Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-09-06

A STORY OLA BAsHFUL BRIDEGROOM.
There is O young man near Sumter who was
to be married on certain night. He had
seen and loved the girl and was too bashful
to do his courdng, SO it had to be done by
proxy. The day had arrived, the guests as
sembled, the license procured, the parson on
hand and the bride ready, but the youthful
groom did not turn up. The friend who
had done the courting went out, and, after
looking around, found him sitting or lying
in horse trough. On asking him why he
said ooh! can't 60 thar and stand before
them folks" ,"Oh! yes, you can; every
body in there is married but your girl.
Come on" Get her to come out of doors
and We'll marry under the shed, but let the
old folks stay in the house." The friend
went back, got the girl and parson out with
out exciting suspicion, and they were mar
ried. ;The Company waited two or three
hours, and, on being invited to supper, were
introduced to the bride and groom. They
became 50 indignant that all left without
partaking of the supper.-Sdrannoh Ners
PROFESSIONAL INCOMEs.-Few men or
women in any walk of life-lawyers, doc
tors, writer's, painters, or actors.lnake as
much as they are generally credited with
less. There are casualties and reverses
which are not the less real and disastrous
because they are concealed; there are fail
ures entailing consequences upon their VIC
tins quite as painful as any which were eX-
perienced in the days Of Savage. The very
fact that the average rewards of success are
high, causes the penalty paid by the lnabil-
ity to command success to seem, and to be,
the heavier. The incomes of few of our
chief artists who have not yet fully won
their way to the front rank are in excess of
those of many professional men who are
considered to have done tolerably we'll
any form of art as means of livelihood
may feel tolerably sure that if they cannot
support themselves by it they have mis-
taken their observation-disclosures Standard.
WORDS THAT STAIN.-A small brush of
camel's hair had been dipped into fluid in
which was some nitrate of silver, or ''caus-
tic" as it is sometimes called. The brush
was wiped upon white sheet. Pretty soon
there appeared black stain upon the white
surface. 1t did not look very dark at first,
but the action of the light seemed to deepen
the color until it was anugly spot that could
whole summer A bright lad heard vile
word and an impure story. He thought
them over they became fixed in his mem
ory, and they left stain which could not
be washed out by all the waters of this great
round earth. Do not allow yourself to lis
ten to vile stories or unclean words. There
are persons who seem to take an evil delight
in repeating such things, and those who
willingly listen to them receive stain
upon their memory. To give ear to filthy
takers is to share their sin. Do not lend
your ear to be filled with shameful words
and vile stories.
WHAT LIQUOR DOEs.-The remarkable
| letter on his own case addressed by Joseph
Howard to the Philadelphia Fress is very
properly being made the text for editorial
comment. He had wonderful endowments
of body and brain, but did not husband his
resources. On the contrary, having reach.
ed middle age, he continued practices that
in earlier youth seemingly proved hurtless
For twenty-three years he had been one OF
the most brilliant and fecund of journalists.
For quarter of a century he had been a
copious and daily imbiber of whisky, beer
and wine. He labored under the delusion
that excessive exercise of the brain and
abuse of the digestion had no reyenges for
him. A stroke of apopleXy brought hin! to
his sober senses. Mr.. Howard furnishes
another striking proof of DR.. Campbell's
theory of drunkenness, that the stomach
first becomes insane, and then the liver,
no longer able to defend the brain leaves it
naked to the enemy.-Aayatsta Chronicle.