Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-05-01

ofhis son, Mickey Ward, Esq, in Lancaster
District.
ct, Esq. An early widowhood was her por-
home, in his declining years, after her be-
reavement After his death, she married
again, and, trust, found the sun-dOWn Of
life peaceful and clear.
Thus Halifax and it's identity have COM
pletely passed away among the things that
were ; it's joyous feasts, it's gay revellings,
living only in the memories of septuagena-
rians.
ITO BE CONTINUED.
THE RUINS OF BAALBEC.-Dr. II. NJ.
Field, says in the Evangelist: Everything
is colossal. The area is larger than that of
the temple at Jerusalem. We may begin
with the walls, which are half mile around,
attained in the most tremendous fortress.
When from within I climbed to the top, it
made me giddy to look over the perilous
edge to the depth below; and when from
without the walls, lookedup at them, they
rose high in air. Some of the stones seem
as if they must have been reared in place,
not by Titans, but by the gods. There are
nine stones thirty feet long and ten feet
thick, which is larger than the foundation
stones Of the temple at Jerusalem, dating
from the time of Solomon, or any blocks in
mics compared with the three giants of the
western wall sixty-two, siXty-three and one
half and sixty-four feet long.
These are said to be the largest stones ever
used in any construction. They weigh hun
dreds of tons, and instead of being merely
hewn out of a quarry which might have
been on the site, and left to lie where they
were before, they have been lifted nineteen
feet from the ground, and there imbedded
in the wall! Never was there such Cyclo-
pean architecture. How such enormous
masses could be moved is problem with
modern engineers. Sir Charles Wilson,
whom I met in Jerusalem, is at this mo-
ment in Baalbec. Standing in the grounds
of the temple, he tells me that in the British
museum there is an ancient tablet which re-
veals the way in which such stones were
moved. The mechanics were very simple.
Rollers were put under them, and they were
drawn up inclined planes by sheer human
muscle-the united strength of great num-
bers of men. In the rude design on the
tablet the whole scene is pictured to the eye.
There are battaliOns of men, hundreds to a
single roller, with the taskmasters standing
over them, lash in hand, which was freely
applied to make them pull together, and the
king sitting on high to give the signal for
this putting forth of human strength en-
masse, as if an army were moving to battle.
A battle it was in the waste of human life
which it caused. These temples of Baalbec
ing, and have consumed the population of a
province and the wealth Of an empire.
ANIMAL VANITIEs.-This intelligent ap-
probation of personal appearance among
birds and beasts is one Of the most interest
ing facts of science; and those who have
read the works of our great Evangelist Of
Nature cannot fail to remember how con-
spicuous part the admiration of beauty
and "manliness," so to speak, has played
in the origin of species. Song and plumage
are, as rule, the weapons with which birds
contend for their DANES. Often, of course,
the conflict descends into a ferocious, blood
thirsty duel for possession of the charmer;
but more often the rivalry is peaceful and
the sweetest and strongest voice of the most
graceful and most vigorous person carries
off the prize of love. We read how the
ock-thrushes of Guinea, the bird of para
disc and others congregate in their lists,
their tournaments before beauty, and each
male in turn comes forward and displays
with most elaborate care every fragment of
his gorgeous plumage, omitting no single
point that may tell in his favor. They
| likewise perform strange antics before the
lady, which long custom, perhaps, has told
them are agreeable to the SEX and even
tually she pairs off with the most attractive
partner. Wherein, if modern society with
its need of birth or money or official posi-
ton, is put aside, does the procedure of the
rock thrush differ from unsophisticated hu-
manity? TO this day, in some parts of the
world, when it is known that belle would
we'd, the beaux of the tribe come forward,
rugged out in every ornament they can beg,
borrow or steal, and parading in her pres
ence, perform just the same antics that the
birds do, and strange to relate, the girl is
captivated just as the thrush is, by the most
agile Jumper or the most beautiful person.
Thus, after all, animal vanities are perhaps
our own too.-London Telegraph.
THE WELLS OF THE DEsERT.-Nothing
can more forcibly illustrate the confidence
or the stern resolve of the Arabs in the last
battle than the fact that when our soldiers
reached the Wells Of Tamai they found
their refreshing stores unpolluted. During
the next few weeks the water supply of
the Soudan will become more and more
precarious; many springs drying up or be-
coming effaced before the breath OF the
"Khamseen"-t hot wind of the desert.
| The value Of water in the East can hardly
be realized by those whose experience has
been confined to land Of running brooks.
| In our AbySSinian campaign the "tuDe-Well'
of an American inventor was employed with
excellent results; and the Russians have
not been slow to profit by the example,
having adopted it almost throughout the
line of their advance in Asia. Some other
artificial systems are still in use, such as
that of the condensing apparatus with which
a few of our ships of war are furnished but
it is understood that, in the event Of any
further inland operations from Suakim, the
English troops will have to depend for at
least portion of their supplies upon the
dispatch of caravans of Water-carriers from
| the Nile.-,T. James Gazette.
If THIS IS TRUE 1T Is REMARKABLE
A Eufaula Alabama, paper relates most
remarkable incident as told by Rev. B. H.
Sassnet. Rev. Sassnet with friend were
sitting in a room engaged in conversation
with a gentleman. His little boy came in
while he was talking and troubled his ia
ther. The father not wishing to be disturb
ed, pushed the little fellow aside, telling
him at the same time to 60 away as hedid
SO the little fellow stumbled and fell against
hot stove killing him instantly. The fa-
ther screamed and in so doing startled his
wife who was up stairs washing the baby.
In trying to come down stairs she fell and
broke her neck. The heart-broken father
and husband went up stairs short time
after and found that his wife had left the
| babV in the tIlb of water and it was drown