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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

ANCIENT V1oLINs.-It is singular that
the best violins were made before there
were any great players or any very. good
violin music for them to play. Corelli's and
Biber's works for violin's which are the first
works of the kind with any musical inter-
est or expressiveness in them, were not be-
fore the world till after 1880 and Gasparo
da Salo was out of the world by about 1910,
and Maggini by 1880. Nicholas Amati-
greatest of the name-must have nearly fin
ished his work when Coreli began, for he
died in 1854 Antonio Stradivari, the great
est of them all, was Corelli's contemporary,
but he did great deal of his work before
COrelli's time.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

aa~ Every man who strikes blows for pow
er, for influence, for institutions, for the
right, must be just as good an anvil as he is
q hammer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

aa5" There is many man with a fine clas-
steal or business education vainly seeking
for bread, but whoever saw an industrious,
temperate, first-class engineer, or mechanic
in that fix any man who has a thorough
mechanical education, or training, and who
is out of work and unable to succeed in the
world, is lacking in something, for the world
has need of such men every day, and place
for them to fill.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

asas~ The sermon of the best preacher in the
world will not make as much impression
upon acongregation as the sudden patterlng
of rain on the window panes OF a church
containing two hundred new bonnets.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

w-"No," said a Kentuckian, 81 don't
want any painting in water colors. Give
'em to me in oil-fusel oil. That's the kind
of an art conn0isseur that am"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

MEXICAN ETIQUETTE.-I was given q
lesson in etiquette by a Mexican young lady
that I met in the train. / CHANGED to be
the only man in the sleeping car when it
drew out from El Paso, and after an intro
duction by the conductor, to whose charge
the young lady had been committed, she
and 1 became quite we'll acquainted: 81
saw you eating an orange on the depot
platform, ,"she said. "In Mexico that would
be considered as unmannerly. There it is
unmannerly to eat anything outside of a
house, even candy. And | noticed when
Mr.. Romero gave you a Mexican match you
threw it away after using but one end of it,
The other end was still serviceable, and you
should have returned the match with your
thanks. If you hand one cigar or cigar
cite to light with, you must take whitf
from it after it has been returned to you,
though it may be so short as to burn your
fingers" All this l received with good
grace, for my young lady was but ten years
of age.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07
fureiam Correspondence,
THE LIGHTS o. LONDON.
A JOURNEY FROM BELFAST TO THE
BRITISH METROPOLIS.

Highland Sceneru-Historic Gronnds-1he Ionsbs
of Comsecrated Dead-A Forestry Erhfbition-A
Scotch Political Procession-THc People Painting
for Liberty-1he Extremes of Poverty and Wealth.
Scotch Character and Ihritttness
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

THE BEST BED.-Of the eight pounds
which man eats and drinks during the
day, it is estimated that no less than five
pounds leaves the body through the skin.
And of these five pounds considerable es-
capes during the night. This being great
er part gaseous in form permeates every
part of the bed. Thus, all parts of the bed,
mattress, blankets and sheets, soon become
foul and need publication.
The mattress needs this renovation quite
as much as the sheets.
To allow the sheets to be used WITHOUT
washing or changing forthree or six months,
would be regarded as bad housekeeping ;
but I insist, if thin sheet can absorb
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

| SKETCH OF Gov. ST. JOHN.-John P. st.
John, of Kansas, the candidate Of the Pro-
hibition party for President, first acquired
distinction beyond the bounds Of his home
in 1878. He was elected Governor of the
State of Kansas on prohibition platform
in the latter part Of that year, and the eyes
of the whole country were turned upon the
man who had won so remarkable a victory
and planted the banner of prohibition on
the dome of the capitol of Western State.
His career has been checkered, with many
enough of romance in his life to satisfy a
reader of novels. He was a Hoosier boy,
his father being rather eccentric inhabi-
tant of an island in White river, few miles
from indianapolis. The young Hoosier,
under the spur of ambition, started out at
the early age of - years to make his own
way in the world. He managed to acquire
the rudiments of an education and secured
employment in Olney, Ill. While there he
married at the early age of 19, but his wife
only lived some months after marriage.
About that time the California gold fever
was sweeping over the the States, and ST..
the Mississippi river with five-franc piece,
about 81, in his pocket, and teamed across
the plains. With his wages he bought lot
of lame cattle, and doctoring them up they
brought him $500 on sale. He began min
ing operations with this capital, speculating
and working and spending money fast. He
was at this time rough-and- tumble young
fellow, but straying too far from camp he
was chased by Indians for two days. Part
of the way he ran in bare feet over snow
and ice, which laid him up for six months.
His next adventure was a trip to South
America in sailing vessel, which was
wrecked in the Sandwich Islands. He was
saved without money or clothes. Working
his way back to the States, he found an op-
portunity of getting admission to the bar.
When the war broke out he was practicing
in Charleston. He entered the army, and
at it's close was colonel. His last fighting
was against the bushwhackers in Missouri.
He lived for time in Independence, and
married again. Removing to Olothe, Kan
sas, he entered into politics. He was prom
inent in unhorsing Senator Pomeroy, which
made him popular, and in the State election
years by the Prohibition party. In 1882 he
was defeated for reelection by G. w. Click.
Gov. st. John is about fifty years old, of an
imposing personal presence, and is man of
strong convictions and original views, which
he expresses in language forcible and dra-
matte. His speech at the meeting of the
Maryland State Temperance Alliance in
Baltimore, in April, 1883, made very ia
vorable impression on his hearers.
The candidate of the Prohibition party
for President in 1872 was James Black, of
Lancaster, Pa. His total vote was 5,50S.
Their candidate in 1876 was Green Clay
Smith, and in 1880 was Neal Dow, of Maine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

asy Sincerity is to speak as we think, to
do as we pretend to profess, to perform and
make good what we promise, and really be
what we would seem and appear to be.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

USEFUL HINTs.-Plenty of fresh air, fresh
water, Wholesome food, and regular hours
for meals will do wonders in keeping a home
healthy and happy.
Wash whiteWashed walls with vinegar to
make paper stick.
Use white oil cloth bound with red, back
of kitchen table, wash stands, and under
hooks to hang tin.
Salts of lemon will take stains from ivory
knives.
Camphor will prevent moths; the gum
near your silver will keep it bright.
Wormwood or pennyroyal will drive out
ants.
One teaspoonful of chloride of lime, in
three quarts of water, will take stains from
white goods. Rats and mice avoid chloride
of lime.
Vinegar will remove lime from carpets.
Quissa in sWeetened water will destroy
flies.
Saltpetre and olive oil will cure corns.
Let sunshine in all rooms; it is better than
medicine.
If spider or dish gets burnt in using, do
not scrape it, but put a little water and ashes
in, and let it get warm; it will come off
nicely.
Wash your windows with wing instead
of cloth, and look out on clean, we'll
kept ward.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-08-07

USE AND ABUSE OF THE EYEs.-While
a prominent oculist of the city and report
er were conversing, young lawyer walked
up, and, accosting the former, said: "My
eyes feel very much fatigued. What had
better do for them ?" The oculst gave him
some instructions about glasses, and when
he had gone away said: "People speak
about their eyes being faitigued, meaning
that the retina, or seeing portion of the
brain, is fatigued, but such is not the case,
as the retina hardly ever gets tired. He
was asked to explain, and continued: "The
fatigue is in the inner and outer muscles
attached to the eyeball and in the muscle of
accommodation, which surrounds the lens
Of the eye. When near object is to be
looked at this muscle relaXes and allows the
lens to thicken, increasing its retroactive
power. The inner and outer muscles to
which l referred are used. in covering the
eye or the object to be looked at, the in
ner one being especially used when near
object is to be looked at. 1t is in the mus
cles mentioned that the fatigue is felt, and
reliefis secured temporarily by closing the
eyes or gazing at far distant objects. The
usual indication of strain is redness of
the rim of the eyelashes, betolening con-
gested state of the inner surface, accOmpa-
MED with some pain. Rest is not the prop
er remedy for fatigued eye, but the use of
glasses of sufficient power to render uneces-
sary so much effort to accommodate the
eye to vision"
"When do the eyes begin to age?"
"At about the tenth or twelfth year of
life, when they have reached their full de-
velopment. At the age of forty-tive or fifty
the lenses cease to thicken, when the pres
sure is removed and old sight begins"
evil child who has to use glasses ever
| OutgrOW the custom ?'
"Not as a general thing, but other glasses
of different thicknesses will be used. Some
times cases have occurred where children
outgrew the use of glasses. Second sight,
or the apparent recovery of strength of Wis
| ion, is change, an elongation in the shape
of the eyeball, by which the person becomes
nearsighted, accompanied by change in
the lens caused by the appearance of
cataract"
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23
Proper Aggressiveness.

One of the leading objections made to
Mr.. Blaine is the alleged aggressiveness
of his foreign policy, trait which, it is
claimed, will, after his election, bring
us into troublesome conflict with foreign
nations. The accusation has been re-
peated so often that those who are not
particularly well disposed toward the
prospect of Republican victory are
taking it for granted as true and laying
some stress upon it. The impetus given
the argument has come principally
from the English newspapers, which are
entering into the canvass with all the
earnestness of busybodies who at last
find something they can both under
stand and enjoy.
Up to the present an analysis of the
argument employed shows that Mr..
Blaine's aggressiveness consists in prop
erly asserting what he believes to be
the foreign rights of the country, and
in refusing to allow the State Depart
ment TO be used as a tool for the fur.
therance of selfish English plans. Il
this be aggressiveness the opposition are
welcome to make the most OF it; but
the people Of this country will never
fail to look with satisfaction on any pol
icy that will preserve for us abroad the
influence and prestige which we have
been at so much pains to acquire.
The trouble with these cavilers seems
to be that they do not properly distin'
euish between aggressiveness and med
dlesomeness; but, considering the two
synonomous, proceed mentally to con.
found them without the slightest regard
70 the meaning Of either. A meddle'
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23
More TattOOed Men.

Be ye not not pufed up, neither, Mr..
Blaine, over this tattoo business.
Though your enemies have digged
pit for you and fallen therein them
selves, though the scheme devised for
your destruction has but brought an ar
my of recruits to the countless multi
tude of your friends, do not, we pray
you, get conceited with the idea that
you have a monopoly of this particular
line of persecution. So eminent an
authority in American history as your
distinguished self need hardly be re-
minded of Freneau. Freneau, the frant-
ic rhymester, whose lampoons invoked
upon the august head of Washington
himself the scorn and detestation of
mankind. Nor have you probably for
gotten the unscrupulous libellers who
bounded Jefferson, the brains of the
American Revolution, with the charge
that he wished to reproduce among us
the horrors of the French. Nor the
scandalous style of warfare which the
enemies of intrepid Old Hickory did
not deem too vile or mean for their
adoption. And SO through the resound-
ing roll-cal of our greatest, best and
purest men, whether or not through great
tribulation they attained the Nations
highest honor at last, till we come to
that immortal pair who within SO few
short years, beneath the very shadow of
the capitol, fell martyrs in their countrys
cause. Who can forget even at this
distance OF time the unstinted venom
which the Copperhead press spat upon
the great and gentle LincolnP And
what child but can recall the shameful
trademarks with which the very hands
that now befoul the candidates of to-
day sought to smirch the fair fame of
the heroic Garheldp These things have
all passed into history, and with them
the reactions of righteous wrath, that
in every instance lifted the man as
sailed above the reach of his would-be
assailers, high upon pedestal of en-
during honor, closed round with the
shrine of the peoples love. And SO
shall it be in this year Of our Lord, 1884,
and again as often as low malice, mer-
cenary spite and Hessian zeal shall en-
list against high purpose, eminent pub
lie services and lofty character.
In the Valhalla of Americas heroes
these old tattoo marks have long faded
from view. But the Hatchefs subtle
chemistry has power to bring them fo'
one moment again to sight to show you,
James Blaine, and you, John Logan. il
what distinguished company, as you de
serve, you find yourselves. You, too
shall stand in this hall Of heroic shapes
where even the white light that beat
upon throne could find NO stain o.
mark upon you of the pictorial iniqui
ties that like lesser but grosser cir
Gus poster now fiaunts its offensei
against decency in every highway
| The RGtchek 'ta
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23
some man is one who interferes whers

some man Is one who interferes whert
he had no business; an aggressive man
is one who boldly asserts his rights and
maintains them by any legitimate
means that may be necessary. To be
in favor of advancing the interests OF
the United States by any proper means
and in any Legitimate way; to endeavor
to prevent the products of cheap capital
and labor from coming into compcti-
ton in our home markets; to make
every effort to protect American citi-
zens from imposition when business or
pleasure carries them abroad is proper
aggressiveness, and the American peo-
pie will support any man or party
that practices it.
On the other hand, were an American
Administration to interfere in matters
which do not touch the political or COM
mercial interests of this country, were
it to attempt to dictate to England what
policy should bepursued in dealing with
rebels in India or with merchants in
Australia, were it to advise France with
regard to Tonquin, or Germany as to
what should be done on the Congo
this would be piece of meddlesome
impertinence which would meet with
resentment abroad and with stinging
rebuke at home. Our Administrations
have never been guilty of such aggres-
siveness as this, and it is safe to say
they never will. In spite Of general
impression to the contrary, as a Nation
we have always been pretty strongly ad-
dicted to minding our own business, a
course that has proved tolerably profit
able in the past and is likely to continue
so in the future. Louis GIobe-Dens.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23
AGoREss1VE B1AMEi

A1R--For Wearing Of the Green
What's the meaning of this, uproar,
from Pacific slope to MaineI
Why, in thunder, are the Irish
SO excited over Blaine?
:. IL it's true that England Tears nlm,
More than tons OF dynamite,
Wen roll up our sleeves IN earnesb
To sustain him in the hight.
Yes. nv boy, that nomination
Was a slap in England's face;
For the blood Of Blaine and Logan
IL OF Erins martial race;
Like her noble Wolfhound, gentle
When caressed; but fierce, and strong,
If provoked by Bulldog buster
At all risks to strangle wrong!
Let me whisper something further
That should make your duty clear;
British gold is concentrating
Press and parson in our rear
Times and Herald, Post and Hdrper,
Bawdy Htcit and nasty -Ygst
And those weak-l1need dudes of Boston,
Are pro-English, first ana last.
Ev'ry vote we give, my comrades,
Tallies two for gallant Blaine-'
For the giant-chief of statesmen,
Bold OF heart, and clear of DrainI
So, with hatreds inspiration,
We shall bravely DO our part,
And strike Englands crawling vassals
In the greed-spot, next her heart.
See the volunteers, in thousands,
Taking up the grand refrain,
who cut loose from lifelong mooringn
To attest their love for Blaine!
Party ties are dim illusions
BY the light OF Logan S star;
Dashing Ney of Union legionsl
Peerless Sarsfield of the War!
while the boilers sull1, their tents in,
From the glory of the fight
And tine Bourbons always beaten.
Chew their party-cud OF spite;
Well fail in, IN tens and hfties,
To offset each traitor sham;
And wen sing the song of vietors
Round our Plumed Knights orilamme
-RieI13,d OllahGD, in ChcdgO Tribune
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23

p6y- If Mr.. Curtis wants q reformer
for President he should advocate the
best friend of the gamblers, thieves and
bummers, Mayor Carter Harrison, OF
Chicago. He is a typical reformer OF
The Democratic stripe. He would suit
club-room politicians - Dayton JoagnaA
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23
FINE JOB PRINTING

We would say to the merchants and bust
ness men Of Wellington and vicinity, that
we are prepared to do Commercial Print
ing of every description in as neat and
artistic manner as can be done anywhere,
and at prices that cannot be otherwise but
satisfactory when quality Of work is taken
into account. We study the wants and
tastes of our patrons and try to please
them, and would like to show all our bust
ness men what we can do, here in Yelling
ton, in the way Of Fine Commercial Print
ing, and to that end we invite them to call
1T the Enterprise ONCE,
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1884-07-23

~ The Catholic Union will suppOVA
Blaine.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
PE7TIS. BASSE7T { co
A WORD TO THE WISE.
The Danger Of a Visitation of the Asiatic
Plague-PrecautiOns Urged.

A letter has been received by Governor Porter
from the secretary of the National Board of
Health in relation 70 the danger of an epidemic
Of Asiatic cholera, in which the secretary says:
II an directed to advise your Excellency that
the presence of Asiatlc cholera in epidemic form
in Europe is a constant menace to the people Of
this country. The disease has pressed steadily
westward during the past two years, carrying
widespread desolation in it's path, until now it
has found q Judgment in European ports whence
more than one of the epidemics from which we
have heretofore suffered have been brought to
our shores. With our vastly increased inter
course with foreign powers and facilities for
communication the disease may at any moment
make its appearance in this country. 1t is pro-
foundry to be hoped that we may escape another
visitation of this scourge, but, following the
history of past epidemics, we can only
hope for exemption from its attack by the most
prompt and efficient sanitary service. No por-
lion Of any State should be left unguarded, for
cur facilities for both State and interstate com
munication afford ample means for carrying the
poison far and wide throughout the land, in
the absence of a sanitary service at any point
that may, in the event of the appearance of
cholera, become the center from which the in
fection may be spread to other portions of the
country.
&hgeatens our people, and of the responsibilities
resting upon the rulers and all in high official
station, your Excellency is earnestly requested to
call the attention of the Indiana Legislature to
this subject, and to urge the necessity of appro-
pirate legislation for providing the means where
by the most thorough sanitary service may be
immediately organized.
'Much preliminary work requires to be done
IN many portions Of your State to place the coun-
try in good sanitary condition, and, to this end,
every organized community should be provided
with u competent board, supplied with every ia
oility for aiding and directing the local authori-
ties in their sanitary work. By the prompt
adoption Of such measures, we may hope, if not
10 wholly escape an invasion of this dread dis
case, to be able, at least, to limit its ravages to
The places where it first makes its appearance. "
The Governor will call the attention of the
next General Assembly to the danger of an out
break of the epidemic, and will suggest the i'm.
pOrtance of some action in relation to the mat
Der.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
OFFICE OF
JAG. METZGER co.
Sole Bottlers of P. Lieber & Co.'S Celebrated
Export TAFEL BEER, 80 and 80 East
Maryland street, Indianapolis, Ind.
OFFICE OF

Wekeep in stock and sell to the trade by the box,
cask, or by the dozen the following wellknown goods;
F BEER-For shipment, 2 doz. quarts or 8
doz. pints in a case; also 8 doz. quarts or 10 doz.
pints in a cask. For city delivery; l doz. in a case.
TINE L which is expressly brewed for
us. For shipment, 2 doz. quarts in a case. For city
delivery, l doz. in a case. Our own bottling.
LAGER BEER, mot steamed) in patent stopper
bottles. For shipment in 2 doz. quart OF 3 doz. pint
cases. For city delivery, in l doz. cases. Our own
bottling.
BUDWE1SER, ST. LOUIS BEER for which we
are sole agents. 10 doz. pints in a cask.
BASES d PALE ALE Imported, Sdoz. pints
in a cask. E. & j. Burke's bottIing.
MCEWAN'S SPARKLING EDINBURG EXTRA
ALE (imported), 8 doz. pints in a cask.
GUINNESS'S STOUT Imported, 8 doz.
pints in a cask.
GINGER ALE Gmported), Cantrell & Cochrane's,
10 doz. pints in a cask.
GINGER ALE-Cincinnati National Belfast-for
which we are sole agents), q doz. quarts in a case.
UNYAD WATER (imported), SO imperial pints
in a case.
APPOLINARIS WATER Gmported), so bottles
(quarts) in a case; 100 bottles (pints) in a case.
SPRING WATER, 4 doz. pints in q
case.
CONGRESS WATER, 4 doz. pints IN a case.
SARATOGA VICHY WATER, 4 doz. pints in a
case.
CINCINNATI SELTzER WATER, in largo syphon,
2 doz. in a case.
SHEBOYGAN WATER, so quarts in a case flor
which we are sole agents.)
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
Three Ladies',

SHE'LL Oysters and CLANS, Schaffner's.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-12-06
N. JAMES, Secretary.

DR.. Glenn thinks that he has been treated I'M
fairly and u~njustly, and that he has been re-
moved without cause, so that a ward politician
may be provided with a place. for which he is
totally unqualified, and incapable of discharging
its duties. Baker will take charge of the insti-
tuition some time during the present month, and
DR.. Glenn and his family will probably return
to Muncie.