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Daily Republican., 1885-01-17
WANAMAKER'S.

PHILADELPHIA, Jhpuary IL, 1000.
The spectacle OF trade in
the city just now is decided
ly worth our stopping to look
at together.
The exclusive stores would
be glad to skip an empty
month or two; but, as thai
isn't easy, they dress thei,
windows and polish their
brass and admonish the door.
opener to be on the alert at
ii shopping we're actually go.
ing on.
The other extr me, the
little shops are serving the
humble wants OF the neigh.
borhood and catching the
passing stranger as usual.
Village lie in the city scarce.
ly belongs to the city. Vii
lage trade in the city; though
it amount to ninety-nine in a
hundred shops, is lost in the
city's larger sweep. The
goods OF the village shops in
the city are goods OF a time
and region and people remote
from the city's life.
After the holiday whirl we,
ourselves, are in danger Of
rusting. There is a tide OF
trade that never rests; but a
store adapted to the larger
flow seems empty and idle
when that larger flow sub
sides. Ii we should yield to
the seductive quiet OF the
times, we should rust. The
salvage out OF the wrecks o.
the Autumn storm would be
wrecked again by Time ; and
Spring would find US fond
ling the merchandise 81
Winter. We choose a pres.
ent loss. And so we are
selling a part of our stock fol
what you are glad to pay
tor it The store is busy.
Our followers are busy too
We raj ely concern ourselve.
with what they do. Were
they really followers, We
should welcome them a,
helpers What a myster,
merchants make of what W.
are Going! They will no
understand its simpleness
We are only getting wha
people want, and selling a.
people want to buy. Blu
followers have followed blind
ly since the world began.
We should welcome
store that would better GU
work, no matter how large
no matter low keen the com
petition. There's room 70
several vigorous stores. On
OF the Draw backs here is tn,
ffact that this city is the cen
tire OF trade for a region, no
tor a country; it isn't Ney
York Shall we 60 to Ne,
York, or bring the centr
here! And how shall W
bring it! By paltry jealousy
DO not mistake our meaning
T.. then, ii we spur our loca
merchants to better work
Il And how, unless by maxim
e the ir low + tactics inclf. c,ual
Il The secret Of success
;, first In deserving, and secon
T. IN making that deservin
q known ; that is, i'll gettin
: the public confidence. LIE
us skip the harder part te
: day, and say d needed wor
on d-tting the Public Cor
idence. We tai e tor GU
y text Poor Richards maxim
Honesty IS The best Policy;
which ought to be held i
honor in he home ci Frank
lin. Let us show by preser
: example how ftebly tn
maxim is held.
One of t e larger store
!; !: Gan excellent one, in spite {
drawbacks hAbitu; ny claim
Il " the largest sto * of dr.
Daily Republican., 1885-01-17
HOneAi GAnslA

If you want whole leather shoe, ask
tor Barnett, Gallaher & Co.'S. Firm name
stamped on the sole Non. o,b,r
genuine. Sold by principal dealers.
Daily Republican., 1885-01-17

For good coal go to Bush's, FRI cl
street wharf
Daily Republican., 1885-01-17

fSSOHS IN FtNMAkSHIt-J 4
- flelce VIII receive a limit ted NUN var or
pupils IN zen anship at No. q Yves ,Seyerth
street Cla's on Monday, Wednesday and
friday fv"n' ngs frO to so lork iuuiIs
can enter ii d y tim ,-ntsat
Daily Republican., 1885-01-17

1897 Prizes, amounting to........... s2o6,sS
Application for rates TO clubs should n,
made only TO the cfnce OF the Company u
New Orleans.
For further Information write clearly, xiv
ing full address. = STAI NUTS, Ii
press MONEY Orders, or New Y ork Exchang,
In ordinary letter. Currency ny express
TALL sums OF % and upward at our eIpeuse)
addressed
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06
Mistellaueums &eadiug,
TESTS FOR IMPURITIES IN WATER.

TO know whether water is hard or soft,
dissolve little white soap in alcohol, and
add few drops of the water under investl-
cation. If the alcohol turns milky, the wa
ter is hard if either unaltered or simply
cloudy, it is soft.
To detect copper percentage add little
filing dust of soft iron to the water, leave 1t
for few minutes, and add a few drops OF
sal ammoniac. A blue colonization betrays
the presence Of copper.
Sulphur combinations are detected by
adding a little water to the mercury in the
bottle; this is closed and left to stand for a
few hours. Ifthe mercury assumes darker
surface, and, upon shaking separates into
gray powder, it is a sign that the water con-
tains sulphur combinations.
Dissolved pure lime is proven by adding
one or two crystals of oXalic acid to the wa
ter. A milky precipitate betrays the pres
ence of lime.
Sulphate of lime (gypsum) is recognized
by the white precipitate caused by chloride
of bariuln in the solution. The precipitate
is not redissolved by nitric acid.
Alkalies and alkaline earths are detected
as follows Blue Litmus paper is colored
feebly red with dilute vinegar, and dipped
into the corresponding water. If the former
blue color is restored the water is alkaline.
An iron percentage is recognized by a
few drops Of nutgall decoction, which are
added to the water. If iron is present the
water assumes an inky gray to black color.
Also one drop of solution Of ferrocyanide OF
potassium colors ferruginons water blue.
TO detect magnesia the waterist to be heat
ed to boiling, and the point of knife full OF
carbonate ammonia and little phosphate
of soda are added. If the magnesia is pres
ent it is precipitated.
oiI rfoi W
piece of litmus paper in the water. A red
colonization betrays their presence.
Water for carbonating or domestic use,
and for distribution through pipes into
dwellings in cities, towns, villages, and
other places should be derived from sources
that afford adequate quantities at all sea-
sons, characterized as being:
l. Wholesome for drinking, for culinary
and for other uses.
9. Soft, without having the power to dis
solve or injure lead, and we'll adapted tor
washing the person, for use in baths, and for
use with soap.
8. Of normal uniform temperature at its
source equal to the average of the climate
for the year.
4. Well aerated, holding in solution eight
or more cubic inches of gases per gallon
namely, about two of oxygen, six of nitro.
gen; agreeable and refreshing when drunk
5. Clear, transparent, colorless, bright
and, when seen in large bulk, pure blue, the
natural color of uncontaminated water.
6. Unable to cause deposit or fur in the
utensil in which it is heated or boiled.
7. Free from organisms, animal or vegeta
BILE, living or dead, and matter in suspen
sion.
Water in its natural or normal condition
characterized by all these seven qualities
may be abundantly obtained in some por
tions of the globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06
THE MAN ON CEDAR HILL.
Il AREMINISCENCE OF MISSIONARY RIDGE
HOW GENERAL MANIGAULT MIGHT HAVE
MADE HISTORY.

Among the incidents of his recent trip
through the South, Gen. Brinkerhotf relates
a story of the battles about Chattanooga,
which lust now, whilst the attention of the
nation is concentrated on the man who at
that time directed the armies on the Union
side may be interesting.
"On my way from Charleston to Colum-
bia," said Gen. Brinkerhoff, II fell into con-
versation with Gen. A. M. Manigault, the
South Carolina. Finding that had recent
ly been at Chattanooga, he told me that ne
was in those battles, and commanded a
brigade near the centre of the Confederate
line at Missionary Ridge.
"He said the finest sight he ever saw was
the advance of the Union army with $4,000
men in line.
"The day before the final fight at Mission
ary Ridge, Gen. Manigault had his head
quarters on an elevated point known as
Cedar Hill, but upon the advance of the
Union army the Confederates fell back about
three-quarters of mile, and took up posi-
ton on Missionary Ridge AS the Union
army advanced, Gen. Manigault observed
that Cedar Hill, the position evacuted by
him the day before, was now occupied by
some one, evidently of high rank. He could
see through his glass that orderlies were
coming and going in such numbers as TO
make it very certain that some person OF
importance was then on Cedar Hill, and
one who must at least rank high as dlvls-
ion or corps commander.
GAS he watched the hill the maxim OF
Napoleon in regard to destroying or disa-
bling the guiding mind of an opposing
army, occurred to him. Napoleon under
such circumstances advised the concentra-
ton of a number of batteries and whole
broadside in order to make sure work, and
as Gen. Manigault had several batteries OF
rifed guns, he felt very sure that he could
kill or cripple the officer on Cedar Hill, but
as he had orders not to waste any ammunl-
ton until ordered from headquarters, he
sent for his division commander and sug-
gested the propriety Of sweeping Cedar
Hill. He was told that the orders OF Gen.
Bragg were imperative on account OF the
scarcity, of ammunition, to reserve tire 1or
close quarters. However, he said he would
see Gen. Bragg and ask his consent. Gen.
Bragg declined, and so said Gen. Manigault,
Il lost an opportunity of changing the cur
rent of history, for week or two after
wards nv pickets brought me Cincinnati
newspaper with Gen. Grants report of
the battles of Missionary Ridge, from which
T learned that the man on Cedar Hill was
Gen. Grant himself, and l am very sure
that with the batteries at my command 1
could have killed or crippled him."
"'I have had in mind, for many years
said Gen. Manigault, to tell Gen. Grant
this story, if by chance should meet him,
but it is not likely now that l will ever
have an opportunity. .'"-FTona the Mans
,feld, Ohio, Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

TEA AS A BEvERAGE.-Use a china or
porcelain pot If you do use metal let it
be tin, new, bright and clean; never use
it when the tin is worn out and the iron is
exposed. If you do, you are playing the
chemist and forming a tannate or tea-ate
of iron.
Use black tea. Green tea when good is
kept at home. What goes abroad is bad
and horrible. Besides containing the two
hundred and three adulterations the Chin
ese philanthropist puts up for the outside
dust from the dirty curing pans of the
growers.
Infuse your tea. Don't boil it! Place
one teaspoonful of tea in the pot and pour
over it one and half cups of boiling wa
ter--that is, water really boiling. Ifyour tea
is poor, use more. 1t is cheaper, though, to
buy good tea at the outset. Put your pot on
the back of the stove, carefully covered, SO
that it shall not lose its heat and the tea
its boquet. Let it remain there five min
utes. Then drink it. Drink your tea plain.
Don't add milk nor sugar. Tea brokers and
tea-tasters never do; epicures never do; the
Chinese never do. Milk contains fibrin,
albumen or some other such stuff and the
| tea delicate amount Of tannin. Mixing
the two makes the liquid turbid. This tur-
bidity, if / remember the cycloppdia
Alright, is tannate of tibrin, or leather. Peo-
pie who put milk in tea are therefore drink
ing boots and shoes in mild Disguise
Wong Chin Foo in the Cook.
sas- A London doctor has lately collected
some curious statistics about the longevity
of public and professional men. He says
that the average age Of death of the twenty
five most prominent American statesmen
during the last 800 years was siXty-nine.
! The average of an equal number of English
statesmen was seventy years-practically
the same. He thought the latter did more
work at an advanced age. The difference
in favor of English, as compared with Amer
lean, political life was brought out by COM
pairing the ages at death of members of the
British Parliament with those of the United
States Congress, who died between 1860 and
1884. Of our Senators, tifty-nine gave an
average of sixty-one years; 145 Represent
atives averaged fifty-fve years, and the av-
erage of both was fifty-eight years. The
12l members of Parliament averaged sixty
eight years at death.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

REVOLUTIONARY SURvIvoRs.-Earlyi in
the late civil war it was announced that
none of the soldiers of the Revolution were
alive, and this, falling under the eye Of
gentleman living in Hartford, who knew
that at least one survivor remained, he de-
termined to learn, if possible, whether there
were others, and to obtain record which
would determine accurately to whom be-
longed the honor of surviving all his COM
rades. The result of his inquiries establish
ed beyond all doubt that in 1864 six soldiers
of the Revolution lived. These We're the
Rev. Daniel Waldo, then aged 1O2; William
Hutchins, aged 100; Adam Link, aged 1O2;
Lemuel Cook, aged 1O5; Alexander Milliner,
aged lo4 and Samuel Downing aged e 1eaTS 1S2
which one of these survived the others,
though there is some reason to believe that
the oldest of all, Lemuel Cook, was the last
to pass away. All died within year two
after thew had been seen by the gentleman
referred to, and one, the Rev: Daniel Wal
do, within several months.-New York S'n
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

WHAT MEN FALL IN LOVE WITH.-Men
fall in love they say, with beauty, with
goodness, with gentleness, with intellect
Ial qualities, with sweet voice, with
smile, with an agreeable manner, with
Iovable disposition, with many ascertaina,,
BILE and measurable things, and yet we lind
them continually falling in love with Wo-
men who are not beautiful, nor good, nor
wise, nor gentle, nor possessing any ascer,
tainable or measurable thing. You'll lind
one hundred reasons given for falling in
love, or being in love, and rarely the right
reason-which is commonly simply because
a man cannot help it. He is in love be-
cause a mysterious force in nature, has
touched him. The woman may be unbeau-
tiful, heartcss, selfish cruel, untrue, coarse
frivolus, empty, but if the magic of nature
something of the magic, l suspect, that
Puck used on the eyes of Tritan-touches
him he sees not one of these things in their
true aspect. Yes, the Titanias that have
fallen in love with men crowned with don
key heads, and the men that have fallen in
love with serpents, thinking them doves, are
maryland all because of q diabolism or
mystic fury in nature that delight, in
bringing incongruous elements together for
the sake of a dance of delirium.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

THE WATERS OF UTAH.-There is in the
extreme north of Utah magnificent sub
terranean reservoir of first-class soda water,
bubbling and effervescing out of the ground
in such quantities that all America might
be supplied. In the extreme south, on the
road to Orderville, is an exquisite circular
lakelet that is always full to the brim with
water as clear and as green as beryl. And
wherever the water overf1oWs the lakes
edge it incrusts the ground and the grass
and the fallen leaves upon it with fine
coating of limestone, so that the brim is per-
petually growing higher and higher with
the imperceptible but certain growth OF
coral reef and in course of generations the
lake will become concreted basin. Be-
tween these two points are scattered all
over the country springs and pools OF the
strongest waters. There is another that
mysteriously replenishes itself with half
grown trout. One stream that saw, though
clear as crystal to the eye and tasteless,
stains all the vegetation it flows over deep
brown. A warm spring near Salt Lake
City is the strongest sulphur water in the
world. A shot spring." few miles OH,
with waters so hot that you can hardly put
your hand into them, and as bright as dia-
monds, is one of the most remarkable COM
binations of chemicals ever analyzed.-Bos-
tom Budget.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

How TREES DIE.-When Dean Swift
facetiously predicted that he would die like
a tree, by "going off at the top" anticipat-
ing the failure OF his mental powers, ne cor.
rectly described the beginning of natural
decay in trees. There are exceptions. but
as rule the visible signs of decay begin at
the top. The cause of decay may lie else
where, but the top limbs are the first parts
that become paralyzed. The enfeebled vi
tality is unable to drive the sap to the ex-
tremities, the pores being choked up, and
the limb dies This is apparentin mostly all
plants and trees that die what may be called
a natural death. At all times the circula-
tion and the vitality is weakest at the eX-
tremities, just as in animals, and it may al
most always be noticed that most injury
from cold is done, not always to the most
exposed parts, but to the eXtremities OF the
shoots. 1t is this vigor, the nearer we get
to the root, which has no doubt led cultiva-
tors to suppose that cutting alimb back puts
strength into plant, but the idea is quite
erroneous. Undoubtedly the further we cut
back at the right season the stronger does
the shoot grow for a certain distance, butno
additional strength is added. What. was
wanting before cannot be put there again by
the removal ofany portion of what is left.-
Chicago Times.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

A Dog WITH A MERCANTILE TURN.-I
was sitting one day in front of a shop in the
old Etruscan city of Ferentino. Presently
an ill-bred dog of the pointer kind came and
sat down in front of me, looking up in my
face and wagging his tail to attract my at,
tention. "What does that dog want ?"
asked. "Signore," he answered, che wants
you to give him soldo to 60 and buy you a
cigar with" I gave the dog the coin, and
he presently returned, bringing a cigar,
which he held cross-wise in his mouth until
I took it from him. Sent again and again,
he brought me three or four cigars from the
tobacco shop. At length the dogs demean-
or changed, and he gave vent to his impa-
tience by two or three low whines. "What
does he want now?" asked. "He wants
you to give him soldi to go to the bakers
and buy bread for himself" 1 gave him a
2-soldo piece, and in a few minutes the dog
returned with small loaf of bread, which
he laid at my feet, at the same time gazing
wistfully in my face. 'He won't take it
until you give him leave" 1 gave the
requisite permission, and the animal seized
the loaf and disappeared with it in his
mouth. "He always does like this" said
the standers-by, whenever he sees stran-
ger in FerentinO."
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

"COMIN' THRo' THE RYE."-The popular
misconception of this well-known ditty is to
the effect that the Scottish bard who wrote
it-Robert Burns-intended TO picture in
the fascinating lines laddie and lassie
meeting and kissing in field ofgrain. The
LOT
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

THE PLACIDITY OF FRANKLIN.--There
is a sort of intensity which requires no
strength of passion, none OF the burning
phrase we are accustomed to associate most
usually with eloquence, the placid intensity
of steady conviction and cool determination:
OF this kind Benjamin Franklin is the great
example. Perseverance, courage, learning,
sound Judgment and the strongest and most
masculine exhibition of determined strug-
gle were his yet he never made speech or
wrote line Of passionate defamation, II
one should try and describe his surface char
acter in a word, it would be, placidity.
Yet who of all the revolutionary statesmen
accomplished more than he? Who left so
deep an impress on the thought and policy
of the age in which he lived ?-T. Louis
Globe Democrat.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06

THE STORY OF DIVES EXPLAINED.-Dr
H, who fills a suburban pulpit out West,
is of practical turn of mind, and not in
frequently impresses his congregation 6y
original expositions of the Scriptures. In
one of recent series of discourses upon
Lazarus the doctor said {: "Now some fool
of an infidel will say: 'How could Abra-
ham hear the rich man calling all the way
from Heaven to Hades? This, my friends
will not be difficult to comprehend when 1t
is remembered that we are talking by tele-
phone hundred miles or more every day."
But again: "This was an actual occurrence.
It was not a mere parable that the Lord was
relating but real happening. lie says
"There was man, etc. Lazarus was doubt
less the name of the poor man, but the
name of the rich man is not given. He ls
called Dives. This was not his name, how
ever. Dires is simply a Latin word, mean
ing rch or rich man. IN Now WI you osd may yen m
And the most probable explanation is that
the Lord withheld the name of the deceas-,
ed out of consideration for the feelings OF
his surviving friends. ."--Hopers Noga-
ziRe
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-08-06


couplet:
If laddie meet lassie,
Comm thro' the rye,
and especially the other two lines:
A. the lads they smile on me,
When comm thro' the rye,
seem to imply that traversing the rye was
an habitual or common thing among the
"lads and lassies" in the Land O. the Scots,
and suggest, perhaps harvest scene, where
both sexes, as was the custom are at work
reaping, and where they would come and
go through the fields, if indeed not through
the rye itself, so as to meet and kiss in it.
The truth is however, the rye in the song is
not grain at all, it being the name of small
shallow stream near Ayr, which, having
neither bridge nor ferry, was forded by the
allowing lad to steal kiss from any lass
of his acquaintance whom he might meet in
midstream.
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-07-24
QUITE A BATTLE.
Our Southern Neighbors Doing Themselves
Credit.

WASHINGTON, July 20.-Under date of
Savanilla, United States of Colombia, July
LIST, Admiral Jouett reports battle between
the Government forces and Revolutionists,
In which 1000 men were killed. The Ad-
miral says: "The Revolutionary forces
number only $500 men, but they hold 9
number Of large river steamers, and are able
to move freely on the Magadalena river,
while the Government forces, having but
two small steamers, are obliged to move by
land. On June 10th, General Camargo, q
very prominent Colombian politician and
leader, arrived at this port in au English
steamer, and Immediately assumed COM
mand Of the Revolutionary army. The
arrival Of Camargo, who is violent liberal,
effectually defesed the efforts to secure
peace by treaty, which would undoubtedly
have been successful had he been delayed
or remained away awhile longer. Camargo
quickly attacked q Government force Of
1900 men with his whole army. Although
Camafgo claims to have won the battle, he
admits suffering . severe loss, including
several Of his best generals. II Is reported
that each side lost about 500 men. The
Revolntionists clearly intend to confine their
operations TO the Magdalena river and the
interior. This, together with the fact that
the Government has now steam vessels Of
war on the coast, insures the isthmus and
vessels on the high seas against any chance
Of disturbance by the Revolutionists. All
reports from the isthmus indicate that polit-
ical matters remain settled, and that peace
and good order prevail. There Is, however,
an alarming epidemic Of yellow fever ~
Aspinwall and all over the isthmus. 80
The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1885-07-24
The Mexican States.

New YORK, July 16.--The Suns Wash.
ingLon special has this on the scheme to al
mex several Of the Mexican States which are
to be made of the Territories of Washington,
Montana, Wyoming, Dakota and Idaho,
against which Arizona and New Mexico may
be claimed possibly as sympathizing with
the Southern sentiment. There IL no pres
ent probability that Texas will avail herself
of the right of sub dividing into four States,
IS provided In the act Of annexation. There
fore, without change Of politics, not much
Is expected under the present conditions.
The Senate will for years to come be likely
to have . Republican majority. This Sec
tional aspect Of the case is more objections
BILE than the managers seem to suppose, and
If pressed, will soon put an end to the pro-
ject. The administration has given no sign
Of favor TO this huge job, and, II It acts
wisely, the contrivers and the hackers will
get cold comfort At the White House. With
negroes, Mormons and the mixed blood In
New Mexico and Arizona, we have SUM-
cient load TO carry without adding TO its
weight any acquisition from Mexico.