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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28
ARBOR DAY BURLESQUED.

Arbor Day in Pennsylvania is great day
for the people of that State, but Mount Zion's
School of Philosophy seems to have made it
a jolly subject. The Doylestown Democrat
thus reports the proceedings of the meeting !:
President Solomon Wise: "Dis special
meetin' is called for to plant trees round dis
Club House. To-day is what is called Arbor
Day, appointed by de Governor of dis State,
for all de citizens to git some trees and plant
poet says "A tree is thing of beauty and
a Joy forever if dey live dat long. De
schoolmaster-g general tells US to get clergy
man to be with US and pray for de good of
de people and for de benefit of de trees.
AS each member of dis club has brought a
tree to plant, we are now ready to begin to
dig de holes. De Rev. PraisegOd Barebones
will now devote himself as de Chaplain of
dis Club"
Rev. Praisegod Barebones arose and said:
"De text dat will best apply to dis occasion
| find in de XIXth chapter of Luke (re-
vised edition) 'Zaccheus he-climbed a
tree, his Lord for to see.' Now, dis Zacche-
US was little man, and if no tree had been
cession. Now, if men are allays cuttin'
down trees and never plantin' any, dar soon
will be no trees for anybody to cline. You
should plant trees anywhar you can, except
in de garden, for a garden is no place for
trees. Oar was once garden in the east Of
Eden, whar dar was too many trees planted,
so de family had to move out and get dar
livin' by hard work, then sheritf-'em with
a flamin' big sword watched at de gate and
wouldn't never let 'em come back agin. So,
my brederin, beware! don't plant any in de
garden, but plant 'em long de road, round
de school-house, bout de churches and de
camp-meetin's, whar their shadows may
never grow less, so dat de wayfarin' tramp,
tho fool, will know enough to get in de
shade thereof and be happy. Keep on
plantin' 'em till dey look like dat 'cOntinu-
Gus woods whar rolls de Oregon Keep on
plantin' till every road will look like deer
park, and every path Paradise. You must
Judge the tree by its fruit, and de tree dat
don't bear good fruit you must cut down and
cast into de fire. Let US sing:
Well hang de harp OH de willar tree
In de gum tree hunt de possum,
And wei list to de hum Of de honey bee,
AS it hunts for de sweetest blossom.
When de schoolmas genial sends us word,
Well get out de shovel and de hoe,
And dig up de trees for to plant 'em agin,
In de place whar dey ought for to grow.
We must ask all de preachers to come,
(But not for to digin de ground0
But to preach and pray on each Arbor Day,
'Tis so nice for to have EN- around.
"Now hearken unto the benedictlon:
NAV de sun in his course visit no land mo-
free, mo- happy, mo- shady dan dis, our own
country and may we flourish as a green
bay tree and be as happy asa big sunfiower."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

JOSEPH EGGLESTON JOHNSION.
Major-General j. E. Johnston was born in
Prince Edward county, Virginia, February,
1907, and was admitted to the United States
Military Academy in 1925, from which he
graduated in June, 1929. He entered the
army as second lieutenant of artillery, but
resigned his commission in 1887. He was,
however, induced to re-enter the service in
1888, as First Lieutenant of Typographical
Engineers and was made Captain, by brevet,
for his gallantry in the expedition against
the Florida Indians. When the Mexican
war broke out he was made Captain of En-
gineers, and whilst conducting successful
reconnaissance at Cerro Gordo, April 18th,
1S47, was twice severely wounded. For his
bravery in this affair he was made brevet-
Major. He was successfully made Lieuten-
anti Colonel and Colonel, and in 1S47, partic-
ipated in the assault of the City Of Mexico,
where he was again wounded. In 1850 ne
was made Colonel OF the Topo--
Quartermaster-G General, with the staff rank
of fBrigadier-General,i in June, 1860. In 1861
he resigned his position to take part in the
Confederate Cause. He was made Major
General in the Southern army, and was in
command at Harper's Ferry, in May 1861,
opposing General Patterson. He joined the
forces of Beauregard shortly before the close
of the battle of Bull Run, July 21st, 1861.
He commanded the Confederate forces at
Seven Pines, May 31st, 1862, and there re-
ceived severe wound, which incapacitated
him from taking an active part in the ope-
rations for several months. Upon his re-
covery he was assigned to the command OF
the Department of the South West, with the
rank of General. During the siege of Vicks-
burg he tried, but unsuccessfully, to rein
force the garrison there. His forces were
defeated at Jackson by Grants men, July
3lst, 1862, after which they were attached to
General Bragg's army in Northwest Geor.-
gia. In 1864, General Johnston was placed
| in command of the forces intended to check
| General Sherman's advance in Georgia.
His system of operations in this matter not
giving satisfaction to his superiors, ne was
| superseded in command by General Hood,
but this did not prevent the fall of Atlanta.
General Johnston was reinstated in COM
mand in South Carolina, February, 1865, and
retreated northWard, in the hope of being
able to effect junction with Lees army at
Petersburg. Twice he engaged the Union
forces under Sherman, and on the Goth of
April, 1865, was compelled to surrender to
that officer, at Smithield, North Carolina.
After the close of the war, General Johnston
entered upon mercantile career, becoming
president of an influential railroad, and also
being interested in various other business
ENTERPRISES. He published narrative of
his operations in the War between the
States.
Upon the election of Cleveland to the
Presidency, General Johnston's name vas
mentioned for one of the ministerial or other
high positions. General Johnston was made
Commissioner of Railroads by Cleveland,
March 30th, 1885.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

ROMANCE OF A CoNvENT.-A daughter
of General Winfield Scott, who attended
the Georgetown Convent a number Of years
ago, took the veil when a young lady.
There is little romance connected with
her life and her determination to become
a nun. She visited Eng gland in company
with friends, and while there met young
man with whom she fell in love. The
young man had similar fall. For some
reason the two were prevented from marry
ing. In consequence she determined to be-
come a nun and he a priest. The determl-
nation of one was unknown to the other.
A few years afterwards he, as a priest,
visited the convent here. She was lying on
her death-bed. He saw her and recognized
her. The recognition was mutual. A word
passed between them and she lay back upon
her pillow and Washington Letter IN
Chicago Ne,rs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

The Hon. Charles L. Scott, who was ap-
pointed by Cleveland as minister resident
and consul-general to Venezuela, is a native
of Richmond, Virginia. His father, the
Honorable Robert G. Scott, was one of Vir-
ginia's prominent lawyers and citizens, and
during Pierce's administration was consul
to Rio Janeiro. Charles l.. was sent to the
college of William and Mary and graduated
thence with great credit. During the "gold
fever' of 1919, young Scott emigrated to
California staying there for term of years.
He practiced law at Sonora, TWolumne
county, and was twice elected to the State
Legislature. He vast sent to represent
California in the Thirty-tifth Congress and
was also returned to the Thirty-sixth Ses-
sion. Upon the organization OF this session
he received number of votes for the speak
ership. In the meantime, he had married
Miss CORN, an Alabama lady, and when the
war broke out, being southerner by birth
and conviction, enlisted heartily in the
southern cause. He cast his lot with Ala
bama and hassince made that State hishOme.
He was Major of the Fourth Alabama Regi-
ment, in the battle of Bull Run, on July
21st, 1861, and was wounded during the en-
gagement. After the war he returned to
his adopted State and there engaged in
farming, in Wilcox county. Having lost
his first wife, he married Miss Wllllson.
Mr.. Scott entered the field of journalism in
1869, assuming editorial control of news
paper at Camden, Wilcox county, Alabama,
and for nearly ten years remained thus con-
nected. He did good service for his section
against the arpet-baggers" who over-ran
the South Immediately after the war. Mr..
Scott enjoys the distinction of having rep
resented his section in every Democratic
National Convention held since the war.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

MERCHANTS CHOLERA AMIXTURE.-Many
of our older readers will recollect the famous
Cholera Mixture which was in such great
favor throughout the country, for some years
previous to the war. 1t is valuable and the
recipe should be preserved in every family.
For more than forty years it has stood the
test of experience as the best remedy for
looseness of the bowels ever yet devised.
AS was once vouched for by the New York
Journal of Commerce, ''no one who has this
by him and takes it in time will have the
cholera" Even when no cholera is antici-
pated it is an excellent thing for the ordina-
ry summer complaints of collie, diarrhea,
dysentery, &C. and we have no hesitation
in commanding it. Here it is:
Take equal parts Of tincture of cayenne,
tincture of opium, tincture Of rhubarb, es-
sence of peppermint and spirits of camphor.
Mix we'll. Dose, fifteen to thirty drops in
winegass of water, according to age and
violence of attack Repeat every fifteen or
twenty minutes until relief is obtained.
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ORIGIN OF A FAMILIAR LINE.
('Though Lost to sight, to memory dear"
originated with Ruthven Jenkins, and was first
published in the Greenwich Magazine for Ma
7I,aes in l701 or l702. AS literary gem, we
quote the whole poem):
Sweetheart, goodbye! the fluttering sail
Is spread to watt me far from thee,
And soon before the favoring gale
NV ship shall bound upon the sea.
Perchance, all desolate and forlorn,
These eyes shall miss thee many year,
But unforgotten every charm
Though lost to sight, to memory dear.
Sweetheart, goodbye! one last embrace!
o, cruel Fate true souls to sever!
Yet in this hearts most sacred place
Thou, thou alone shall dwell forever!
And still shall recollections trace
In Fancys mirror ever near,
Each smile each tear that form, that face,
Though lost to sight, to memory dear.
CRADLE SONG.
FROM THE NEW DRAMA "MARIE DEL CARMEN"
Sleep, my pretty one
Sleep, my little one, 80
Rose in the garden is blooming so red;
Over the flowers the fleet-footed hours
Dance into dreamland to melody wed
To the voice of the stream-to song in
Sung low by the brook to the stone-covered bed.
Sung soft as it goes,
And the heart of the rose
AS the melody flows
All, little one, sleep,
Sleep.
Peace, my little one,
Peace, my pretty one,
Lilies bend low to the breath of the breeze;
1.-the as willow the boat on the billow
High tosses the spray for the sunlight to tease
With kiss and tear-wth a rainbow, fear,
For the light is the suns and the spray is the
seas;
And the wind over the lea
Breaks to melody free,
AS the waves that release
The low laugh of the
NV pretty one peace,
Peace.
Joy, my pretty one,
JOY, my little one,
Fairies of night from their bright jeweled cars
Fling faint sheen and simmer on ripples
where glimmer
The up-gazing eyes Of the down-gazing stars;
And the boat, while it gides, sings the song
of the tides
AS they kiss into languor the sand of the bars.
Oh, river, flow fleet,
Ere the melody meet
The seas breath to destroy
What the echoes repeat:
My little one, joy,
Joy. ,,.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28
A LOCUST PLAGUE.

Of all destructive foes none are more
dreaded in most Eastern lands than the To-
Gust, whose dire visitations may we'll be
deemed national calamities In point of
fact, the lands which are exempt from their
occasional presence are favored few. A
very few details of their invasion of south
ern Russia in the years 1879 and 1880 will
give US some idea of their multitude. They
fell upon provinces of Caucasus, utterly de-
stroying vineyards and gardens; blockad-
ing the streets so that traffic was suspended ;
filling the ovens, so that for several days
baking was quite out of the question; and
so choking the water-courses that not cup
of water could be drunk until filtered.
In Georgia they fairly routed a detach-
ment of Russian troops, who, not liking to
turn aside on their march repelled by mere
insects, attempted to face the locust army,
although report said it covered twenty
square miles of country. So the soldiers
advanced, but soon found themselves liter
ally covered by the clinging, creeping in
sects, which craWled all over them, until
finally the men fairly turned and fled, slip
ping and sliding as they ran over the crush
ed and oily bodies of their myriad foes.
For forty-eight hours they were detained.
taking refuge in a village, and assisting the
inhabitants to kill millions of the invaders,
whose cOrpSes they carted on to manure
the fields, which, however, were in the
meantime stripped of every blade of grass
or corn, and the trees shorn of every green
leaf.
On the road from Tiiis to Poti the locusts
lay so thick on the line that the trains were
obstructed. Large districts of southern Rus
sa were swept as bare of ali vegetation as
if fire had ragged over the land, and hun
dreds of peasants, utterly beggared, aban-
doned their homes to seek bread wherever
it might be found. In the province OF
Cherson alone, sum of fifty thousand ru-
bles was voted by the Government for ex-
penditure in the effort to free the land OF
this plague; in another district, twenty
thousand persons were employed daily for
three months in the same work; the Gov
ernment expenditure on the whole organi-
zation was estimated at two hundred thous-
and rubles, without any calculation of the
loss on crops of all descriptions.
Another notable scene of locust-plague
was Algeria in the year 1866, when the
damage done by these insects was estimated
at fifty million francs, and resulted in a
famine so appalling that two hundred thous-
and natives died Of fstarvation.-ANMep Year
Round.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

sessed of huff vartues to carry 'em half way
to heben when dey die. 1t am 'spectin' en-
tirely too much. While we may consider
all men fairly honest, we mustn't advertise
50 reward for $50 lost yesterday an 'speck
de finder to hire street kyar in his hurry
to restore de lost cash. While we may rea-
sonably expeck all men to speak de truth,
we amt gwine to get rich outer cashin'
checks for strangers nor believin' what we
read on de circus posters. I'ze been turnin'
de matter ober an ober in my mind fur
desc many Vars past, an l has come to de
fixed conclushun dat de right way am fur
to regard all men as straight, but to keep
yer eye peeled fur de defects. Let US now
open on de thirty-ffth degree an purceed
wild de purceedin's. s."-DetroH Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

THE MICHIGAN DAM.-Some twelve or
fourteen years ago, a queerly dressed, eccen-
trio acting Individual appeared at Lansing,
during the session of the Legislature and
asked various members to introduce a bill to
enable him to build dam on Wolf River,
somewhere in the northern counties. The
matter was allowed to 60 by default, and at
the next session the old man showed up
again. This time bill was introduced, but
before it came up he got tired and went
home. When third session opened he was
on hand, but only to be tired out again by
delays Last fall a Detroiter, who was
member of the House, and remembered the
case, met the old man up the lake shore and
said to him:
II shall 60 back to the Legislature again
this year and you come to me with your bill
and I'll push it for you"
"Thank ye, but it's no use," replied the
old man.
Don't you want the dam? ?"
"Fact is, I built the dam before I asked
permission of the law"
"Well, you'd better have things in legal
shape" .,,, 81, so.,
went with freshet. During the third Wolf
River dried up until it Wouldn'tturn pin
wheel, and want the Legislature of Michl-
gan to understand that I am free born
American citizen, and ask no favors Of any
y."-DetrOn Free Press.
TIcKLED TO DEATH.--The degree of an
noyance caused by small object like hair,
grain of sand or a tiny splinter depends
entirely on the location. All are not ticklish
or representative at the same place. Some
can be thrown into paroxysms by tickling
the feet with straw, others 60 into spasms
if feather is drawn under their nose, while
others almost take fit if tickled in the ribs.
1t is said that the most exquisitely horri-
BILE torture practiced during the inquisition
was that of tickling the feet of sensitive
heretics. Every nerve in the entire body
was set on end and made to dance at a mad
dening pace. This must have been the re-
finement of torture indeed. In order to sat-
isfy your curiosity on this score have your
hands securely tied and your head held firm
ly, while some one slowly, gently tickles
your nose with a feather, or even hair.
You will soon conclude that death would be
preferable to continuance of the TORTURE
Pittsburg Dispatch.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

Bas~ eff man wants to own the earth, what
does woman want:" inquired Mr.. Grab of
his better half, after family matinee few
days ago. "Well, my dear" responded
that lady in a gentle, smothering tone, ITO
own the man, [ suppose"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

mn don't like to talk much with people
who agree always with me. 1t is amusing
to couuet with an echo little while, but
one soon tires of it.-Cdrlyhe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

Bay A man is always fool. If he be
young, the world says, "When he is older
he will know more" If he be older it says,
"He is old enough to know better" And
when he is old, it says, "There is no kind
of fool equal to an old fool"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-28

say An exchange says: The American
boy to-day who learns trade, and is not
ashamed of it, has an honorable future be-
fore him which will grandly reward his
application and zeal. In great lndustri. ! RI
his own energy and ski II in productive em.
ployments is one of natures noblemen, and
the development of American intelligence
will so reward him. Let the boys learn
trades and be proud of them, for the field Of
opportunities in this country expands with
with each year of our growth and progress.
M~ A convict says he was sent to prison
for being dishonest and yet he is compelled
every day to cut out pieces of pasteboard,
which are put between the soles of the
cheap shoes made there and palmed off on
the innocent public as leather.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-02-03
Diphthcria VS.. Cholera.

"Asiatic cholera is regarded as some.
thing TERRIBLE" sad a physician con.
nected with The hoard OF health, "but for
my part would rather have the cholers
than one touch of 6ipbtheria The
worst cholera ever known never killei
half the people it attacked. Diphtheria.
on the other hand, when i, is bad is bard
to deal with. The patient dies before
you can do anything Tor him. Dipbihe-
ria, that is hundred times wor-e than
cholera, is raging right in our very midst
and causes no special alarm, while peo-
pie are already frightened ct tae yer,
:hought Of cholera that has not vet
crossed the ocean. Let us get one case
of cholera on shipboard and hundred.
will be driven frantic, but they msrifest
no concern and take no precaution
sesiast lbe diphtheris that is already
raging here Ne,c York World.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-02-03
CleYeland,s Albany Home.
From Letter to Washington Republic.

From Letter to Washington hepubHo.
While in Albany / took look at the
house In which President-elect Cleve'
land will reside till be goes to Washing
tom 1t is the old Towner mansion al
lS wilIett street. Cleveland, with o
bachelors eye, has chosen the suit OF
rooms on the third floor, formerly oc-
cupied by q brother-bacbelor, Mr.. Sam.
mel B. Towner. Mrs. Hoyt and Miss
Rose CIeyeIshd, the President-eleces sis
ters, who will probably go to the White
House with him. have the second floor
II looks as II, Mr.. CleveiGnd had chosen
the house to avoid the impo.rtuni'ies OF
ofrce-seekets. For It 10 . MIL and q
half from any railroad station. ano 'ne
hack fares in. Albany are ss stiff as the
bill. So ] advise applicants for Office
who nre not strong on their legs to have
p.epty Of money ip their pockets
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-02-03
A Walking Skeleton.

Mr.. E. Springer, OF Mechsnicsburg,
Pa, writes; II was afd ctet with lung
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced
to ,ualking Skeleton GMa free trial
bottle OF DR.. King's New Di covery for
Consumption, which did me 80 much
good that | bought dollar bottle. After
using three bottles, found mvself once
more man, completely restored to
health, with hearty appetite, and gain
in flesh OF 4S lbs." Call al r W. Pope's
Drug Store and get free trial bottle OF
this certain cure for all Luog Diseases.
Large bottles Sl.00
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-02-03

when the latter was Governor General
Of Canada. Mr.. Herbert Witnessed the
battles Of Tel-el- Kehir, Fl Teb and Ta-
msi He vas severely wounded at the
lsst-name6 battle.
The Qaeen has sent despatch thank.
ing Gen. Stewart and his troops for
thei- bravery, condoling with them for
their losses and promoting Gen Stewart
to the rank OF Msjnr-General
Wtitehall street rs impossible 'o-nigh.
in the vicinity OF the Horse Guards In
men'e thronas OF Deople are c,ngresa-
ted there eagerly i'tening tn every scrap
Of information that can be obtained
from the Soudau
KoRrr. Jan. 2S.-Tbe ROYAL Irish
Regiment Commenced its movemen,
across the desert from Korli to-dav.
The West Kent will folloa Immediately.
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-02-03
SHERIFF'S SALE.
G. L. Kronius, Adm +,
j. Il. Mckee & al.

o Y virtue of certain order Of sale issued
b from the court Of common pleas, within
and for the county of Monroe, and State Of
Ohio. in case pending In said court between
the above named parties, and to me directed
will offer for sale st public auction at 4 Q
exst door Of the court house in Woods6eld,' n
Saturday, the 7th day Of March, 1885,
between the hours OF 10 O'Clock a. m. and 4
O'Clock p. M. Of said day, the following de-
soribed real estate situate In Monroe county,
Ohio, to wit:
Lot number twenty two in the tswn Of Ca
lais, Monroe County, Ohio,
Said property so ordered to be sold Is ap-
praised at $3.50, and may sell for two
thirds Of said appraissmsnt.
CHRIS. LUDR,
feb3,'s5w5. Sheriff N. C. o.
JANIS X JONES. Atty,
The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1885-02-03
The human structure is wonderful in

The human structure is wonderful in
mechanism Each organ has It's allotted
part to perform, and none is more i'm
portant than that for witch the kidneys
are designed. 1t is, therefore, impera-
tive that these should be kept in perfect
health, and then should be jeslously
guarded agsinst the encroschments o.
disease. George Kelly, OF JERSEY CITY.
writes. "Or. Stevens gave me Mishler' e
Herb Bilters while was under his treat.
ment Tor gravel, and has told me to con-
tinue to take it I"