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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

that Americans overdo themselves. They
accomplish as much inside of fifty years of
age as Europeans accomplish inside of sew
enty and if life were measured by the
amount of work done, our people are the
longest lived in the world. One reason for
this is the immense amount of work to be
done in this country, and the comparatively
small number of skilled persons to do it..
Another reason is the American aversion to
idleness. Even our wealthy men die in
harness-not so much because they covet
more wealth as that they require the excite
ment of getting it. The centers of power
are to be found in the whirls of active move
ment. It is in these a mans name is men
toned, his wealth taken into account, his
influence made factor and his talents care
fully measured. When he retires from ac-
tive life he goes into oblivion; and it is the
Americans aversion to this dismal sepul-
ture that explains his habit of standing to
his desk till he drops into his actual grave.
st. Louis Republican. ..-...f...
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

A MARK OF THRlFT.-There is no bet
ter evidence of thrift than the prosperity of
the laboring classes. They depend entirely
upon their own exertions, and their employ
ment is conditioned upon the prosperity of
the moneyed class. Ifcapitalists have mon
ey to spend in legitimate way, the laborer
is sure to get large share of. And this de-
pendence isso close and natural that, as sta
ted, community with thriving laboring
population is thriving community in ev-
cry sense of the term.
It is interesting, then, to note the number
of small dwellings that are being erected in
and around the suburbs Of this city. Fol-
low almost any street to it's terminus, and
you will find them, small and unattractive
it may be-, but each representative of the
strongest bulWark of our civilizatiOn--home.
It is really astonishing the eself-denial that
is often practiced by laborers to get enough
money to buy or build a place which one
can call his or her own. One instance is
fresh in our mind, of an old colored woman
who cooked for five dollars a month and
who denied, and even stinted herself, al
though passionately fond of finery, until she
paid for a lot at high price, and built her a
little house. AS there is nothing more dan
gerous to community than a loose floating
population, these efforts are much to be COM
mended, and our people will lose nothing
by giving them due encouragement. .
It may be that the NEGRO Problem"
which presents such a forbidding aspect to
many thinking men, will settle itself in
some natural way, like the one indicated,
without the necessity of outside interfer-
ence. Certain it is that the negro is grad
ually attaching himself to the soil in this
State, and that he is better man to himself
and his community for such action.--Spar-
ta'a6,ug Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12
IS THE MOON INHABITED?

At the astronomical observatory of Berlin,
says translation from Nya Pressen Hell
singfor, a discovery has lately been made
which, without doubt, will cause the great
est sensation, not only among the adopts
in science but even among the most learn
ed. Prof Blendmann, in that city, has
found, beyond doubt, that our old friend,
the moon, is not mere lantern which
kindly furnishes light for the loving youth
and gas companies of our planet, but the
abode of living, intelligent beings, for which
he is prepared to furnish proofs most con-
vincing.
The question has agitated humanity from
time immemorial, and has been the object
of the greatest interest. But the opinions
have always differed very widely, and no
two minds held one and the same? Already
in ancient times the belief prevailed that
the moon was inhabited by some lighter
organized, intelligent beings somewhat re-
sembling man, and in order to communicate
with them the earthly enthusiasts planted
rows of trees several miles in length so as to
form the figure of the Pythagorean theoren.
The celebrated astronomer Schroeder, in the
beginning Of the present century, fancied
that he could detect places on the surface of
the moon which periodically grew lighter
and darker, and from this fact he derived
the conclusion that the phenomenon was
proof of existing vegetation. During the
last few decades, however, the idea Of life
on the moon has been held up to ridicule,
and totally scorned by men of learning.
But, nevertheless, it has now been proved
to be correct.
BY accident DIR. Blendman found that the
observations of the moon gave but very un-
satisfactory results, owing to the intensity
of the light power of the moons atmosphere,
which is that strong that it effects the cor
rectness of the observations in very high
degree. He then conceived the idea to
make the object-glass of the refractor less
sensitive to the rays of the light, and for
that purpose he darkened it with the smoke
of camphOr. It took months of experiment
ing before he succeeded in finding his right
degree of obscurity of the glass, and when fl
nally found he then with the refractor took an
accurate photo Of the moons surface. This
he placed in sun microscope, which gave
the picture diameter of 553 feet. The rev.
elation was most startling. 1t perfectly
overturned all hitherto entertained ideas of
the moons surface. Those level plains
which formerly were held to be oceans OF
water proved to be verdant fields, and what
formerly were considered mountains turned
out as deserts of sand and oceans Of water
Towns and habitations of all kinds were
plainly discernible, as well as signs Of in
dustry and traffic. The learned professors
study and observations of old Luna will be
repeated every full moon when the sky is
clear, and we venture to predict that the
time is not far off when we shall know more
about the man in the moon than as being an
agent in English politics.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

KILLING MADE EAsY.-In the time OF
Napoleon it was estimated that it took 600
bullets to be fired in battle before man
was killed in other words, every dead SOL
dier represented his own weight in lead.
But the recent Improvement in fire arms
has added to the efficiency Of the soldier.
The greater range of the rifle, as we'll as the
rapidity with which it can be fired, has
made it thirty-two times as effective as the
old smooth-bore. To put it more accurate
Iy, a military authority says that the mod
ern rifle is superior to the old smooth-bore
in the following particulars: 1t is eight
times more effective in accuracy, tWo-thirds
greater in range and penetration, five times
greater in rapidity: Of aimed tire while the
weight of the cartridges per man has dimin-
ished, yet the number that may be carried
has been increased. The added efficiency Of
the heavy guns is no less surprising. The
famous Krupp makes gun of nine inches
caliber and eighteen tons weight which will
send ball through twenty inches of solid
iron and his field-gun, within range of
more than mile and half, can be depend
ed upon to put every projectile into space
of less than two hundred square feet. Ia
king into consideration the breech-loading,
rifles, better powder, improved projectlles,
the lighter carriages of steel, the science OF
artillery has been revOlutionized; and one
battery to-day is more effective than tWen-
ty of those so skillfully handled by the
great Napoleon. In the next great battles
some dreadful engines of destruction will
be brought into play. The Hotchkiss re-
volving gun can fire bursting shells at the
rate of eighty a minute. 1t can pour out a
continuous and deadly fire of seventy-fve
pounds of metal, or 1,200 hits, every sixty
seconds. 1t is fearful to think of the havoc
which would be caused by. the guns of the
future.
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capitol-the city, embosomed in trees, lying
below; the broad waters a: Of the Potomac Pc n, c
Heights of Arlington, where, around the
ancestral home of the late Gen. Lee, $1,000
Federal and Confederate soldiers lie side
by side in one common graveyard. From
the Potomac, too, the city has a charming
appearance, crowned as it is by the dome Of
the capitol, which shines in the sun like a
globe of polished silver. have seen many
of the capitols of Europe. 1 have seen Lon
don, Edinburgh and Dublin; have seen
Paris, Berlin and Brussels, l have seen
Copenhagen, Christiana, Dresden and the
Hague. But have seen none that surpass-
es for effect this city of Magnificent Dis
tances.-"O,r american Cousins"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

"JoHN GILPINs's RIDE."-John Gilpin's
Ride" was composed by Cowper somewhere
about the year 1880 or 1882 and under the
following circumstances, as he told them
himself: While on visit to his friend and
admirer, Lady Austen, he was suffering one
evening from excessive melancholy, which
her ladyship thought to relieve by relating
to him a funny story. 1t was a story she
remembered from childhood and which she
had often related to the little ones gathered
at her house. "John Gilpin's Ride" she
denominated her tale, and She went on and
told it in bright, sparkling, narrative style.
Its effect on the fancy of CoWper was en-
chanting. On the following morning he
appeared at the breakfast table with coun-
tenance all smiles, and he told Lady Austen
that he had been kept awake half the night
by thoughts of her story and his involunta-
nv bursts of laughter at the comical scenes
flashed back upon him, And he further
more told her that he had resolved to put it
into ballad, the general construction of
which he had already in mind. The ballad
was written and given to Lady Austen, and
she insisted upon giving it to the publisher
of her favorite newspaper. SO 1T found Its
way to the public; and afterwards Hender-
son, the actor, recited it in his public read
ings. There have been various surmises as
to where Lady Austen obtained her hero.
Some have thought he was real parsonage
and have collated proof to sustain the posi-
ton, while others have believed him to have
been entirely fictitious-a creature of Lady
Austen's brain, or, mayhap, of the poets
own fancy.-LOndon Mugazine,
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

LIFE AND WoRK.-We hear good deal
about the rapid decay of human faculties in
this country, as if there was something in
our climate unfavorable to mental and bod
lily vigor in old men and women; and in
contrast with this we heara good deal about
the great age to which people in Europe
maintain their physical and mental etficien-
cy. But only one-half the truth is told. A
man will accomplish twice as much in an
average lifetime, in this country, as any
where In the Old World-and this is true OF
man in all positions, the lawyer in his office,
the physician in his chaise, the mechanic in
his shop and the operative in the mill: An
American working man who recently re-
turned to Pittsburg from visit to England
expressed his surprise at the comparatively
small amount of work done by laborers in
that country. They move slowly and leis-
urely, they take their time about everything
and seem never in a hurry-all in striking
contrast with the fierce, unsparing vehe-
mence with which men pursue their voca-
tions in this country. There is no doubt
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

aH- The editor of the Boston Journal Of
Chemistry, J. r. Nichols, M. D., an eminent
scientific authority, takes the advanced po-
sition that alcoholic liquors are no longer
necessary in medicine or the arts. He says
that "if the natural vinous Preventative
process should cease, and the art of distilla-
ton become a lost art, not a life would be
sacrificed in consequence, not a case of dis.
ease would be retarded in the process of
cure, not pain aggravated, and not one of
the art processes suffer detriment.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

MEAL TIME.-Punctuality at meal time
is due from every member of the family !;
the chance laggard, even in childhood, owes
an apology and should be taught to make
it. Courtesy demands that no one should
leave the table until all have finished with
out saying to the hostess, "Please excuse
me-" and childhood is no exception. Every
one should feel the necessity of making
themselves fit for the table, and of bringing
them to it. If disagreeable topics must be
discussed, meal time is not the suitable
hour or the table the proper place for such
discussions, and no one should feel any
more at liberty to say an unkind or thought
less word than he would to adulterate the
food or withhold it altogether. At the ev-
ery-day table, no matter how humble it
may be, cleanliness, order, mutual respect
and good breeding mark the truly refined.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12
Selettea guetty.
ONLY GOING TO THE GATE.

ONA1 "oAtN" 4o AA ~1A
Like bell Of blossom ringing, ~
Clear and childish, shrill and sweet,
Floating to the porch shadow,
With the fainter fall of feet,
Comes the answer softly backward, t
Bidding tender watcher wait, .a..."..
While the baby queen outruns her, .g...
"Only goingto the gate ..-.-. ..:.as
Through the moonlight, warm and scented,
~. Love to beauty breathes sigh, ,.. .....
. Always to depart reluctant, ,-.'...
Loath to speak the words good-by;
Then the same low echo answers,
Waiting love of older date, ~.
And the maiden whispers SOFTLY
=. "Only going to the gate" -....' =. %.i..--
Oh, these gates along our pathway,
What they bar outside and in!
With the vague outlook beyond them,
Over waves we have not been, '"
How they stand before, behind US
Toll gates some, with price to pay; ..-
Spring gates some, that shut forever;
Cloud gates some, that melt away. .....
Sowe pass them going upward go i.
On our journey, one by one, .g., ~:.i ,r,.
To the distant shining wicket ..f ...-'
Where each traveller goes alone.
Where the friends who journey with us
Strangely falter, stop and wait;
Father, mother, child or lover,
q "Only going to the gate" t..ri.' -.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

Jawley's mashed all the young rats to pulp
with his rammer, and then fired 'em right
in among the poor fellows! No wonder
they thought they were blown to pieces"
The laugh that followed shook the very
air, while Mr.: Jawley looked as if he were
going to burst on the spot.
It was noticed from that day forth that
any one who wished to throw him into flu
rious rage had only to ask whether there
Were any rats down in the hold.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

WHAT MAKES A HOME PIT is an excel
lent thing to have well kept house, finely
appointed table; but, after all, the the best y3
heart and manner of the home mother. If
that be cold, and this ungracious, all the
wealth of India cannot make the home
pleasant and inviting. Intelligence, too,
must lend it's charm if we would have home
an Eden. The severe style of house order
neatness seldom leave much margin for in
tellectual culture simpler style of living
and house furnishing would set many a
bonded slave at liberty, and add vastly to
the comforts Of all the household. There are
cabin homes that have been and are remem-
bered with pleasure, because of the beauti-
full loving presence there and stately homes
without it are but dull and cherries habi-
tatiOns.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12
SUNDAY IN A MINING CAMP.

Sunday afternoon there was striking
scene. In an unfurnished large cabin on
Eagle street were gathered several score OF
men seated on logs and blocks of wood.
Every head was uncovered, and even on the
bank of snow in front of the base frame of
the cabin were groups of men holding their
hats in their hands. The audience was a
remarkable one in the matter of appearance.
Rough bearded faces were there, as we'll as
the smooth chin of beardless boys. BY the
side of the preacher leaned a well-known bad
man, his six-shooter strapped about his
waist. One pile was reserved for two fe-
males, both with tarnished reputation,
even in camp where regulations 60 for lit
tie. Suddenly the clergymen started one
of Moody's hymns. The crowd caught the
infection and the beautiful chorus swelled
through the camp, drowning the sound OF
of fiddles from across the way and subduing
the murmur from the gambling tables in
the big tent next door. After the hymn
came a short prayer, and old miners who
had not been in church for score of years
bowed their heads reverently and the crowd
in the street were hushed and silent. The
sermon was little too doctrinal, but was
we'll illustrated with familiar terms pecu-
liar to mining camps. Another hymn was
sung with rough and tumble energy, the
crowd pourd out Of the open front of the
roofless cabin, and the air of business on the
streets was resumed. Many Of those who
attended the service hardly knew the day
was Sunday, but one old man seemed es-
pecially depressed. His white hair hung
down on his shoulders which were bent
with long years of hard work. He led an
old yellow dog by string and seemed
greatly moved by some memories awaken
ed by that simple service. He stood for a
moment undecided, then, leading the dog
into the saloon tent across the street, he
made his way slowly up to the plat
form where the musicians sat. After more
hesitation the old man ventured to ask for
"Home Sweet Home" and as the old ia
miliar air was played the crowd looked
wonderingly at the old man standing there
with his dog, while the tears trickled slow
ly down his face as he took off his hat and
brushed the long locks back from his face.
When the music ended the poor old man
seemed to awake with a start. He and
his dog went out and were soon seen slowly
picking their way up the trail to the noun
tains.-Ctear d. Alene Letter in Chicago
Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1884-06-12

EARLY IMPREssIoNs.-Most people are
set in their first opinions. Our early i'm
pressions would prevail with us through
life if our opinions could not be altered.
But the mind can be affected and the un-
derstanding influenced; therefore our first
opinion of things can be changed and
eradicated. The most powerful way per-
haps to effect change is by the influence
of example. The schoolboy that is fond of
mischief while at school generally commits
more or less crime during his lifetime, un-
less induced by good examples to mend his
ways. Thus we see the great Importance
of forming such habits only as will render
us happy in life and guide us smoothly
through that short space of time which is
allotted to man.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-21
BAD BUSINESS.

a B:ston telegram in this issue of
THE HERALD tells of a meeting Of
prominent Irishmen, for the puts
pose Of formulating proposition to
BE- presented to the two great poll.
teal parties of America; the organi-
zation that accepts, or that promises
to further the scheme which has for
It's object the improvement of the
condition of the Irish in their own
country, will be given the Irish vote
in the coming contest. The scheme
involves the admission OF certain
Irizh-made goods free of duty, the
aim being to encourage the estab-
fishing and development of indus
tries in Ireland. Mrs. ParnelI, the
mother Of the sgitatoc, it is eaid
represented her son in the confer
ence. However, the lady denies
that any such meeting was held
though it is evident from bel
denial that the matter has beer
talked over, though perhaps not il
the broad way in which the pres
reporter expresses it. The PROPOSE
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-21

A CORRESPONDENT tells of a
negro at Newton, n. c.. who has
been gradually turning white ever
since he began voting the Demo
cratic ticket. 1t may be that this
is published with the view to influ-
encing the colored votes in the
south, but there is no reason to
doubt the exact truth of the asser~
ton. 1t is well-att-sted fact that
good many white men have been
getting blacker ever since they be-
gan to vote the Republican ticket.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-21

ton will strike thinking people rs
strange, to say the least, and honest
politicians will wish it had never
been presented even in this doubt
and indefinite manner. 1t implies
that the Irlsh>Americaus have no
interest in the politics and governs
meni of this country except IS they
can be made to contribute to the
benefit of Ireland. If one we're 10
believe the story Of this Boston
conference, he would also have 10
believe that the Irishmen VINO
would expect to stand oy
the bargain sought to be
entered into were unWortay
American cltiz uship, and sven
worse and more dangerous to Inc
country than the Chinese who car
ing nothing for our politics ana
institutions of government do not
seek to become citizens in onaer to
be a disturbing element. II the
Irishman coEaes here and acquires
citizenship emily because he Will
shereby be better able to help ire
land, OF more powerful in his fight
i against England, be can only be an
hi ry to the. United States, and
ought not to be admitted to tie
| benefits and privileges of the citizen
The Democrat is supposed to be q
Democrat because he believes IN the
1 doctrines and principles OF the
party, ara nos because he believer,
! If he is a German, the Democrats
| will fierce Bismarck to eat our pork
or if he be an Irishman, he
thinks the party will supply hin
with dynamite for blowing up Eng
land.
| The Grish egitators ,nn the othel
side of1he Atlantic msy have 20 inn
perfecta conception OF American
politics and the devotion to princi.
pie Of a merican voters as to i'm.
agine that aen change with the
wind and votes are bargained FOL
and delivered by wholesale, like
mereharltabIe commodities; but il 6,
they are mistaken as to Irish-Amer
leans as well as t. other foreign
bon citizens. The woes OF Irelao
arouse sympathy, but they do no
cause honest men, whatever thei
birthplace, to violate principle an
dishonor manhood.
We believe Mother Parnell an
associates have discussed this mat
ter, but do not believe for a momer
they could fulfill their part Of til
: bargain were they to enter into on
If they could do go, America shout
: at once build a higher wall sgains
8 The Irish than it has erected to kee
cut the Chinese.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-08-21
THE WEATHER is M ost enjoy bile

THE WEATHER is most enjoy bile,
being by far the most delightful
that has been experienced here since
the season opened in June. At the
same time, people should under
stand that this charming weather is
much more dangerous 10 health
than even the bot, depres sing atmos
phere in which we have BEEN : els
tering during the past few weeks.
The change from the intense heat of
summer to the bTacing temperature
of early;a utumn has been too mods
crate for safety, though not for
present comfort. Precaution should
be taken and preparations made
againat contracting colds, which at
this. season Of the year are liable TO
be attended with disastrous results.