injuries from
which he died.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
A Tough Husband.
From the Newberne Journal

From the NeWDerne journal.
A negro woman entered into a con-
spiracy with man to get rid of her hus-
band, and fixed a rope through the
upper floor of the house while her hus-
band was absent, and when he returned
home the wife met him at the door and
greeted him with many kisses and de-
coyed him under the hole, while the
man on the upper floor dropped the
moose over his head; then the wife held
her husbands hands, and the man up
stairs pulled the rope. When they
thought the husband was dead they
took him down and dragged him eff and
covered him up for dead. When they
had left, the oldfellow, like Sindbad the
Sailor, scratched out. The guilty par
ties, hearing of his resurrection, fl to
Plmlico County, North Carolina, where
they we're arrested and lodged in lall.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
The war in madagascar.

Admiral Pierre, in a dispatch from Tama-
tave, Madagascar. dated June Is, announces
Hova government, which repealed it. He then
captured Tamatave and destroyed Toule Point,
Mahambo and Tenerive. The French. he
saws, were firmly established in these posi-
lions without suffering any loss of men. The
principal operations have been finished, and a
state Of siege proclaimed. The Malagassv en-
VOWS had an interview with Prime Minister
Ferry on the receipt of the dispatch before
the news of the capture of Tamataye had
been received. It is thought all further ne
gotiations will now be leftin the hands of Ad-
miral Pierre and the French agent in Madagas-
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
o. W. D1MM1cK, one of the pioneers

O.. W. DIMNnCK, one of the pioneers
of the turf, who drove the pacing mare
Pocahontas when she distanced Hero,
in 2:174, says: 81 took Pocahontas to
New York after she dried up to make q
match with the then noted PAGER Hero
He was owned by awealthy citizen named
Hall, who had heard of Pocahontas' time
at New Orleans and was afraid to chance
a race. I offered to draw 200-pound
wagon, Heroic go in buggy and be still
declined. I took the mare to Union Park
once and drove her privately, in pres
ence of her owners. a mile in 2:10.
They afterward called on me to try her
speed on three different occasions, with
the same result. They did not tell me
what the time was, and only found it
out by accident. Joe Goodwin, we'll
known turfman, told me that Hiram
Woodruff, his partner, had lain on the
grass under the stand aud timed her.
[ was astonished, but have not a parti-
Gle of doubt that the time was correct ,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-06-27
SPORTING.

The sloop Fanita led the Atlantic
Yacht Club fleet through the regatta
on the 18th.
HE Prince of Wales has nominated
Pierre Lorillard' Swear. old brown horse
Iroquois for the Stockbridge cup, to be
run at Stockbridges July Dist.
TIE schooner Crusader and sloops
Fannie and Vixen were the vict0rs in
their respective classes in the regatta of
the New York Yacht Club on the 21st
inst.
THOMAS HALE, of Youngstown, o.,
has issued a challenge to William
Rough, of Niles, to run 100 yards, the
stakes to be $500 side. and race to be
run within four weeks from signing ar
ticles.
The four-mile straightsway eight
cared race between Harvard and Coldm-
bia was rowed at New London on the
Goth, Harvard winning by twelve lengths.
Time of winner a minutes and 10
seconds.
The cushion carom game at Hartford,
Conn.,, between Vignaux and Sch3fer,
500 points, for $500, was won by
Sch8fer after several brilliant runs.
Vignaux led the first half of the game.
Sch@fer's highest run was 20; Wig
naUx's 80.
Al. SMITH, on the part of John L.
Sullivan, and Charles Davis, for Paddy
Ryan, have completed arrangements for
a meeting between the two pugilists
with soft gloves, the contest TO come off
in Chicago on July 4th. Ryan is to get
40 per cent. of the receipts of the house,
and Sullivan go per cent.
HANIAN won the deciding heat IN the
great single-sculling match at Pullman,
beating Lee, Hosmer, Teener, Gaudaur
and Hamm, who secured places in the
last heat by victories In the preliminary
races. Eanlan's time for the three
miles % minutes 80 seconds, Hosmer
second, In % minutes 80 seconds, and
Hamm third, about 10 seconds after
him, Lee fourth and Teemer fifth.
The New York Sportsman says Of Mr..
G. ]. Hamlin's recent purchase: "Mr.
c. j. Hamlin, of Buffalo, n. Y, an ex-
tensive breeder of trotting horses, has
purchased three fine French coaching
mares to breed to one of his trotting
stations. Mr.. Hamlin's object is to get
large, handsome and stylish horses for
carriage use. It would be well if other
breeders would follow Mr.. Hamlin's ex-
ample
The The terms have been agreed upon for
hard glove encounter, to take place
July 4th, within go miles of Mlwau
kee, for $3.50 side aud the heavy weight
championship of Wisconsin, between
Pat McHug6, of Fond du Lac, and Pat
Nelligan, of Depere. McHugh is being
backed by Frank Within, ana Michigan
by Henry Brown, of Chicago, who have
each deposited So forfeit money with
the stakeholder, Frank Within.
RHODE ISLAND birds we're loosed in
New York in two lots. One, six birds,
at 7;10 A. N home time; best time 255
minutes, distance, 154 nile; speed,
1,O63 yards. The other lot, also six
birds, started at $40 A. NJ. Distance,
156 miles; best speed, 1926 yards. Fall
River (Mass) birds were loosed in
Princeton, n. j., in the fourth attempt
of the season to better their record from
200 miles, but without success. The
start was made at S:21 A. NJ, home time.
The first return at 2:12 P. NJ. !; distance,
2O4 miles; average speed, 1,022 yards.
The following table shows the stand
ing the league clubs at the close of the
games on the 22nd inst:
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