Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-16
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THE MIND DURING STARVATIoN.-The
some curious questions as to the effects of
fasting on the moral nature of man. TO
the superficial observer, death by starva-
tion simply means a waiting of the body, a
horrible agony, an increasing weakness, a
lethargic state of the brain, and sleep
from which there is no awakening; but is
this all that it means? While this is going
on let us consider whether or not the intel
lectual faculty and the power of distinguish
ing right from wrong, is not also undergo
ing process of wasting and death, even
before that of the material part.
Reasoning by analogy, we find that, in
many cases of bodily disease, the state of
the mind is the first indicator of the mis-
chief going on in the system. Take even
such simple thing as indigestion, which,
as every one knows, is only manifestation
of deranged stomach, and what 90 we
find? That the lowness of spirits induced
by this affection may vary from slight de-
lection and ill-humOr to the most extreme
melancholy, sometimes inducing even dis
position to suicide. The sufferer miscon-
ceives every act of friendship, and exag-
gerates slight ailments into heavy grlev-
ances. So in starvation, the power of rea-
son seems paralyZed and the intellectual
faculty dazed really before the functions of
the body suffer, or the wasting of it's tissue
becomes seXtreme.-POpuldri Science Monthly.
PoUssIN, THE PAINTER thought so
little of making money that he generally
worked for the same persons, refusing to
take more than he conceived his pictures
were worth or than his employer could af-
ford to pay. On one occasion, when there
was considerable rise in the value of mon
ey, he of his own accord made a great re-
duction in his price. His acquisitiveness
found it's satisfaction in the pursuit of every
kind of knowledge that would advance his
art. Asked one day how he had arrived at
such perfection, he ingeni6usly replied {:
because l have neglected nothing" in
proof of which he gave occular demonstra-
tion for he was carrying in his hand pock-
ct handkerchief full of stones, moses and
flowers, which he had been collecting on the
banks of Tiber. This progress towards per-
fection he pesevered to the last. "a swans
dying note," he said, "should be her sweet
est" And even when his hand began to
grow feeble he wrote: 81 could, / believe,
guide it better than ever, but have too
much reason to say with Themistocles,
signing over the end of his life, Man de-
clines and departs when he is ready to do
well.' do not therefore lose courage, for
as long as the head remains in health, the
servant, though weak, will observe the bet
ter and more excellent parts of art which
belong to the domain of the master"
MExIco's NATIONAL DRINK.-The stran-
ger in Mexico always complains Of thirst,
according to a Philadelphia Press cores
pOndent. The rapid evaporation makes
his throat and tongue very dry. AS the
water is poor and unhealthful, pulque shops,
substitute for beer saloons, are frequent.
| There are said to be 81, 900 licensed pulque
shops in the City of Mexico, besides numer-
Gus bar-rooms where other beverages are
sold. Pulque pronounced poolkee) is the
national drink and is the fermented milk
of the cactus. Eighty thousand gallons are
said to be sold in, Mexico every day, and
double that amount on Sundays and saints
days It is sort of combination of starch
and alcohol, looks like well-watered skim
milk and tastes like yeast. 1t costs but a
penny glass, or two cents quart, SO that
it is within the reach of the humblest citi-
zen and he drinks vast quantities of it.
Five cents worth will make a peon (as all
the natives are called) as happy as lord,
and ten cents worth will send him reeling
into the arms of a policeman, who secures
him an engagement to work for the govern
ment for ten days without compensation.
But it leaves no headache in the morning
and is said to be very healthful. In the
moist climates one might drink large guam
titles without injury, but all the usual in
intoxicants are harmful in this latitude.
AN ANGRY JUDGE.-The late Chief JUS
tice Bgelow, of Massachusetts, was natu-
rally hot tempered, but on one occasion was
brought to his bearings in way as effective
as it was amusing. He was riding in car
which did not stop at Quincy, where ne re-
lol hxy ha ri
the rope and the train was brought to a
sudden stop. The conductor rushed into the
car and demanded, "Who rang that bell"
II did :" said the Chief Justice. "Why? ?"
because wanted to get off - at which the
railroad official INDUCED in some remarks
which were not complimentary and hardly
respectful. The Judge afterward complain
ed to the president Of the road, who prom
ised to look into the matter. But he found
that, although the conductor might have
used hot language, the Chief Justice was
not without fault and said nothing about it..
When they next met by chance, the latter
demanded of the president whether he had
reprimanded the conductor. 81 spoke to
him." was the reply. "Well, what did he
say?" "He said that he was coming up
some day to adjourn your court" The irate
magistrate saw the point and did not pursue
the investigation.
EARLY MAN MISUNDERSTANDING IN to
Professor Brinton, of the Academy of Natu-
raj Science, many important traces of early
man are to be discovered in the Mississippi
valley. Near st. Paul begins the modified
glacial drift of an intermediate glacial pc
riod. Fifteen feet below the surface in it
are found stone implements and remains OF
workshops. In Patagonia remains of fires,
tools and implements of bone were found.
These things indicate a somewhat advanced
stage of civilization and were left by men
who lived here before the horse WaseXtinct.
From these things it is inferred that race,
here as early, if not earlier, than elsewhere
on the globe. The characteristics of the
American race is color ranging from copper
to white; stiff hair and little of it fore
heads retreating, compressed at the sides,
and low; eyes straight; noses dissimilar !;
mouths large; chin round, small and regu-
lar; expression hard and unpleasant. The
sexes are much alike in appearance when
they do not wear garments fashioned for the
purpose of distinguishing themselves. The
higher the development Of man, the more
marked is the distinction between the sexes.
A ROSE TREE ONE THOUSAND YEARS
OLD.-A standard rose, said to have been
planted by Charlenagne, is one Of the great
curiosities of the ancient city of Hidesheim
in Hanover. This rosebush is gnarled and
rugged, as becomes its extreme age; and,
in some places, the principal stem is about
as thick as mans body. 1t grows at the
eastern side of the apse of the cathedral,
and this year the venerable and venerated
object has put forth several new and thrifty
shoots. Fears have been entertained for a
long time past that, after it's life of a thous-
and years, the plant was losing its vitality.