Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-12-11


ali of their remarkable significance to the
prisoner. His indifference left him ne
stared with wide-open and terrified eyes at
me. It was plain that if I recognized him,
he also recognized me. All his bravado lett
him he muttered something, his face
blanched, then suddenly he fell on his knees
and covered it with his hands:
NV evidence was remarkable ana conclu-
sive; and that day, for the first time, her
cules Armstrong was committed TO prison.
He had long been the terror OF the nelgh-
borhood, and no one regretted the just pun.
ishment which had fallen on him. What
his subsequent career may be know not;
this is the present end of a strange and per-
fectly true stOry.-CdsseH.
INDUSTRIAL LIFE OF CUBA.-One sunny
afternoon, says a correspondent, we start III
our dory on little tour of discovery up one
of the small rivers which drain the beautl-
ful island. We pass first the fruit houses or
the different shipping-frms, where we sec
cocoanuts piled up, as we here are accustom-
ed to see coal in the sheds, and then pass q
battery of back doors, which open right on
to the river. Here we have grand chance
to study the domestic life of the Cubans, ana
in some instances, the sights that we saw
were very amusing. One thing that we no.
ticed. which struck us as being rather pecu-
liar, was that all the ladies smoked, not the
dainty little cigarettes which some OF our
American girls have been known to indulge
in. but real long, strong gcigars-"casadoras,"
as thew call them. Their language is sweet
and melodious, and it is pleasure TO ilsten
to them. The next object OF interest that
we pass is the cocoanut mill, where all pro,
ken or bad nuts, and in fact everything 5liaC
would otherwise be wasted, are ground up
to make cocoa or palm oil. This is on the
outskirts of the town, and soon after leaving
it we pass a narrow, deep channel in the
river, with banana grove on one side ana
a tangled mass of wild grape on the other.
Here the sea breeze is broken and thestream
is as still as a pond. There is no sound eX-
cept the plash Of our oars, or the occasional
whistle of bird, and as we float lazlly on
ward it seems hard to believe that 1t Is not
all a dream. Still more unnatural does
If seem. as we come to an opening and see
ahead of US grove of tall, stately palm
trees. and it is no wonder that to our unac-
; customed eyes, the scene is one of delight
and surprise. Just beyond the palm grove
is a ford, after passing which novel sight
presents itself to our view. All along both
sides of the river, standing in the water,
are women and children, mostly black, wash
ing clothes. Their manner OF washing IS
very different from what we had seen any,
where else, and is certainly one OF the most
.. peculiar features of the people. They stand
in the river and rinse their clothes, and then
pound them on the smooth, flat rocks, which
line the edge of the water, and hang them
TO dry on the bushes all around. we kept
on through the files of washers, who paid
no particular attention to US, so that we had
, a good chance to watch their operations.
We noticed that almost all OF them, after
washing their clothes, tooka ducking them
selves, which is quite an advantage they
have over the American waSherwoman.
WHAT WE SHALL EAT.-Specihc dlrec-
tions with regard to diet ought never to be
given unless the hereditary or acquired oodl-
" tendencies of the advised individual are
known. The rule of life, even in the au-
tumnal months, for man afflcted Win
costiveness can never be the same as th;tt
for man with tendency in the opposite dl-
, from fruit and retain good health, but there
. are many to whom compliance with the
: order, 'abstain from fruit" would be the
=. signing of their death warrant. The man
3 who lives by any set of rigid rules OF diet
ary formulated for him by others; who ao'
lures animal food because vegetarlans seek
to prove that it is not right for man TO ea1
e it; who abandons fruit and vegetables
through fear of diarrhGa; who forces him
y
: or who takes his food by weight, is a foo
I for his pains, and will soon reap his reward
in sickness. On the other hand, it is impos'
D sible to write four letters large enough tC
: express the foolishness Of the men or Wo
men who will continue to eat what they
!, know is hurtful to them, either because they
L like it, because others recommend 1t, or ne
): cause they perceive THAT others take 1t wltl
Y impunity. The man who exercises largely
u every day, who lives out OF doors, WhI
5 works at a hearty manual craft under heal
e thy conditions, will if in good health, prob
S ably find himself able to digest and asslmi
late pretty we'll any kind of food not takei
;, in excess while the man who follows a Sc
dentary calling must, even if in good health
u take far more care Of himself.
A SENSE OF HoNOR.-The following il
f, taken from an editorial in the Century fo
J. December:
"There is little doubt that the thing which
r most needs to be preached to this genera
l. ton of Americans, by ministers of the gos
# pel. by both clerical and lay instructors o
the youth, by all who have influence or prI
h vate authority, is-a sense OF honor - L
a must be shown and insisted upon that every
position in life where one person is employ
e ed by another to do a certain work, lnp0s
e es an obligation to fulfil the duties OF tht
D place with an honorable and disinterestet
q regard for the interests of the employer. L
it must be shown that this view of employ
W ment applies to the cook, the errand-boy
the cashier, the legislator, the Governor, tn
President. This is trite, and apparent.
1t simple, and perhaps somewhat stupid VleV
n of the opportunities of "smart' and am
bilious young American of our day; bu
n unless this commonplace view Of responsi
r. bility is laid hold of by increasing number
r in the future of our country, we will not sa.
that our society will go to pieces, but w
IS will say that our calamities will increase
y and that we will get into trouble, and no
+ soon out of them, compared with which tn
/, dangers and distresses of the past Will seen
g almost insigniticant.'
e. READING ALOUD.-A very pleasant habl
), for home life is that of reading aloud som
le pleasant book in the evenings, and if the sc
r lection of the book is wise, it certainl
makes the home circle very attractive, an
le lightens the drudgery Of the mother, VIII
re often sits after tea with her basket of stock
[e inps to be darned, and who has a drear
of time if each member of the family, VIII
ut does not go out, takes his or her paper c
ct book, as | have often seen, and subside
I'd into their own interesting reading, leavin
We her to her own meditations. a book rea
aloud at home gets charm apart from
to self sometimes its very name will conJul
to up in our memories scenes in the far past
er the pleasant family circle, then, perhaps III
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