Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1883-11-08
Az. NOVEMBER 8, 1888.

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aid them in their efforts to improve them
selves, and show them that we are their
truest friends"
Senator Butler agrees substantially with
Hampton as to the proper treatment OF the
negroes, and the proper course for them to
pursue to secure the fullest enjoyment of all
their rights suggesting that had this whole
matter been left to the regulation of the sew
eral States after emancipation, the country
would have been spared all the troubles re-
sulting from the revolutionary force bills of
the reconstruction period, and that the
Southern whites, understanding the charac-
ter and necessities of the negroes, were bet
ter able to deal with them in a liberal spirit
than outside fanatics.
RESERVE POWER \ ANECESSITY.-It is not
wise to work constantly up to the highest
rate of which we are capable. If the en-
gineer Of the railroad were to keep the
speed of his train up to the highest rate he
could attain with his engine, it would soon
be used up If horse is driven at the top
of his speed for any length of time, he is
ruined. 1t is we'll to try the power, occa-
siOnally, Of horse or engine. All machln-
lists construct their machines so that there
will be reserve force. If the work re-
quired is four horse, then they make six
horse power. In this case it works easily
and lasts long. a man who has strength
enough to do twelve honest hours of labor
in tWcnty-fOur, and no more, should Go but
nine or ten hours work.
The reserve power keeps the body in re-
pair. 1t rounds out the frame to full pro-
portions. It keeps the mind cheerful, hope
full, happy. The person with no reserve
force is always incapable of taking on any
more responsibility than he already has.
A little eXertion puts him out Of breath.
He cannot increase his work for an hour
without danger of explosion. Such are
generally pale, dyspeptic, bloodless, ner-
Vous, irritable, despondent, gloomy. We
all pity them: The great source of power
in the individual is the blood. 1t runs the
machinery of life, and upon it depends our
health and strength.
A mill on a stream where water is scanty
can be worked but portion of the time.
So man with little good blood can DO but
little work. The reserve power must be
stored up in this fluid. When the reserve
power of an individual runs low, it is an in
dication that a change is necessary, and that
it is best to stop eXpending and go to accu-
mulating, just as the miller does when wa
ter gets low in the pond. Such a course
would save many a person from physical
bankruptcy Herald of Health.
LIGHTNING ROD PROFITs.-"I have seen
the time could make $50 day putting up
lightning-rods. Drive up to a house and
talk with man about rodding his barn, at
so much a foot, and he would figure that it
would cost, say, SIG, and he would sign an
order. Before the ink was cold l would
have seven or eight men, with ladders, all
over that barn. They would go over it like
cats on a back fence, and put points on ev-
cry corner and conductors down every side.
THe farmer and his family would look on
in amazement, and be so pleased at the i'm
proved look of the old barn that they would
not kick at the number of points. Then we
would 60 off without collecting the bill, and
i'm about a week our collector would come
along with bill for S3S7.47 and the far
mer's note all signed, and demand the pay.
The farmer might faint away, but he had to
pay it. Oh, Of course, if he seemed hurt,
we would throw off the odd cents, just to
show Christian spirit. But the condemn
ed newspapers have kept talking about
highway robbery under the disguise OF
lightning-rod peddlers until it is as much as
a mans fife is worth go through the coun-
try on q lightning-rod wagon. Actually,
they chased me eoutofDodge county twoyears
ago with dogs. At least thought they were
after me, but found out after / got out Of
the county alive that it was pack of hounds
belonging to Van Brunt, of Horizon, after
fox. But / want to say to you, in conf
dence, that when l heard those hounds and
saw the men on horseback no streak OF
creased lightning ever made better time
than did with that lightning-rod wagon"
GREAT CHANGES IN THE SOUTH.-1t is
a fact not generally known, but it is a fact,
bo1 1acc tbot (taorrio on1 MjSSiSSjODi
are the strictest temperance States in the
Union. a gentleman who has spent sever
al months in those States, said last evening:
There are 81 counties in Georgia where a
man cannot buy, beg or steal drink of
whisky, and none can be purchased in the
State except in some Of the larger towns.
People are fanatical on the subject, and in
Mississippi they have gone to such an eX-
treme that they tax billiard tables 81, 900
apiece, under the opinion that they are Il
device for the encouragement OF drinking.
There are only Il few foreign born. citizens
in the State, and the native American vot-
ers enact laws satisfactory to themselves.
The evangelizing influence of the cotton
mill and other industrial establishments is
wonderful. The hands in the cotton tactO-
ries are mainly drafted from a class known
as "poor whites" The 'poor whites" have
heretofore had no place and received not
the slightest consideration. They were be-
tween the ruling class and the negroes, and
we're despised by both. Their SONS and
daughters have gone to work in the facto-
rieS and are earning more money than they
ever dreamed Of The possession Of the
small sums they earn as wages has given
them new ideas and the young boys and
girls are going to school and furnishing up
in a manner that would not have been
thought possible ten or even five years ago.
4 new era is dawning int the South.-Louis-
rifle CO,0ier-JOUmH.
WHAT SHE SAID.-A rather fast young
man, becoming enamored of a pretty girl,
finally decided to make her an offer of his
hand and heart-all he was worth-and then
he hoped to be indulgcd in loverlike demon
strations, the young lady being so far coolly
! Indifferent in her manner toward him. lie
! attributed this to maidenly reserve, for it
never occurred to him that she was not in
love with him. He cautiously prefaced his
declarations with few questions, for he
no intention of "throwing himself away"
/ Did she love him we'll enough to live in a
cottage with him? Was she a good cook
and bottle washer? Did she think it a wife'S
duty to make home happy? Would she
consult his tastes and wishes concerning her
associates and pursuits in life: Was she
economical? Could she make her own
clothes, etc. The lady said that before she
answered his questions she would assure
him of some negative virtues she possessed,
She never drank, smoked or chcWed never
owed a bill to her tailor; never stayed out
all night playing billiards.; never stood Oh
the street corners and OTleQ GiQdy girls