Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-12-18
AMERICAN QUEENS.

The Board adjourned at 10 p. NJ, We'd
nesday night.
AMERICAN QUEENS.
The suggestion has been made that Mr..
Cleveland could signaliZe his advent to the
| Presidency in no more startling manner
than by inviting to assist at his first recep-
tions, the three ladies who still survive the
experience of having presided over the
White House under Democratic administra-
tions. These ladies are Mrs Polk, Mrs. Ty-
ler, and Mrs. Harriet Lane Johnston. Mrs.
Polk resides at "Polk Place." Nashville,
Tennessee, and is now in her eighty-second
year. Mrs. Tyler is still brilliant woman
of less than sixty, and lives among host OF
friends in Richmond, Va. Mrs. Harriet
Lane Johnston, who was mistress of the
White House during her uncle's (Buchan-
an's) administration, is, as is Well-knoWn, u
resident in Baltimore. She is always spo-
ken of in Washington as one of the most
brilliant women of it's social history. She
married Mr.. Henry Elliott Johnston, of
Baltimore, some time in 1866.
There is still employed at the White
House an old man who was there when Mrs.
Tyler came there as the Presidents bride,
and he points with pride to her picture
hanging in the Green Room, and tells the
visitors. "she was a pretty woman, she
was" The correspondent was talking with
this old servant recently, and asked him ii
he didn't remember Mrs. Polk, also, and he
replied as follows:
livery well, indeed. She was a hand
some and fascinating woman. a prOmi-
nent English lady Visiting here said she
had seen three Queens in Europe, and that
none could compare with Mrs. Polk. She
was very popular; so much so that South
Caroinan once said to her during one of
her receptions that there was Il woe pro-
nounced against her in the Bible. She in
quired with some cOncern-fOr she was a
deeply religious woman-what it was, when
he replied: "Well the Bible says, Woe
unto you when all men shall speak we'll of
you.'" 1t seemed to be very appropri-
ate remark, for it seems that everybody did
speak well of her. She was extremely pop
ular.
The same old timers face lighted up with
pleasure when Miss Harriet Lanes name
was mentioned. ''Do | remember her?
Why, it was only little time ago, only
tWenty-Seven years, since she came here.
She was beautiful, accomplished, queenly
| young woman, a perfect picture as she
stood beside her Whte-haired bachelor un-
Gle, who had been SO long Il father to her,
and whom she loved with the most earnest
affection. 1t was hard to understand why
one so young could have seen so much of the
world. She had, when she came to the
| White House, seen all that there WAS worth
seeing of the courts of Europe, having been
for years with her uncle at the Court of St.
James, especially honored and beloved by
the Queen. Mr.. Buchanan was very fond
of her, though he used to like to tease her
with somequiet, goOd-natured stories of her
| giriSh days, when she was quite rOmp. l
remember how he used to tell about her
beating some young man in foot race,
and also about her wheeling a load of wood
through the streets Of the town where she
lived to give it to some poor old woman.
She had many admirers, and many offers OF
marriage before she met Mr.. Johnston"
Mrs. Johnston, by the way, visited Wash
;ngton only few weeks ago.
Si.EEp-Seep in well ventilated bed
room if you wish to spend healthful, happy
days. The bed and bed clothes have a
deal to do with the amount of sleep one OBJ
tains. 1t would be impossible to lay down
rules that would suit the cases of all my
readers, but may just say that people in
good health ought to sleep on not -too-soft
mattress. The feather bed is not by any
means healthy one, nor, unless it be put
under the mattress, is it one that is con-
ducive to sleep. The bedclothes should
never be heavy, but they ought to be warm.
An elder down quilt is a capital thing, but
it is too hot for the summer months. Paper
quilts can now be had and they are very
excellent in their way. The pillows on u
bed should be particularly well arranged
for comfort. One ought to be very large,
so as to support the shoulders, and it should
be elastic and not too yielding; it is an un-
comfortable feeling that of sinking in pill
low. "A warm bath, or a tepid, or even Il
Turkish bath, taken before going to bed, is
an excellent and very safe means of procur-
ing sleep. Both the former act by deter
mining the blood from the brain towards
the skin, and also by calming the nervous
system. The mind should be as calm as
possible before lying down to rest; there
fore one should undreSs leisurely, wash the
feet and hands and face, the latter in cold
water, then read and contemplate for some
time before lying down. The light ought
to be put out Immediately after if not be-
fore lying down.
TALKING 1000 MlLEs.-The most re-
markable feature of telephoning yet at
tempted has just been accomplished by the
engineers of the International Bell Tele-
phone Company, who successfully carried
out an experiment by which they were en-
abed to hold a conversation between St.
IeleISDuIS anu l>OloSIltc, u uiottlICC vi -,t"'
miles. Blake transmitting and Bell receiv-
| ing instruments were used, and conversation
was kept up Notwithstanding rather higll
induction. The experiments were carried
on during the night, when the telegraph
| lines were not at work. The Russian cl-
gineers of this company are 50 cOntidentof
further success that they hope shortly tobe
able to converse with ease ut a distance OF
1860 miles, but to accomplish this astonsh-
| ing feat they must combine all the cnldl-
| tiOnS favorable for the transmission of .ele-
phonic sounds.
If it is found possible to hold audible con-
versation at such extraordinary distances, 1T
is possible that this fact will be speedily I'M
proved upon, and we shall be enabled to
converse freely between London ant New
York, and by-and-by between l4Onbn and
the antipOdes. Chambers JOuWdi.
LIABILITY FOR CAREL ESSN ES&--A pas
senger on Pullman palace car gang from
st. Paul to Portland gave his pisbl to the
| porter to put away. In going thrugh the
car the porter dropped the pistol and it was
discharged. The ball struck Il woman in
the car and caused a serious injury. she
sued the Pullman company for Twenty-Five
thousand dollars damages. The company
contend that it was against the rues for tho
I porter to receive as custodian an baggage,
! package or article from passenger.
Judge Deady, of the United Safes Court
/ in Oregon, has laid down the INV in the
case. He holds that the company cannot
escape liability by showing tha'the porter
acted contrary to orders. If he was acting
in "the course of his employnent' when
/ he took charge of the weapon aid was gull